Beatles: You Never Give Me Your Money Meaning

Song Released: 1969

You Never Give Me Your Money Lyrics

You never give me your money
You only give me your funny paper
And in the middle of negotiations
You break down

I never give you my number
I only give you my situation
And in the middle of investigation
I break down

Out of college,...

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   questforglory

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   Aug 7th 2009 !⃝

   This is about ambitious and creative youths that has been forced into an ordinary life. Taking different daytime jobs witch never give them peace of mind(Any jobber got the sack
   Monday morning, turning back
   Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go).Artistic people with dreams that has so much to give but nowhere to put it(oh that magic feeling nowhere to go)And then finally the conclusion of the persons dreams, quit your job stop moarning your ordinary life and live it (One sweet dream
   Pick up the bags and get in the limousine
   Soon we'll be away from here
   Step on the gas and wipe that tear away
   One sweet dream came true... Today)
   
   //Rickard
2. mgc

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   Oct 19th 2008 !⃝

   Sounds to me like it's about poor youth that have nowhere to go cause they have no home, no job or school to attend..
   
   funny paper is money, but not real money.
   like the $, legal tender but not backed by anything with real value
   
   the magic feeling I imagine is the feeling you get when you have nothing to lose.. any politician will tell you that's a very dangerous state of mind to be in (especially if the politician likes to stay in power).. other people claim that's when your truly free..
3. beatles921

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   Jan 12th 2008 !⃝

   This song is Paul's reply to business associates who (he felt) were attempting financial gain for themselves and not the group.
   the lyrics "..soon we'll be away from here,step on the gas and wipe that tear away" was Paul telling himself not to let himself get too worried about all the problems and misery he was facing and that he would shortly be leaving the group and he'd be free to do whatever he wanted musically and spiritually
4. mrross714

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   Jan 7th 2008 !⃝

   I believe this song is about Paul realizing the Days of the Beatles will soon be over and though he is nowhere near broke he is wondering what he will do for money after the Beatles are no more.
5. element4lifex8

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   Dec 2nd 2007 !⃝

   Well, this funny paper could be money, but this could also just be another Beatles song glorifying acid. Well, instead of a drug dealer giving him his money, he only receives his "funny paper" (acid can be taken in the form of just a small, and possibly rather funny looking piece of paper). I mean what else could he be talking about later in the song when he says:
   "But oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go
   Oh, that magic feeling
   Nowhere to go"
   
   -Well he could be referring to that magic feeling being an acid trip, and he describes his confusions while tripping by saying, "Nowhere to go."
   
   If it is supposedly true that this has something to do with the Paul is dead conspiracy, or a a manager screwing them over, then I am pretty sure that there is a dual meaning they wrote about here.
6. anonymous

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   May 27th 2007 !⃝

   Its in regards to all the hassle and bickering going on over Apple's finances.
7. anonymous

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   Apr 4th 2007 !⃝

   This is for you all 'paul is dead' conspirators...
   
   This is about after Paul was killed, he never wrote a will, and all they had was notes for songs...hence the line ' you never gimme your money, you only give me your funny paper'...yea I'm jkin I think this is about how when their manager died they went to the banks and they only gave them papers saying how much they had, but not real money

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