Daytime Nightime Suffering

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Rating Comments Author Date
Average song rating Bobber April 11, 2012
Average song rating Old Beatle fans tracking the solo careers find it an irresistable amusement to compare John and Paul--especially their takes on the same subject matter ("The Luck of the Irish" vrs. "Give Ireland Back to the Irish, for example). "Daytime Nightime Suffering" would be Paul's version of John's "Woman is the Nigger of the World", and in my opinion Paul comes out a little ahead in this comparison. The bonus track following this one gives us another opportunity to make this type of direct comparison, and John wins by a landslide. Bruce Beatlefan April 12, 2006

Lyrics

What does she get for all the love she gave you,
There on the ladder of regret?
Mighty river, give her all she gets.

What does she get for all the love she gave you,
There on the ladder of regret?
Daytime, nightime suffering is all she gets.

Where are the prices for the games she entered,
With little chance of much success?
Daytime, nightime suffering is all she gets.

Come on, river, over flow,
Let your love for your people show.
Come on, river, flow through me,
Let your love for your people be.
You are the river, I am the stream,
Flow mighty river to me.

What does it pay to play the leading lady
When like the damsel in distress?
Daytime, nightime suffering is all she gets.

No less, (no less) no more, (no more)
No sea, (no sea) no shore, (no shore)
No sand, (no sand) no pale, (no pale)
No fairytale any more.

(oh!)

Come on, river, flow through me,
Don't be stopped by insanity.
Come on, river, over flow,
Let your love for your neighbours grow.
You are the river, I am the stream,
Flow mighty river through me.

Uh, uh, uh, du, du, du, du,
(dom-dom-dom-dom dom-p'dom-dom-p'dom)
Uh, uh, uh, du
(d'do'dom do-dom-dom-dom)

Daytime, nightime suffering is all she gets,
Wow, wow, daytime, nightime suffering is all she gets,
Wow, wow, daytime, twilight time, nightime suffering
Is all (is all) she gets (she gets)

What does she get for all the love she gave you?

 

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