He’s Winking At Me Again.

John Lennon & Paul McCartney at the Teatro Adriano in Rome, Italy | 28 June 1965 © Doug Luke

Cute Alert!

Rewatching Get Back over and over it makes you realize the true protagonist is Ringo

The Beatles at Brian Epstein’s home in Belgravia, London, 19 May 1967.

Photography by Barrie Wentzell.

This is the take of (Just Like) Starting Over that includes the line

"the time has come the walrus said for you and me to stay bed again"

I have read about this take before, but the links to it are always dead. So I was super excited to find it.

I've decided not to credit my source for the sake of their privacy, but I hope they know I'm very grateful.

Full lyrics (my transcription):

Take 3

Our life together Is so precious together We have grown We have grown

Although our love is still special Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone

It's been too long since we took the time No one's to blame I know time flies So quickly

But when I see you darling It's like we both are falling in love again It'll be just like starting over Starting over

Everyday we used to make it, loveSo why can't we be making love It's easy

The time has come the walrus said For you and me to stay in bed again It'll be just like starting over Starting over

Why don't we fly off alone Spend a weekend at some old motel A little place without a phone A second honeymoon would do us well

Well well well well well

It's been so long to take the time No one's to blame I know time flies So quickly

But when I see you darling It's like we both are falling in love again It'll be just like starting over Starting over

Our life together Is so precious together We have grown We have grown

Although our love is still special Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone

Why don't we fly off alone A dirty weekend in some low motel A little place little place without a phone A second honeymoon would suit us well

Well well well darling

Ever think we used to make it love Why can't we be making love It's easy

The time has come the walrus said For you and me to stay in bed again It'll be just like starting over Starting over

Let's take a chance and go away Somewhere alone

yeah imagine

Aww

The Beatles in Miami, FL | February 1964 © Paul McCartney

"The four of us spent so much time working together that it's good to see us just relaxing and enjoying ourselves." ~ Paul McCartney

RINGO STARR lighting PAUL MCCARTNEY’S cigarette, early 60s

The lyrics of "Hey Ringo" written somewhere in the 70s or 80s by George Harrison.

This song was found by Olivia. This was hidden in a piano stool, when she showed it to Ringo, he said he had no idea it existed. I would probably record it later. Although that as we know never happened.

"Olivia, 69, found typed lyrics to Hey, Ringo forgotten in a piano bench.George is thought to have written it as a plea for the band to stay together around the time of their 1970 split. She told of Ringo’s shock — and said she hopes the star, 76, and fellow surviving Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, 74, put it to music."

She said: “He’d never seen this song before. He was so surprised. There was a folder in George’s piano bench. Inside I found a typed lyric for Hey, Ringo. It dates from around 1970. He would put down a notebook and forget where he left it. A piano bench was the obvious place to stash the night’s debris. I need to dig a little. It would be great if George put it down on tape.”

He is so cute. It's like a dialogue between them ...

And here's the "Lyrics":

"Hey Ringo, now I want you to know, that without you my guitar plays far too slow.

And Ringo let me say this to you, Ive heard no drummer who can play it quite like you.

Wait a minute Mr G, stop flattering me. My drums sound bare when your guitar's not there.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, let me hear you playing.

Hey Ringo, there's one thing I've not said, I'll play my guitar with you till I drop dead.

Well G, it's really nice the things you say. But when you drop please fall the other way."