Strawberry Me Tender

Love-me-tender-Love-me-dear

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Dale Houstman...

Nothing there worth wasting much time over. They don't even parse the
same...

Runnnerr...

I thought it was always no sometimes

Dale Houstman...

That's what I thought: it's one of the several "semantic hiccoughs" in
the lyrics that support the general air of indecision. But - given that
- it could have been a rather simple pun on his part. What's written on
the original lyric sheet?

rforman61...

I feel pretty sure that John meant the word to be "no," BUT, I've
always thought that made for a nice little ambiguity about the meaning
of the whole line - two different interpretations seem about equally
likely:

always "no"
sometimes think it's me

OR

always, no, sometimes
think it's me

The first reading speaks more directly to the lonely awkward adolescent
I was when I thought that was the line,

but the second one now seems more consistent with the whole
intentionally rambling, back-pedalling, confused/fuzzy character of the
song's overall lyric.

Not an earth-shatteringly insightful contribution but unlike the
original post that started the thread, my comment has at least
something to do with "Strawberry Fields Forever"!

richforman

Dale Houstman...

Unbridled relevance! Get a grip!

Bip Bop...

I bet you sing in all 12 keys at the same time, don't you.

Yourimageunreels...

There is no similarity.

DanKaye...

I don't see the similarity except very tenuously. I don't think it
would be proven in a court of law. It's no "he's so fine"/"my sweet
lord".