Taken at face value, "Ticket to Ride," by The Beatles, is a song about a girl leaving a guy by way of train.
Taken at dictionary value, it's a confusing mess.
For instance...
I think I'm gonna be sad. I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away
Question: If the girl's driving you crazy, why would her departure make you sad?
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care
She doesn't care that she has a train ticket? So is she going away or isn't she?
She said that living with me is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free when I was around
So ... in terms of being driven crazy, who is driving and who is riding?
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Sounds a little threatening, like "If I can't have you, NObody can!"
Makes me think of a different Beatles lyric: "You better run for your life if you can, little girl!"
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