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12.34pm
6 May 2018
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Is John singing: “now I can’t complain” or “no, I can’t complain”?
I hear it as “now”, but the lyrics websites vary between the two.
Anyway, I recently noticed that we have Paul’s handwritten lyrics for Getting Better (published on this website on 21 June 2023) showing: “now I can’t complain”.
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1.49pm
7 November 2010
Offline Interesting, I have always heard “no, I can’t complain” but can concede that Paul probably knows best.
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6.04pm
14 December 2009
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Sounds like “now” to me, and the fact that it follows the corollary “…used to…” certainly implies that “now” is what’s being sung.
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5.47am
30 August 2021
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Sounds like “now” to me, and the fact that it follows the corollary “…used to…” certainly implies that “now” is what’s being sung.
Yes, I agree. It sounds like “now” to me and it’s contextually more correct.
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