lines of the song (Miles 36). It was songs like this one that were so simple, yet carry such a strong message. 'Love Me Do' might be viewed by some as completely mundane and almost meaningless, but Paul contradicts this theory in saying, "That was our greatest philosophical song: 'Love me do/You know I love you/I'll always be true/So love me do/Please love me do.' For it to be simple, and true, means that it's incredibly simple" (qtd. in Inglis, 15).
             These very plain ideas of love were conveyed free of intricacies in songs such as 'Please Please Me', 'From Me To You', and 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' The simple nature of these songs did not signify that the meaning behind them wasn't important.
             The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney especially, trudged on. Their lyrics had taken a very creative turn by the time they released their second and third albums 'With The Beatles' and 'A Hard Day's Night' in November 1963 and July 1964, respectively. They were gradually infiltrating their lyrics with more meaningful ideas. "Shifts from generality to specificity, and from romantic involvement to detached commentary are accomplished in the songs by a broadening of vocabulary, increased use of names, changes in pronoun use and words being set in different connotational contexts (Cook & Mercer 104)." A selection from each of these albums could demonstrate this effectively. George Harrison got his first chance to have his songwriting capabilities recognized on a record with 'Don't Bother Me' on the 'With The Beatles' LP. It was a song about a girl that left a boy and she tries to come back to him later and the boys says 'don't bother me.' It was one of the first Beat!
             les' songs that could be taken on two levels. It was about a relationship between a boy and a ...