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Edit Lyrics 1, 2, 3Hold it!1, 2, 3I dig a ponyWell, you can celebrate anything you wantYes, you can celebrate anything you wantOhI do a road hogWell,, you can penetrate any place you goYes you can penetrate any place you goI told you so, all I want is youEverything has got to be just like you want it toBecause . . .I pick a moon dogWell, you can radiate everything you areYes, you can radiate everything you areOh nowI roll a stoneyWell, you can imitate everyone you knowYes, you can imitate everyone you knowI told you so, all I want is youEverything has got to be just like you want it toBecause . . .Oh nowI feel the wind blowWell, you can indicate everything you seeYes, you can indicate everything you seeOh nowI dug a ponyWell, you can syndicate any boat you rowYeah, you can syndicate any boat you rowI told you so, all I want is youEverything has got to be just like you want it toBecause . . .(Thank you, brothersHands too cold to play chords) New! Log in to start a snippet Song Info Submitted by ruben On Jun 09, 2002 More The Beatles Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds I Am the Walrus A Day in the Life Hey Jude Yellow Submarine 1, 2, 3 Hold it! 1, 2, 3 I dig a pony Well, you can celebrate anything you want Yes, you can celebrate anything you want Oh I do a road hog Well,, you can penetrate any place you go Yes you can penetrate any place you go I told you so, all I want is you Everything has got to be just like you want it to Because . . . I pick a moon dog Well, you can radiate everything you are Yes, you can radiate everything you are Oh now I roll a stoney Well, you can imitate everyone you know Yes, you can imitate everyone you know I told you so, all I want is you Everything has got to be just like you want it to Because . . . Oh now I feel the wind blow Well, you can indicate everything you see Yes, you can indicate everything you see Oh now I dug a pony Well, you can syndicate any boat you row Yeah, you can syndicate any boat you row I told you so, all I want is you Everything has got to be just like you want it to Because . . . (Thank you, brothers Hands too cold to play chords) Correcting wrong lyrics Fixing missing lines Removing extra lines Updating to official version Switching between clean/explicit (official) Fixing line breaks or spacing Correcting stanza/section order Removing unofficial annotations or brackets Correcting punctuation or capitalization Fixing spelling/typo errors Removing non-lyric content Standardizing formatting Other (explain below) Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks! These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators. You must be logged in to edit lyrics. Unable to save lyrics. Please try again. Lyrics cannot contain links. Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours. Edit Cancel Editing Tips Keep it true to the song

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Pure speculation...

I dig a pony...horse...heroin. Celebrate anything you want.

I do a road hog...groupie...penetrate any place you want.

Pick a moon dog - Early Lennon band in Liverpool was Johnny and the Moondogs. Radiate? Star?

Roll a stoney...the Rolling Stones, imitating "everyone you know, including the Beatles, which they did throughout the entire 60's

Syndicate any boat you row? WTF??? I've always wondered about that lyric.

For those of you who know John's written work in his two books, you know about his love of wordplay, puns, and twisting words around to make new ones. Any thoughts about "syndicate any boat you row?"

Pure speculation... I dig a pony...horse...heroin. Celebrate anything you want. I do a road hog...groupie...penetrate any place you want. Pick a moon dog - Early Lennon band in Liverpool was Johnny and the Moondogs. Radiate? Star? Roll a stoney...the Rolling Stones, imitating "everyone you know, including the Beatles, which they did throughout the entire 60's Syndicate any boat you row? WTF??? I've always wondered about that lyric. For those of you who know John's written work in his two books, you know about his love of wordplay, puns, and twisting words around to make new ones. Any thoughts about "syndicate any boat you row?" Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +6 Users: Reply · 3 Share by asSTARSfallx 16y ago

Perhaps a reference to the media coverage/fame? This goes along with your interpretation of "roll a stoney" (which is probably also a bit of wordplay - i.e. rollin' up a joint, which coincidentally was also very popular back in the day and goes along with the line about imitating "everyone you know"). Syndicate means to sell, especially with reference to periodicals and television. In some ways, maybe it's a critique of the Beatles' fame/media obsession, and a round about way of telling people to think for themselves.

Perhaps a reference to the media coverage/fame? This goes along with your interpretation of "roll a stoney" (which is probably also a bit of wordplay - i.e. rollin' up a joint, which coincidentally was also very popular back in the day and goes along with the line about imitating "everyone you know"). Syndicate means to sell, especially with reference to periodicals and television. In some ways, maybe it's a critique of the Beatles' fame/media obsession, and a round about way of telling people to think for themselves.

Perhaps a reference to the media coverage/fame? This goes along with your interpretation of "roll a stoney" (which is probably also a bit of wordplay - i.e. rollin' up a joint, which coincidentally was also very popular back in the day and goes along with the line about imitating "everyone you know"). Syndicate means to sell, especially with reference to periodicals and television. In some ways, maybe it's a critique of the Beatles' fame/media obsession, and a round about way of telling people to think for themselves. Reason: Edit Cancel by asSTARSfallx 16y ago

There are also a lot of sexual innuendos, probably just for fun, and also in keeping with the message of individuality.

There are also a lot of sexual innuendos, probably just for fun, and also in keeping with the message of individuality.

There are also a lot of sexual innuendos, probably just for fun, and also in keeping with the message of individuality. Reason: Edit Cancel by savantjester 3y ago

@dan0311 at this piont drug refference for song seems almost cliche? dont you think?

@dan0311 at this piont drug refference for song seems almost cliche? dont you think?

let me know...

let me know...

Savantjester

Savantjester

@[dan0311:46678] at this piont drug refference for song seems almost cliche? dont you think? let me know... Savantjester Reason: Edit Cancel by Red_Left_Hand 20y ago

To the stupid Beatle elitists giving evanchester a hard time here is a quote staight from John Lennon in reference to the song: "I was just having fun with words. It was literally a nonsense song. You just take words and you stick them together, and you see if they have any meaning. Some of them do and some of them don't."

To the stupid Beatle elitists giving evanchester a hard time here is a quote staight from John Lennon in reference to the song: "I was just having fun with words. It was literally a nonsense song. You just take words and you stick them together, and you see if they have any meaning. Some of them do and some of them don't." Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +6 Users: Reply · 1 Share by asSTARSfallx 16y ago

Every good artist knows that even if something HAS meaning, you don't tell people what it is because it ruins the universal quality of the music. Like all art forms, the beauty of GOOD music is that people can make personal connections with it. Dylan also did the "my song means nothing" bit on a few occasions, but more often than not he was being facetious/cryptic/ironic or deliberately trying to avoid telling his audience what to think. That said, I think it is wise to keep in mind that most songs have meaning - it's just a question of whether...

Every good artist knows that even if something HAS meaning, you don't tell people what it is because it ruins the universal quality of the music. Like all art forms, the beauty of GOOD music is that people can make personal connections with it. Dylan also did the "my song means nothing" bit on a few occasions, but more often than not he was being facetious/cryptic/ironic or deliberately trying to avoid telling his audience what to think. That said, I think it is wise to keep in mind that most songs have meaning - it's just a question of whether it's the artist's meaning or our own personal meaning. And, secondarily, Lennon may have subconsciously meant something when he wrote it that he's not even consciously aware of. In other words, I hear what Lennon's /saying/, and perhaps some songs really are nonsense strings of words meaning nothing, but I think with most of them (and with this song) there's some meaning, even if it's only personal to the listener. You can find several meanings in this particular song, but the overall meaning seems to be that there's no right or wrong meaning, because it's personal to you/subjective. That's the reason the Beatles are huge to this day. Their art is universal.

Read more... Every good artist knows that even if something HAS meaning, you don't tell people what it is because it ruins the universal quality of the music. Like all art forms, the beauty of GOOD music is that people can make personal connections with it. Dylan also did the "my song means nothing" bit on a few occasions, but more often than not he was being facetious/cryptic/ironic or deliberately trying to avoid telling his audience what to think. That said, I think it is wise to keep in mind that most songs have meaning - it's just a question of whether it's the artist's meaning or our own personal meaning. And, secondarily, Lennon may have subconsciously meant something when he wrote it that he's not even consciously aware of. In other words, I hear what Lennon's /saying/, and perhaps some songs really are nonsense strings of words meaning nothing, but I think with most of them (and with this song) there's some meaning, even if it's only personal to the listener. You can find several meanings in this particular song, but the overall meaning seems to be that there's no right or wrong meaning, because it's personal to you/subjective. That's the reason the Beatles are huge to this day. Their art is universal. Reason: Edit Cancel by born to run 20y ago

I like the line, you can radiate everything you are.

I like the line, you can radiate everything you are. Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +2 Users: Reply · 0 Share by g~rockstar~b 21y ago

i dig a pony - heiroin i dig a road hog - groupies i pick a moon dog - fuck knows :s i roll a stoney - rolling stones correct me if im wrong

i dig a pony - heiroin i dig a road hog - groupies i pick a moon dog - fuck knows :s i roll a stoney - rolling stones correct me if im wrong Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 1 Share by RaviStarr 16y ago

yeah, sounds about right. moon dog = John's band way back when was Johnny and the Moondogs.

yeah, sounds about right. moon dog = John's band way back when was Johnny and the Moondogs.

yeah, sounds about right. moon dog = John's band way back when was Johnny and the Moondogs. Reason: Edit Cancel by themadwookiee 21y ago

sbroxmysox1991, he wasn't saying it was bad because of the lyrics, he just thought it was one of their worst songs. I sort of agree with him... it's not bad... just not good for a Beatles song.

sbroxmysox1991, he wasn't saying it was bad because of the lyrics, he just thought it was one of their worst songs. I sort of agree with him... it's not bad... just not good for a Beatles song. Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 0 Share by Carlhole 19y ago

The things that Lennon sings about: digging a pony (celebrating, partying), doing a road hog (boning a groupie chick), picking a moon dog (choosing a band member/forming a rock n roll band), rolling a stoney (not sure what that means - getting high?), feeling the wind blow (being aware of/using current culture/trends to enhance prestige/use in music), syndicating any boat... (making money/doing business from anything you do (film, photos, cartoons, whatever the Beatles did that spun off from their music because people are interested and will pay) - these are all things that Lennon has invented to amuse himself/become himself, become a legendary pop star.

But the point of "I Dig A Pony" is that all these amusements and inventions pale in comparison to the love that he has found, and so "All I want is YOU!" (You are all that is important now. And "Everything has got to be the way you want it to be" (All the things I ever have wanted before are such nonsense. Now all I want is what You want).

In other words, all that the things that Lennon has accomplished or done before in his life are not very satisfying after all and, in fact, essentially meaningless . Now all he wants is what his true love wants (Yoko Ono, no doubt).

The things that Lennon sings about: digging a pony (celebrating, partying), doing a road hog (boning a groupie chick), picking a moon dog (choosing a band member/forming a rock n roll band), rolling a stoney (not sure what that means - getting high?), feeling the wind blow (being aware of/using current culture/trends to enhance prestige/use in music), syndicating any boat... (making money/doing business from anything you do (film, photos, cartoons, whatever the Beatles did that spun off from their music because people are interested and will pay) - these are all things that Lennon has invented to amuse himself/become himself, become a legendary pop star. But the point of "I Dig A Pony" is that all these amusements and inventions pale in comparison to the love that he has found, and so "All I want is YOU!" (You are all that is important now. And "Everything has got to be the way you want it to be" (All the things I ever have wanted before are such nonsense. Now all I want is what You want). In other words, all that the things that Lennon has accomplished or done before in his life are not very satisfying after all and, in fact, essentially meaningless . Now all he wants is what his true love wants (Yoko Ono, no doubt). Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 1 Share by john h1124 7y ago

@Carlhole Who knows but this is what I think too. Ironic, self-referential, all Lennon's Late-Beatles themes. PArdon my suffiness but I'm collecting examples of postmodernism in Late & Post-Beatles. For no "good" reason I assure you. There are more than a few...

@Carlhole Who knows but this is what I think too. Ironic, self-referential, all Lennon's Late-Beatles themes. PArdon my suffiness but I'm collecting examples of postmodernism in Late & Post-Beatles. For no "good" reason I assure you. There are more than a few...

@[Carlhole:31092] Who knows but this is what I think too. Ironic, self-referential, all Lennon's Late-Beatles themes. PArdon my suffiness but I'm collecting examples of postmodernism in Late & Post-Beatles. For no "good" reason I assure you. There are more than a few... Reason: Edit Cancel by morgan*morgan 18y ago

Still piecing this one together, I think it's similar to Come Together-- but instead of describing in order each member of the band themselves, I'm pretty sure each part is commenting on the popular musicians of the day-- the Beatles contemporaries.

roll a stoney = The Rolling Stones (imitating everyone they know)

feel the wind blow (Blowin' in the wind) = Bob Dylan (Indicating everything you see (Like, say, in Subterranean Homesick Blues?)

syndicate any boat you row = Beach Boys (Sloop John B, perhaps???)

Perhaps the Moon Dog is Donovan?

hmm...

Still piecing this one together, I think it's similar to Come Together-- but instead of describing in order each member of the band themselves, I'm pretty sure each part is commenting on the popular musicians of the day-- the Beatles contemporaries. roll a stoney = The Rolling Stones (imitating everyone they know) feel the wind blow (Blowin' in the wind) = Bob Dylan (Indicating everything you see (Like, say, in Subterranean Homesick Blues?) syndicate any boat you row = Beach Boys (Sloop John B, perhaps???) Perhaps the Moon Dog is Donovan? hmm... Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 0 Share by jamesly 16y ago

the last verse is 'I LOAD A LORRY"

the last verse is 'I LOAD A LORRY" Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 1 Share by LovelyRIta41 15y ago

ROLL A LORRY!!!!!!

ROLL A LORRY!!!!!!

ROLL A LORRY!!!!!! Reason: Edit Cancel by Cloud_Splitter 15y ago

Last verse is not "I dug a pony" it's "I rode a lorry." A lorry is the word used in Britain Colonies for truck.

Last verse is not "I dug a pony" it's "I rode a lorry." A lorry is the word used in Britain Colonies for truck. Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 1 Share by GraemePryce 12y ago

'British colonies' LOL your obviously not british. There are no british colonies. Our country isn't big enough for something that means one thing in the north to mean something different elsewhere. People know what you mean everywhere if you say lorry! They may also use 'truck' 'tractor-trailer', HGV ( heavy goods vehicle ) or 'Artic' ( articulated lorry ) but there are no colonies in Britain. Even those far up north in scotland will totally understand people from Liverpool like the Beatles if they listen hard enough!

'British colonies' LOL your obviously not british. There are no british colonies. Our country isn't big enough for something that means one thing in the north to mean something different elsewhere. People know what you mean everywhere if you say lorry! They may also use 'truck' 'tractor-trailer', HGV ( heavy goods vehicle ) or 'Artic' ( articulated lorry ) but there are no colonies in Britain. Even those far up north in scotland will totally understand people from Liverpool like the Beatles if they listen hard enough!

'British colonies' LOL your obviously not british. There are no british colonies. Our country isn't big enough for something that means one thing in the north to mean something different elsewhere. People know what you mean everywhere if you say lorry! They may also use 'truck' 'tractor-trailer', HGV ( heavy goods vehicle ) or 'Artic' ( articulated lorry ) but there are no colonies in Britain. Even those far up north in scotland will totally understand people from Liverpool like the Beatles if they listen hard enough! Reason: Edit Cancel by longwoodgator 14y ago

This song is about beastiality with small horses and "penetrating" road hogs ... the beatles were into some weird shit

This song is about beastiality with small horses and "penetrating" road hogs ... the beatles were into some weird shit Reason: Edit Cancel ❤️ 💯 😂 🔥 😢 🤯 ❗ 🤔 +1 Users: Reply · 0 Share 123...45Next »

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