Innocent British Lyrics #2
The Beatles “Penny Lane” is their cutest, sunniest little innocent tune of all, ain’t it?
Ever wonder what the line: “Full of fish and finger pie” meant?
Bluntly, it translates into American as “Fourth Base.”
But Let’s hear it from the Fab Four themselves:
Finger pie was a Liverpudlian sexual reference included in the song to amuse the locals. “It was just a nice little joke for the Liverpool lads who like a bit of smut,” said Paul. “For months afterwards, girls serving in local chip shops had to put up with the requests for ‘fish and finger pie’.