# What does the lyric Happiness is a Warm Gun mean?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lyric-happiness-is-a-warm-gun-mean/96554 "2001-12-03T03:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lyric-happiness-is-a-warm-gun-mean/96554/21 "2001-12-04T12:45:24Z")

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According to the Beatle lore I’d heard at the time,I had always thought that the lyric, at least in part, referred to injecting heroin. “I need a fix cuz I’m goin’ down.”

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