Which again proves that if he wants to, he can think.' Lennon misquoted the line the actual words are, 'And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.' He had a line in it, 'And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give,' which is a very cosmic, philosophical line. McCartney said, 'I wanted to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet.' In his 1980 interview with Playboy, John Lennon acknowledged McCartney's authorship by saying, 'That's Paul again. The song features one of the few drum solos recorded by Ringo Starr. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album. It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. ' The End' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road.
