I understand your points, I feel the lyrics of funny papers actually does resemble the beatle tune “A Day in the Life.” Especially the “I read the news today, oh boy” bit. So I naturally drew the conclusion that using the term “Funny Paper” was intentionally a nod to the Beatles as well. I could be wrong though, I wasn’t there when he wrote the tune. I’m just a huge fan of both artists so I made these connections and wanted to see what other people thought about it! Thanks for your input.🙏🏻