TheBigPinkLad,

To quote from George Harrion's autobiography (I Me Mine):

"I co-wrote Badge with Eric Clapton"

and further on:

"Later Ringo came in - he was absolutely plastered - and we were up to the lines:

I told you not to drive around in the dark
I told you...

- And Ringo said:

...about the swans that live in the park

It's a bit silly, but that's what happened, folks."