"HEY JUDE" IS A MESSAGE FROM
JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY TO BOB DYLAN WHICH ATTEMPTED TO CONVINCE DYLAN TO
RETURN TO BEING A ROCK AND ROLLER AND FORGET THE JOHN WESLEY HARDING AND
NASHVILLE SKYLINE CRAP HE WAS DOING AT THE TIME.
VERSE
ONE
HEY JUDE
SAINT JUDE
IS THE PATRON OF LOST CAUSES. JUDEN IS THE GERMAN WORD FOR JEW AND DYLAN IS
JEWISH.
DON'T MAKE IT BAD
DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE SAD STATE OF REALITY
TAKE
TAKE, IN THE SENSE OF
RECORD.
A SAD SONG
A
SONG WHICH REFLECTS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TIME WE LIVE IN LIKE "SAD EYED LADY
OF THE LOWLANDS"
AND MAKE IT
BETTER
AND IMPROVE REALITY
REMEMBER TO LET HER INTO YOUR HEART
LENNON-MCCARTNEY ARE USING "HER" OR "SHE" IN THIS CONTEXT TO
SYMBOLIZE "TEENAGERS FANS" JUST AS DYLAN DID IN "FOURTH TIME AROUND": "SO I
FORCED MY HANDS IN MY POCKETS AND FELT WITH MY THUMBS, AND GALLANTLY HANDED
HER MY VERY LAST PIECE OF GUM." THE LINE BECOMES: REMEMBER TO TURN THE
YOUNG PEOPLE ON TO THE WAY YOU FEEL.
THEN YOU CAN
START TO MAKE IT BETTER
START TO HAVE A SAY ABOUT
THE WAY THINGS ARE AND MAKE IT BETTER.
VERSE TWO
HEY JUDE, DON'T BE AFRAID
OF
PERFORMING IN PUBLIC
YOU WERE MADE TO GO OUT AND
GET HER
THE LAST TIME YOU WENT ON TOUR YOU DID SO
AGAINST YOUR WILL SINCE YOU HAD TO FULLFILL A LOT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
THE MINUTE YOU LET HER UNDER YOUR
SKIN
WHEN YOU LET THE KIDS BACK INTO YOUR
LIFE
THEN YOU BEGIN TO MAKE IT
BETTER
THAT IS WHEN YOU SERVE A REAL SOCIAL
FUNCTION.
VERSE THREE
AND ANY TIME YOU
FEEL THE PAIN,
AGAIN LENNON REPHRASED DYLAN'S
REACTIONS TO TEENAGERS FROM BLONDE ON BLONDE -IN JUST LIKE A WOMAN DYLAN
REPROACHES AMERICAN YOUTH:"YOUR LONG TIME CURSE HURTS BUT WHAT'S WORSE IS THIS
PAIN IN HERE" SO 'ANYTIME BEING A POP STAR BECOMES TOO DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF
FAME'
HEY JUDE, REFRAIN"
GO BACK TO THE SECLUSION OF WOODSTOCK
DON'T CARRY THE WORLD UPON YOUR SHOULDER
DON'T TRY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR
WELL YOU KNOW
NOW THAT DYLAN HAS RECOVERED FROM
HIS ACCIDENT WHICH TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS RELUCTANTLY GIVING CONCERTS, HE KNOWS
FROM EXPERIENCE
THAT ITS A FOOL
LITERALLY
WHO PLAYS IT
COOL
WHO TAKES THE EASY WAY OUT
BY MAKING HIS WEALTH A LITTLE GOLDER
BY GIVING CONCERTS RATHER THAN BEING USED FOR BREACH OF
CONTRACT.
VERSE FOUR
HEY JUDE, DON'T
LET ME DOWN
MORE BLONDE ON BLONDE SYMBOLISM. IN
OBVIOUSLY FIVE BELIEVERS DYLAN WRITES- 'DONT LET ME DOWN/ DON'T LET ME DOWN/ I
WON'T LET YOU DOWN, ETC. SO LENNON IS IMPLORING DYLAN IN HIS OWN TERMS TO RECORD
SOME MORE ROCK
YOU HAVE FOUND HER
YOU HAVE MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH LIKE A ROLLING STONE,
ETC.
NOW GO AND GET HER
GET YOUTH- "YOUR LONG TIME CURSE HURTS/ BUT WHAT'S WORSE/ IS THIS
PAIN IN HERE" SO 'ANYTIME BEING A POP STAR BECOMES TOO
DIFFICULT'
VERSE FIVE
SO LET IT OUT AND
LET IT IN
CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGE THE ONLY
CONSTANT FACTOR IN YOUR ART
HEY JUDE
BEGIN
DOING YOUR THING IN PUBLIC AGAIN
YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PERFORM
WITH
YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE BAND TO MAKE IT BIG
AND APPEAR ON A DOUBLE BILL WITH YOU
AND DON'T YOU
KNOW WHAT IT'S JUST YOU
THAT YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE BAND'S SUCCESS
YOU'LL DO
AND YOUR PRESENCE IS ENOUGH TO INSURE SRO CROWDS WHEREVER YOU
GO
THE MOVEMENT YOU NEED
MOVEMENT IN THE MUSICAL SENSE - TEMPO OR RHYTHM - YOU NEED TO WIN
THE ALLIGANCE OF THE YOUNG
IS ON YOUR
SHOULDER
IS ROCK-THAT-IS MUSIC WHICH COMES FROM AN
ELECTRIC GUITAR WHICH HANGS FROM ONE'S SHOULDER VIS A VIS AN ACOUSTICAL GUITAR
WHICH ONE CARRIES IN EVERY HAND.
LIKE THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY SONG THAT LENNON-MCCARTNEY WROTE ABOUT BOBBY
DYLAN. MAGGIE MAE, TAKEN FROM MAGGIE'S FARM, CONCERNED DYLAN'S DEPARTURE FROM
THE POLITICAL SCENE DUE TO HIS HEROIN ADDICTION.
MAGGIE MAE
OH
DIRTY MAGGIE MAE THEY HAVE TAKEN HER AWAY
HARD DRUGS HAVE
TAKEN DYLAN AWAY
AND SHE NEVER WALK DOWN LIME STREET ANY
MORE
NEVER BE POLITICAL ANYMORE.
OH THE
JUDGE HE GUILTY FOUND HER
IN DRIFTER'S ESCAPE DYLAN
DESCRIBED HOW HE WAS SENTENCED BY THE FOLKNICKS FOR BEING
SELLOUT.
FOR ROBBING A HOMEWARD BOUNDER
FOR
CHEATING THE FOLKNICKS.
THAT DIRTY NO GOOD ROBBIN' MAGGIE
MAE
TO THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL
THEY RETURNED ME TO
TWO POUNDS TEN A WEEK,
THAT WAS MY PAY
DYLAN WOULD EARN MORE FROM
ROCK.
HEY, LIKE ROD STEWART ALSO HAD A SONG TO DYLAN, BUT SINCE I AM NOT IN ROD
STEWART, LUCKY FOR HIM, I WILL JUST REPRINT THE FUCKING LYRICS, OKAY?
MAGGIE
MAE
ROD STEWART
WAKE UP MAGGIE, I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU
IT'S LATE
SEPTEMBER AND I REALLY SHOULD BE BACK AT SCHOOL
I KNOW I KEEP YOU AMUSED
BUT I FELL I'M BEING USED
OH MAGGIE, I COULDN'T HAVE TRIED ANY MORE
YOU LED ME AWAY FROM HOME
JUST TO SAVE YOU FROM BEING ALONE
YOU
STOLE MY HEART AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY HURTS
THE MORNING SUN WHEN IT'S IN YOUR EYES REALLY SHOWS YOUR AGE
BUT THAT
DON'T WORRY ME NONE, IN MY EYES YOU'RE EVERYTHING
I LAUGHED AT ALL OF YOUR
JOKES
MY LOVE YOU DIDN'T NEED TO COAX
OH MAGGIE, I COULDN'T HAVE TRIED
ANY MORE
YOU LED ME AWAY FROM HOME
JUST TO SAVE YOU FROM BEING ALONE
YOU STOLE MY SOUL AND THAT'S A PAIN I CAN DO WITHOUT
ALL I NEEDED WAS A FRIEND TO LEND A HELPING HAND
BUT YOU TURNED INTO A
LOVER AND MOTHER, WHAT A LOVER, YOU WORE ME OUT
ALL YOU DID WAS WRECK MY BED
AND IN THE MORNING KICK ME IN THE HEAD
OH MAGGIE, I COULDN'T HAVE TRIED
ANY MORE
YOU LED ME AWAY FROM HOME
'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE
YOU STOLE MY HEART, I COULDN'T LEAVE YOU IF I TRIED
I SUPPOSE I COULD COLLECD MY BOOKS AND GO ON BACK TO SCHOOL
OR STEAL MY
DADDY'S CUE AND MAKE A LIVING AT PLAYING POOL
OR FIND MYSELF A ROCK AND ROLL
BAND
THAT NEEDS A HELPING HAND
OH MAGGIE, I WISHED I'D NEVER SEEN YOUR
FACE
YOU MADE A FIRST CLASS FOOL OUT OF ME
BUT I'M AS BLIND AS A FOOL
CAN BE
YOU STOLE MY HEART BUT I LOVE YOU ANYWAY
I'D NEVER SEEN YOUR FACE
I'LL GET ON BACK HOME, ONE OF THESE DAYS
