John Lennon: Come Together Meaning
Come Together Lyrics
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot...
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In a book I own, called "A Hard Day's Write", all of the "back-stories" of Beatles songs are explained in great detail, with some of the people and events that inspired them.
This song was originally written as a campaign song for none other than LSD-enthusiast Timothy Leary. John wrote it for him, with the original lyrics being something close to "Come together, join the party". Leary was arrested for possession of marijuana and sent to prison, so John wrote the current lyrics (admittedly nonsensical and a complete excercise in wordplay). When Leary got out of jail, he asked John why he sold the song promised for his campaign. John replied, "I'm a tailor. You didn't want the song, so I changed it and sold it to someone else"
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