Good Company Lyrics
My father said to me
As he puffed his pipe and Baby B.
He dandled on his knee
Don't fool with fools who'll turn away
Keep all Good Company
Take care of those you call your own
And keep Good Company
My very good friends and me
We'd play all day and Sally J.
The girl from number four
And very soon I begged her won't you
Keep me Company
My wife and I our needs and nothing more All my friends by a year
By and by disappear
But we're safe enough behind our door.
My reputation grew
The work devoured my waking hours
But when my time was through
Reward of all my efforts my own
Limited Company
Pated Company
All through the years in the end it appears
There was never really anyone but me
But no-one's there to see
My life's insanity
Take care of those you call your own
And Keep Good Company
This is one of those "stop and smell the roses" songs, about appreciating the finer things in life (friends, family, children, etc) instead of focusing on personal gain. Thought-provoking.
@AsItBegan Agreed - a well-rounded life is important rather than an obsessive focus on career, etc.
@AsItBegan Agreed - a well-rounded life is important rather than an obsessive focus on career, etc.
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In response to the person who commented on "Sally J" being from "Number 4." It's deliberate. Do you really think the guy wrote an entire song in rhyme and suddenly hit his head in the middle of it for a momentary lapse then never noticed it during the entire recording and mixing session? And that nobody else noticed it either when it so obviously sticks out? This is referred to as a cheating rhyme, althought there's another term for it as well which I forget. Many poets use it, such as Emily Dickinson. What it does is put emphasis on the line so that you won't get bored of hearing he same old couplets over and oer again. It also relies heavily on your anticipating the coming rhyme. It's quite clever. I believe every time a poet does it they do it with a sly look in their eyes.
its Now marriage is an institution sure
and the lyrics post has A LOT of other detail errors...
yeah, there are a lot of errors in the lyrics here.
but i love this song, i love how brian can replicate an entire dixieland jazz band with just his guitar, and yet you know exactly which parts are supposed to be the different instruments like sax, trombone, and oboe. he is a master of tone.
I do it's quite strange...but addictive!
This is one of Queen's greatest songs ever in my opinion. People should check out "A Night at the Opera" more ofter.
Yeah, kind of a neat song. It sort of has a tone to it like, "Oops! I messed up my life. Well, I hope you don't make the same mistakes I did." The speaker only seems to care about one thing at a time: first his wife, and then his business. Sure, those things are important, but then he ends up losing other important things by placing all importance on a few things. He loses his friends when he becomes too wrapped up in his wife, but then loses his wife when he becomes too concerned with his business. It's sort of interesting that his father says, "Don't fool with fools who'll turn away" but then the speaker ends up becoming one of the "fools who'll turn away."
Of course, the best part is the "Genuine Aloha Ukelele" (Made in Japan). Everyone loves ukeleles!
I really can't help wondering why, in the second verse, to make it rhyme, they didn't call her Sally J. from number three, instead of four.
@Random18 Maybe if he had used "three", it would sound too much like the previous verse. By "breaking that rhyme scheme (melody and harmony are the same), he keeps it "interesting". Also the "Won't" from "I begged her won't you keep me company" may have sth to do, but that's just speculation.
@Random18 Maybe if he had used "three", it would sound too much like the previous verse. By "breaking that rhyme scheme (melody and harmony are the same), he keeps it "interesting". Also the "Won't" from "I begged her won't you keep me company" may have sth to do, but that's just speculation.
I dunno. As Dr. Brian May, PhD. about that one.