| Paul McCartney – Jet Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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| Renaissance – Bonjour Swansong Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Wikipedia notes that lyricist Betty Thatcher / Newsinger wrote the lyrics to this song, as "a private goodbye to the group [renaissance]." | |
| Paul McCartney – Jet Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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To echo another poster, I'm sure this song is about John, and losing him to Yoko. Maybe not consciously, but even just that hard "J" sound at the beginning must've been a reminder to Paul of the millions of times he called John's name. But not just that... Jet I can almost remember their funny faces That time you told them you were going to marrying soon And Jet I thought the only lonely place was the moon [How it freaked EVERYONE out that John was with Yoko, and going to marry her soon. Paul never knew real lonliness until John left him/the Beatles] Jet was your father as bold as the sergeant major How come he told you that you were hardly old enough yet And Jet I thought the major was a lady suffragette [John's dad was a merchant seaman - but he was nowhere near as bold as a sergeant major... & in this song the Major is a "lady suffragette - i.e. a feminist, a liberated woman - Yoko] Ah Mater want Jet to always love me Ah Mater want Jet to always love me Ah Mater, much later [Both John and Paul lost their mothers (maters)... they bonded on that in their early days, and Paul wanted John to love him always - but now it's later] And Jet I thought the major was a lady suffragette [John, Yoko is a feminist] Jet with the wind in your hair Of a thousand laces Climb on the back and we'll go for a ride in the sky [if the Beatles got back together/if we performed together again/if you loved me again, we would be free, and it would be beautiful] |
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