Rocky Raccoon Lyrics
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon.
And one day his woman ran off with another guy.
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn’t like that.
He said I’m gonna get that boy.
So one day he walked in to town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon’s Bible.
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival.
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magill and she called herself Lill
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down.
Rocky bust in and grinning a grin.
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot – he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.
Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table.
He said Rocky you met your match.
And Rocky said, Doc it’s only a scratch
And I’ll be better, I’ll be better doc as soon as I am able.
Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon’s Bible.
Gideon checked out and he left in no doubt
To help with good Rocky’s revival.
In my opinion, this song is really much more straightforward and about an experience almost all of us have been through first hand.
In the first half, Rocky has his woman stolen. He runs off to try winning her back, or at least chase the other guy off.
He fails miserably.
The rest of the song is about moving on with life. "It's only a scratch, and I'll be better doc - as soon as I'm able". It doesn't have to be about religious conversion. At the end, the exact thing Paul interjects is "Sorry, Rocky - better luck next time". There is a next time. It's a message of hope.
It's about that supremely painful feeling - being abandoned by someone you love. Responding irrationaly, with anger. You come out of this looking like a fool, and take an even deeper wound in the process. You eventually come full circle to acceptance, and you can move on.
I think you can read too much into the Nancy/Lil Magill lines. Basically, her real name is plain old Nancy Magill, but she prefers to be called Lil, as in Lily or Lilian, not as in 'little'. Nancy is quite a plain name and Lil sounds like the name a Wild West showgirl might have. Haven't you ever met anyone who hated their name and tried to get you to call them by some obscure nickname or their middle name, and then it turns out that all their family and old friends call them the old name? Lil is just plain old Nancy Magill putting on airs, and that's all there is to it. She traded in her name for something fancier, and then she traded in her man for the more dashind Dan. I really think this is just a playful song with no hidden message or deep themes :-)
That's exactly how I think it was meant too, except that I think there was some form of message, as posted below.
That's exactly how I think it was meant too, except that I think there was some form of message, as posted below.
@luciemabelle This is a premonition of President Donald J. Trump, referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, "or 'Nancy' as I call her". He, of course, in his Presidential wisdom, was referring to the Beatles song, "Rocky Raccoon" and the Firesign Theatre album, "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All"
@luciemabelle This is a premonition of President Donald J. Trump, referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, "or 'Nancy' as I call her". He, of course, in his Presidential wisdom, was referring to the Beatles song, "Rocky Raccoon" and the Firesign Theatre album, "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All"
@david10907 Awesome, can't you just see $45 as a young man sitting in a circle with a bunch of his fellow hippies, passing around a number, and listening to The Further Adventures of Nick Danger?
@david10907 Awesome, can't you just see $45 as a young man sitting in a circle with a bunch of his fellow hippies, passing around a number, and listening to The Further Adventures of Nick Danger?
No? Me neither.
No? Me neither.
This song's so cute... as a kid I thought it was a tragedy indeed... even now I'll still break into "Rocky you met your match/Rocky said 'Doc it's only a scratch/and I'll be better, Doc, I'll be better, as soon as I am able...'" on occasion...
The only thing I don't understand, is that it sounds like the doctor is the one lying on the table.
Hahaha yeah "The doctor came in stinking of gin, and proceeded to lie on the table." I just imagine a drunk doctor walking into the room and just lie down on the table for no reason.
Hahaha yeah "The doctor came in stinking of gin, and proceeded to lie on the table." I just imagine a drunk doctor walking into the room and just lie down on the table for no reason.
For me, this song has personal meaning. Jealousy is serious problem for me. I keep it hidden, but whenever I begin to act on it, absolutely nothing good comes of it. Rocky, jealous of the man that took his girl from him, acts on his jealousy, instead of coming to terms with the fact that she had found someone else, and it ultimately leads to his downfall. Just how I interpret the lyrics.
Yep your right
Yep your right
Who has the most elaborated Explaination for this song???
hes in love with this girl "rocky" and she runs off cause after their fight, and then has a stand off with the man who trys to take her from him. but rocky was to slow with the gun.
hes in love with this girl "rocky" and she runs off cause after their fight, and then has a stand off with the man who trys to take her from him. but rocky was to slow with the gun.
if you can find the version of this song where they're just fucking around, you should listen to it. it's pretty funny. mccartney:"...doctor came in, shminking of gin" ringo: "shminking?" lennon: "it's actually shminking OF gin."
This is a catchy Western story written by Paul. Apparently the character of the doctor is based on an experience of Paul's. He fell off his moped and the doctor that treated him was stinking of gin and made a bad job of his stitches that he needed on his lip.
F-ing beautiful. It occupies some perfect space between Cartoon, Western, and Horribly Realistic Tragedy. And it places religion in the most absudist spot - implying the ridiculousness of the entire comcept of religious salvation.
best on the album