Post by faulconandsnowjob on Nov 12, 2008 20:24:18 GMT -5
So, the story goes (if I remember correctly from "Turn Me On, Dead Man" by Andru J. Reeves) that Terry Knight went to talk to Apple about doing a record (1969). When he came back, he wrote this song - several months before the PID rumors really started in USA.
St. Paul - Terry Knight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8D2v3S9N0
These are the lyrics as I hear them:
I looked into the sky > where one often looks when someone has passed on
Everything was high
Higher than it seemed to be to me
Standing by the sea > perhaps a burial at sea reference, but I think probably more just someone going to the sea to try to cope w/ a loss (I've done that)
Thinking I was free
Did I hear you call or was I dreaming then, St. Paul? > communicating w/ someone who has passed on
You knew it all along
Something had gone wrong
They couldn't hear your song of sadness in the air > he's been silenced
While they were crying out, "beware"
Your flowers & long hair > I think Terry Knight thought Paul had been around thru Sgt. Pepper, at least, didn't realize he was gone already in '66
While you & Sgt. Pepper saw the writing on the wall
You say you want to live your life to the future
They say they've got dues to pay today
You say it's the fool who plays it cool, Sir
And if tomorrow comes, you know, they'll all hear St. Paul say:
Let me take you down
You have a different view > could be double entendre: you look difft &/or you had a difft opinion about how band should go
Hey there, Paul, what's new? > ha! "Paul" is new
Did Judas really talk to you > Judas/Jude, but also Biblical (St. Paul)
or did you put us on? > yeah, that's some trick, switching Faul for Paul!
I think there's something wrong
It's taking you too long
To change the world
so Sir Isaac Newton said it had to fall > ref to Apple Corps (A Paul Corpse?)
Hey St. Paul!
You say you want to live your life to the future
They say they've got dues to pay today
You say it's the fool who plays it cool, Sir
And if tomorrow comes, you know, they'll all hear St Paul say:
I read the news today, oh boy.
You had a different view
Hey there, Paul, what's new?
Did Judas talk to you
or did you put the whole world on?
I think there's something wrong
It's taking you too long to change the world
so Sir Isaac Newton told you it would fall
You didn't listen, St. Paul! > no, you didn't & look what happened
St. Paul - Terry Knight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8D2v3S9N0
These are the lyrics as I hear them:
I looked into the sky > where one often looks when someone has passed on
Everything was high
Higher than it seemed to be to me
Standing by the sea > perhaps a burial at sea reference, but I think probably more just someone going to the sea to try to cope w/ a loss (I've done that)
Thinking I was free
Did I hear you call or was I dreaming then, St. Paul? > communicating w/ someone who has passed on
You knew it all along
Something had gone wrong
They couldn't hear your song of sadness in the air > he's been silenced
While they were crying out, "beware"
Your flowers & long hair > I think Terry Knight thought Paul had been around thru Sgt. Pepper, at least, didn't realize he was gone already in '66
While you & Sgt. Pepper saw the writing on the wall
You say you want to live your life to the future
They say they've got dues to pay today
You say it's the fool who plays it cool, Sir
And if tomorrow comes, you know, they'll all hear St. Paul say:
Let me take you down
You have a different view > could be double entendre: you look difft &/or you had a difft opinion about how band should go
Hey there, Paul, what's new? > ha! "Paul" is new
Did Judas really talk to you > Judas/Jude, but also Biblical (St. Paul)
or did you put us on? > yeah, that's some trick, switching Faul for Paul!
I think there's something wrong
It's taking you too long
To change the world
so Sir Isaac Newton said it had to fall > ref to Apple Corps (A Paul Corpse?)
Hey St. Paul!
You say you want to live your life to the future
They say they've got dues to pay today
You say it's the fool who plays it cool, Sir
And if tomorrow comes, you know, they'll all hear St Paul say:
I read the news today, oh boy.
You had a different view
Hey there, Paul, what's new?
Did Judas talk to you
or did you put the whole world on?
I think there's something wrong
It's taking you too long to change the world
so Sir Isaac Newton told you it would fall
You didn't listen, St. Paul! > no, you didn't & look what happened