the ballad of john and yoko

john lennon'ın, yoko ono'yla evlendikleri günlerde başlarından geçenleri fazlasıyla eğlenceli bir şekilde anlattığı beatles şarkısı. bu süper 'oynak' parçanın nakaratı ise fevkalade içlidir:

the way things are going,
they're gonna crucify me!

ringo ve george harrison şarkıda çalmadığı gibi, şarkı da herhangi bir albümde yer almamıştır. past masters isimli toplama albümde yer almıştır. yine de john ve yoko'nun hikayesini anlatan bu şarkı oldukça eğlenceli. bir de olur da merak eden olursa diye; kanadalı müzik grubu barenaked ladies'in be my yoko ono isimli bir şarkısı var. youtube related videos gibi hissettim lan kendimi. neyse sözlerini de yazayım da tam olsun memleket;

standing on the dock at southampton
trying to get to holland or france
the man in the mac
said, "you've gotta go back"
you know, they didn't even give us a chance

christ, you know it ain't easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me

finally made the plane into paris
honeymooning down by the seine
peter brown called to say
"you can make it okay
"you can get married in gibraltar, near spain"

christ, you know it ain't easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me

drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton
talking in our beds for a week
the newspeople said
"say, what're you doing in bed?"
i said, "we're only trying to get us some peace"

christ, you know it ain't easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me

made a lightning trip to vienna
eating chocolate cakes in a bag
the newspapers said
"she's gone to his head
"they look just like two gurus in drag"

christ, you know it ain't easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me

caught the early plane back to london
fifty acrons tied in a sack
the men from the press
said, "we wish you success
"it's good to have the both of you back"

christ, you know it ain't easy
you know how hard it can be
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me
the way things are going
they're gonna crucify me

the beatles albümlerinde yer almayan ama the beatles'in best of albümü diyebileceğimiz past masters albümünde yer alan eğlenceli the beatles şarkısı.