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Intellivision · 11.10.2006, 12:01 PM

Won't you come out to play?

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Album:The White AlbumDate:1968Lyrics:click

Songfacts:While Mia Farrow inspired such men as Andre Previn,Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen,her sister Prudence left her mark on John Lennon.According to Nancy de Herrera's book,All You Need Is Love,Prudence metTheBeatles on a spiritual retreat with the Maharishi in India,which she attended with Mia.WhenPrudence, suffering depression,confined herself to her room, Lennon wrote this hoping to cheer her up.It did.Prudence Farrow wanted to "Reach God quicker than anyone else,"according to John Lennon.She would lock herself in her room trying to meditate for hoursandhours.From A Hard Day's Write,by SteveTurner:"At the end of the demo version of Dear Prudence,John continues playing guitar and says:'No one was to know that soonerorlater she was to go completely berserk,under the care of MaharishiMaheshYogi. All the people around were very worried about the girl because she was going insane.So,we sang to her.'Ringo had left the group as the White Album sessions got very tense,so PaulMcCartney played drums.When Ringo came back a short time later,there were flowers on his drum kit welcoming him back.The guitars were overdubbed 6 or 7 times.JohnLennon's handwritten lyrics were auctioned off for almost 9,750 GBP in 1987.in 1987.Lennon considered this one of his favourites.Siouxsie AndThe Banshees covered this in 1983. Their version went to#3in the UK and became their biggest hit.punctuationby porkmarras.

11.10.2006, 12:01 PM	#1
Intellivision i'm a rotten little fuck Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 347	Won't you come out to play? http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=148 Album:The White AlbumDate:1968Lyrics:click Songfacts:While Mia Farrow inspired such men as Andre Previn,Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen,her sister Prudence left her mark on John Lennon.According to Nancy de Herrera's book,All You Need Is Love,Prudence metTheBeatles on a spiritual retreat with the Maharishi in India,which she attended with Mia.WhenPrudence, suffering depression,confined herself to her room, Lennon wrote this hoping to cheer her up.It did.Prudence Farrow wanted to "Reach God quicker than anyone else,"according to John Lennon.She would lock herself in her room trying to meditate for hoursandhours.From A Hard Day's Write,by SteveTurner:"At the end of the demo version of Dear Prudence,John continues playing guitar and says:'No one was to know that soonerorlater she was to go completely berserk,under the care of MaharishiMaheshYogi. All the people around were very worried about the girl because she was going insane.So,we sang to her.'Ringo had left the group as the White Album sessions got very tense,so PaulMcCartney played drums.When Ringo came back a short time later,there were flowers on his drum kit welcoming him back.The guitars were overdubbed 6 or 7 times.JohnLennon's handwritten lyrics were auctioned off for almost 9,750 GBP in 1987.in 1987.Lennon considered this one of his favourites.Siouxsie AndThe Banshees covered this in 1983. Their version went to#3in the UK and became their biggest hit.punctuationby porkmarras.
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