Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Meaning

Song Released: 1968

Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Lyrics

Come on come on come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on take it easy
Come on take it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and
My monkey.

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1. Beatlemaniac

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   Apr 3rd 2007 !⃝

   Alright above, you got the spiritual part right. Although some of it may be about John and Yoko, its a sex song in my opinion. Monkey = male genetalia. Cmon = shout during intercourse- you get my point. I have no research on this, but it sounds like something the beatles would do. And yes, William Golding wrote Lord of the flies.
2. anonymous

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   Nov 25th 2006 !⃝

   Okay, first of all, WILLIAM GOLDING wrote LORD OF THE FLIES so your source is probably wrong.
   What I heard (in The Beatles Anthology) is that this song was written when they went to that spiritual rest place... They said that basically, the song was describing what they had learned there - except for the monkey part.
   Check your sources.
3. coolethan69

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   Feb 23rd 2006 !⃝

   I am a youngster in eighth grade and for an english project, I studied Beatles lyric interpretations. In my studies I found a book that described their songs and albums and intentions, called beatlesongs by william golding. It said that John said he felt as if "everyone was paranoid except for [he] and Yoko. They were in the glow of love."
4. spiniton

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   Feb 2nd 2006 !⃝

   During the Anthology interviews George credits the Maharishi as some direct inspiration for a few lyrics (Come on you're such a joy, i.e.)
5. anonymous

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   Dec 17th 2005 !⃝

   "Me and my monkey" comes from a twist by John. In a newspaper cartoon, the cartoonist depicted John and Yoko as a man (John) with a monkey on his back (Yoko). John decided to use the clever twist in his song about him and Yoko.
6. anonymous

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   Nov 27th 2005 !⃝

   John wrote this song about him and Yoko. The rest of the band got sort of tense and weren't exactly happy about her being at all the sessions and recordings and stuff, but him and Yoko were just openly in love. So he felt everyone around them were paranoid except for the two of them.