What do you think Yer Blues means?

Beatles: Yer Blues Meaning

Album cover for Yer Blues album cover

Song Released: 1968


Yer Blues Lyrics

Yes I'm lonely wanna die.
If I ain't dead already.
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
In the morning wanna die.
In the evening wanna die.
If I ain't dead already.
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
My mother was of the sky.
My father was of...

  1. anonymous
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    Sep 27th 2013 !⃝

    John did feel very suicidal , back in 1968.

  2. anonymous
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    May 24th 2012 !⃝

    John originally wrote Yer Blues as a dig against blues music, almost a sarcastic play on it. But lyrically its about his own personal insecruities. He wrote it during his time in India which explains all the deep meanings behind the stuff like ''mother was if the earth, father was of the sky.' His talking about being at one with everything..
    He also named it Yer Blues to even out the seriousness behind the lyrical content a bit. Youll find he did that with most of his philosophical meaning songs such as 'Tommorow Never Knows' and 'I am the Walrus'..


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