The Beatles – Hey Bulldog

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Sheepdog, standing in the rain
Bullfrog, doing it again
Some kind of happiness is
Measured out in miles
What makes you think you're
Something special when you smile

Childlike no one understands
Jackknife in your sweaty hands
Some kind of innocence is
Measured out in years
You don't know what it's like
To listen to your fears

You can talk to me
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
If you're lonely, you can talk to me

Big man (yeah) walking in the park
Wigwam frightened of the dark
Some kind of solitude is
Measured out in you
You think you know me, but you haven't got a clue

You can talk to me
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
If you're lonely, you can talk to me

Hey Hey

Roar

Hey, Bulldog (Hey Bulldog)

Woof

Hey, Bulldog
Hey, Bulldog
Hey, Bulldog

Hey man

Whats up brother?

Roof

What do ya say

I say, "roof"

You know any more?

Ah ah (You got it, that's it, you had it!)
That's it man, Wo ho, That's it, you got it!

Woah

Look at me man, I only had ten children

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ha ha ha ha
Quiet! Quiet! (OK)
Quiet!
Hey, Bulldog, Hey Bulldog

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"Hey Bulldog" as written by John Winston Lennon, Paul James Mccartney

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    General Comment:This is definitely about someone who presents a big show and takes too many goodies which causes him to be both miles away and immature and in states like this you get because he cant handle his stuff and consequently he is trapped in his own world full of denial. They group then is attemting to get back through to him back down to earth but he simply smiles and speaks nonsense and they have to let him reset before they retry. Hes demanding assistance with rolling away the stone.
    Flag DECEPTICLEon September 28, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:In my opinion, the possible meaning of a 1968 "standard" song by John Lennon could be the
    following one. The bulldog is a tenacious man who hasn't stopped following the guru T.L.,
    also when the lsd has been declared illegal. He doesn't care about the "big man" (pusher)
    who sells heroin in the park. The bulldog has only ten children (hippys), because the law
    is against them. If I'm right, the bulldog was not Paul, but John himself.
    Flag maxlookdjon June 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's John sort of making fun of optimism. Mocking their ignorance. Perhaps it's directed toward Paul?
    Flag lennonineon March 17, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Paul is the walrus, Paul is the bulldog. Now what? Paul is Lucy in the sky with diamonds?
    Flag davidpequson February 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:My favourite song on the Yellow Submarine album that isn't on another major album. :) I love the riff and how it builds up at the beginning and the chorus. Great song.
    Flag julyrainon June 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Absolutely the best song The Beatles ever recorded!!! I think we have to take John at his word about the basis of this song.... however- Just because the song is about nothing, that doesn't mean it has no meaning. Wind-up*sushi had an interesting interpretation. This goes along with the idea that This song is full of John's random thoughts about society (socialites) in general. Many of the lines fit perfectly into John's beliefs about how shallow people can be. John found great ways of restating many British quips and idioms, and yea, he might have had Paul in mind for some of them. I guess we'll never know. By the way, I'm sick of people who try to twist every lyric, of every song ever made, into a drug reference or a homosexual reference, I'm sure these are the subject of many songs, but not every song......
    Flag krutaron May 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I'm french and the first time I heard this song, I did not speak any english, I was not very good at school, but I loved it so much I listen to it again and again. So as many songs we loved when I was a teenager we did not understand a damn word. It was a long time ago and I understand a little more english now but when I recently heard this song again I realized I still do not understand what it means. I found this site because I was looking for a meaning and I am glad to see you guys do not understand it either. I think that we loved so much these songs not for their formal meanings but because it was the dawn of a new promising word and because they were our songs, kid songs. Unfortunately, as predicted by the Rolling Stones the troubadours died, our word is still ugly and we eventually are getting old. But I really love this song and the quarrels between John and Paul have even less meaning than the lyrics.
    Flag Kaouedon October 31, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song, i don't register it as a stab at paul.
    it's a fun song about little people who act big. like my bulldog :D
    Flag wind-up*sushion September 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:First i want to start off that i am rather religious so if you have no tolerance for others religious beliefs you need to read no further, i also feel obligated to say that i was in a different mindset when this song made sense to me. In my interpertation i believe that the animal represents us as people and their relationship with God. God is considered our Lord in Christianity and he provides for us just as we would provide for a dog if we were its master, and we would (most of the time) show unconditional love towards it. When He goes on to say, you dont know what its like to listen to your fears, and you can talk to me, I believe that here John, may or may not have been intending this could be stating that you could talk to God (epiecally) if your lonely or confused), and no matter what the circumstances would be he will listen to you. But ya thats my rather weird interpertation. I don't think John intended it to be interpreted this way but, i felt compelled to express my views on this song even if they are wrong.
    Flag BoneJamonon August 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Actually, it was recorded specifically for Yellow Submarine. It was recorded in Feburary of 1968 which was was only four months before Yellow Submarine was released. The new songs (new as of 1968)for Submarine actually began with recording sessions of Sgt Pepper. How a song was considered for Yellow Submarine was simply the songs they thought were not up to par with their other songs--B songs if you will. If they recorded a song and felt it was below thier standard, they would say "let's use it for Yellow Submarine, then." "Only a Northern Song", "All Together Now", "Too Much" were recorded during sessions for other albums. "Hey Bulldog was specifically recorded for Yellow Submarine, though. What happened was that they were booked to film a promotional film (they call them video's now, kiddies) for the new single "Lady Madonna". But once they got in the studio they thought that while they were there it would be good to record a new song for Yellow Submarine. So if you see the promotional clip for "Lady Madonna" the song they are actually playing is "Hey Bulldog". There is now a "Hey Bulldog" video, but it was culled from the same footage that was used to make the "Lady Madonna" Clip.
    Flag Scifiboy2002on May 26, 2009   Link

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