Lyrics for Jealous Guy as interpreted by kevin

Jealous Guy Lyrics
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy, watch out
I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe
I'm just a jealous guy

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ChaosFluro24
09-28-2002

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This is always the song that plays in my head when I mess up a good thing. It's such a beautiful song of love and devotion, but we cannot help what we are.

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bandaid
03-04-2003

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ya..... i love it....

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knate15
06-10-2004

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I just love the way it portrays the act of jealousy. Usually jealousy seems to be a bad thing, because its labeled as being over-obsessive. But Lennon was able to express it in a lovely way.

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lilybart
10-31-2004

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I don't know what was going on or what John Lennon was thinking about when he wrote this song.
I just remember that it came on the radio shortly after we found out my grandfather had died last year. My mother, who'd been able to keep it together for a few hours, started sobbing hysterically.
It's a beautiful song and it breaks my heart.

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levon
12-22-2004

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Proof yet again that John could pick on un traditional topics for his songwriting in a period of time when these topics were never being approached before.

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no_ideas_original
01-02-2005

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yep i agree wit all yall..its an awesome song...its about something everyone goes thru i think...so yeh its a beautiful song beautifully written....every1 should check out eran james's vers. its hot.....
peace

-jasmyn

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doode
01-08-2005

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i think this song is about a dude who had a g/f but they decided to just be really good friends and then the girl starts dating someone and the dude somehow fucks that up for her.

i dunno?

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Philadelphia Eagles
01-15-2005

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A very beautiful song. It's about how you hurt someone and then try to make it up. Done very beautifully.

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Trashazon
01-30-2005

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This song is just beautiful. Obviously about regretting mistakes made through jealousy. One of the very few songs that never fails to make me cry.

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sambo28
04-17-2005

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Apparantly John made Yoko write a list of all the men she had slept with shortly after they had met... and he wrote this as an apology. S'what I heard.

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scatterbra1n
05-05-2005

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This song is so beautiful. It's just amazing how honest John Lennon was with his music. I always think of the scene from Look Whos talking 2 where the boy is jealous of his baby sister getting all the attention,heh. Elliott Smith did a wonderful cover of this .

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Comrade_Liar
05-16-2005

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Sambo is correct on the songs meanings and all the people who have commented on Johns genuis and this songs beauty are correct in their oppinions

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von_chav
05-16-2005

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John Lennon asked Yoko Ono to write a list of all the men she had slept with and felt so guilty he wrote a song at his expense about his jealousy on the occasion. A song called Jealous Guy (this one).

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LuckCharm
06-21-2005

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This song is Lennon apologizing for worrying and possibly breaking a relationship over the past that he was not a part of. Sort of like me and my boyfriend at the moment. He went and had some random fuck with some girl and I continue to hold it over him.

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ironhorse
09-02-2005

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It seems obvious that this song is directed towards Yoko but for years I've thought it was also meant for Paul's ears too.

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John Lennon
10-11-2005

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its about Paul and Yoko; mainly for Yoko, they had several problems in the 70's, if u dont know John Lennon was invited on to Elton John's TV performances he used to do to try and get them(Lennon & yoko) back together; it worked...its meant for Paul also about the breakup of the Beatles-
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control

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Har Mar
11-06-2005

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I'm not sure what lennon was going through when he wrote this song, but at the moment my house mate (who is also my best mate) has started going out with a good friend of mine who I have very stong feelings towards, even though nothing has ever happened between us. this song resonates with my feelings at the moment and encapulates my mood, not only in title, but as a whole song. esspecially though the 'swallowing my pain.' what an absolute marvel he was to translate human emotion like this.

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elmedio
12-10-2005

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This song it's pretty weird... I know it started out as a song called "Child of Nature" during the White Album era, this are the original lyrics:

On the road to Rishikesh,
I was dreaming more or less,
And the dream I had was true,
Yes, the dream I had was true.

I'm just a child of nature,
I don't need much to set me free,
I'm just a child of nature,
I'm one of nature's children.

Sunlight shining in your eyes,
As I face the desert skies,
And my thoughts return to home,
Yes, my thoughts return to home.

Underneath the mountain ranges,
Where the wind that never changes,
Touch the windows of my soul,
Touch the windows of my soul.

I've always imagined Lennon reworking this song as an act of self-criticism and self-guilt, child of nature is such a 'hippie' cartoon of a song wereas jelous guy its an apologetical song he wrote while been away in LA drinking and partying and being a real asshole to Yoko... but it's pretty weird still.

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fight_the_war
12-12-2005

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doesnt it seem ironic and strange, cos it sounds like it could be coming from mark chapman? great song, RIP John

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AgentOrangeSkies
12-25-2005

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this song was/is dedicated to Yoko...also, "I'm sorry that I made you cry, Oh no" -->Oh no = Ono....

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classicrockgirl
02-09-2006

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i think it's about paul.

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bkat004
02-14-2006

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Thank god Yoko was a trollop. Or else, the great one would not have written this top notch mega song!

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joe2000
03-27-2006

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elliott smith's cover is a little better

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joe2000
03-27-2006

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elliott smith's cover is a little better

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schoolofspool
05-25-2006

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Geez John. Such pure honesty. Love the whistle solo. And LOVE Elliot's cover.

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