The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
You don't need me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say, love
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
I don't want to sound complaining
But you know there's always rain in my heart (in my heart)
I do all the pleasing with you
It's so hard to reason with you
whoa yeah, why do you make me blue?
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
(Please me) whoa yeah, like I please you
(Please me) whoa yeah, like I please you
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
You don't need me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say, love
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
I don't want to sound complaining
But you know there's always rain in my heart (in my heart)
I do all the pleasing with you
It's so hard to reason with you
whoa yeah, why do you make me blue?
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Come on (come on), come on (come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
(Please me) whoa yeah, like I please you
(Please me) whoa yeah, like I please you
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i think its very sexual...please me like i please you.. maybe he put out and yet he is not getting anything in return...they were handsome men i dont see why anyone wont want to return the favor....sorry if i sound like a sexual beast
PPM was one of those tracks which sounded innocent, but had a deep subtext. More of that anon.
The chorus was suggested by Bing Crosby's 1932 song "Please", written by Robin/Rainger, which starts off by investigating the relationship between the homophones "please" and "pleas" - "oh please, lend your little ear to my pleas | Send a ray of cheer to my pleas | Tell me that you love me too".
Some, most notably Robert Christgau, music editor of New York's Village Voice, have suggested that this is an explicit allusion to oral sex.
Suddenly, I'm never going to view this song in the same light ever again...
@Bobo192 Of course it is about a blowjob! John Lennon was always very raunchy and, after all, he was 22 years old whe he wrote it.
The oral quality of these lyrics hits you in the face.
have any of u read the book beatles anthology written by the beatles. well it say in that book that they wrote this song about oral sex.
john or paul muffs a lyric in one of the verses..
and yes this song is about oral sex "why do you make me blue ?" "please please me like I please you" definetly.
yeah, why do you give me blue balls?
I assumed it was about sex. But who cares? I love how john says "come on."
I love Lennon's "come on"s as well. They're almost comical, yet confident, buoyant, valiant, endearing, commanding, chiding, encouraging, reassuring, tender yet demanding, all at once.
Surprised people still don't think it's about oral sex. If it's anything else I'm disappointed. To the "innocents" what does John mean by "You don't need me to show the way..." followed by the c'mons, and the fact that pleasing someone is so commonly used in this context?
The only lyric that doesn't fit this interpretation is the first part of the bridge. But I wouldn't think too much of it. John uses this to place a fairly clever rhyme scheme(complainin'... rain in). Something the Beatles aren't generally known for.
Anyhow, great song. Should be regarded higher than other early classics such as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or "She Loves You" IMO.
It always seemed pretty clear to me it was about sex. It's in the title, it's in the lyrics. Now that someone mentioned it, I can see why it might be about oral sex in particular, or maybe any unordinary sex act.
The biggest indicators imo are the title and main lyric, "please please me", and the way he sings the chorus, "come on". It sounds like his trying to get her to put out.
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Well to the "innocents", I have a question. How does he know he's pleasing her? And how does he know how he's pleasing her? An innocent explanation needs an explanation. She's happy with the attention and devotion he bestows upon her, it pleases her, right? So, what's the problem? If his company and affection make her happy, and she's made that known, why would he have to beg her please him in the same way. It's apparently not a situation where he's getting the cold shoulder and brush-off from a girl he desires, because his continued efforts would not PLEASE her, and he would not know that they PLEASE her, because he'd be getting the brush-off. That's a different lyric, that situation. I'm doin all this stuff trying to impress you and get your attention and affection and you don't give me the time of day. Plus that girl would not be "his" girl.
He's doing something for his girl that makes her happy and if she did it for him it would make him happy, he knows it makes her happy, she knows he knows it makes her happy and it's to the point that he's pleading for it. So it's about unrequited foot massage? He does her taxes, but he can't stand to do his own?
I think the girl mentioned in the song is just being apathetic. She's accepting gifts and dates, but she isn't reciprocating.
That's enough to make any guy blue.