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1986

Menlove Ave.

‘I had no idea about doing music as a way of life until rock and roll hit me and then when rock and roll hit me that changed my whole life.’

– John Lennon, 1980

John Lennon
Produced by John Lennon and Phil Spector

Track Listing

  1. Here We Go Again
    4:50
  2. Rock And Roll People
    4:22
  3. Angel Baby
    3:43
  4. Since My Baby Left Me
    3:48
  5. To Know Her Is To Love Her
    4:38
  6. Steel And Glass
    4:11
  7. Scared
    4:19
  8. Old Dirt Road
    3:54
  9. Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out)
    4:30
  10. Bless You
    4:04

‘As a child, John was brought up by Aunt Mimi and Uncle George in their home on Menlove Avenue in Liverpool. In 1956 when John was 16, Elvis Presley happened as a world-wide phenomenon. It changed John’s life. John’s American rock roots, Elvis, Fats Domino, and Phil Spector are evident in these tracks. But what I hear in John’s voice are the other roots of the boy who grew up in Liverpool, listening to Greensleeves, BBC Radio and Tessie O’Shea.’

– Yoko Ono Lennon

 

Recorded: August 1973; July-August 1974
Released UK: 5 Nov 1986
Released USA: 27 Oct 1986

Sleeve notes

Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y. and A&M Studios, L.A.:
Here We Go Again (J. Lennon/P.Spector)
Angel Baby (R. Hamlin)
Since My Baby Left Me (A. Cudrup)
To Know Her Is To Love Her (P. Spector)
Produced by Phil Spector (Arranged by John Lennon)
Rock And Roll People (J.Lennon)
Produced and Arranged by John Lennon
Engineers: Roy Cicala, Lee Keifer, Shelly Yakus
Assistant Engineer: Jim Iovine

Recorded Live at Record Plant, N.Y.:
Steel And Glass (J. Lennon)
Scared (J. Lennon)
Old Dirt Road (J. Lennon/H. Nilsson)
Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out) (J. Lennon)
Bless You (J. Lennon)
Produced and Arranged by John Lennon
Engineers: Ed Sprigg, Dave Thoener

Mixed by Rob Stevens for OneStone Productions except ‘Angel Baby’, mixed by Roy Cicala

Assembled by Yoko Ono
Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.
Mastering Engineer: George Marino

First released: 27 October 1986

 

Versions Available

1986 – Original Stereo version: LP, CD, Cassette

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Here We Go Again

Here we go again
Here we go again and again
Wondering how it all began
Wondering will it ever end

Round and round we go
Where it's going, nobody knows
Though I know we've been this place before
Someone keeps on moving the door

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again

So I say hello again
And nobody gives a damn
And nobody wants to hold your hand
Everyone is an **also-ran** (arsehole-rat??)

Round and round we go
Where it's going, nobody knows
Though I know we've seen this place before
Someone keeps on moving the door

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again

Round and round we go
Round and round we go

Here we go again
Here we go again

Written by John Lennon & Phil Spector

Rock And Roll People

Two, three, four!

Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't tell me where your head is, man
I can see your shinin' shoes
Don't play the Virgin Mary
We all know you've been screwed

Rock 'n' roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

My father was a mother
My mother was a son
Don't play the dog for dinner
We all been twenty-one

We're rock 'n' roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't ask me what the time is
Or how much space I need
Don't play the Mona Lisa
You all know where she's been

Well, rock 'n' roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll

Hey!

Two, three, four!

We're the rock 'n' roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't ask me where your head is, man
I can see you're shinin' shoes
Don't play the Virgin Mary
We all know you've been screwed

Well, rock 'n' roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock 'n' roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet

Okay!

Written by John Lennon

Angel Baby

"This here, is one of my all time favourite songs, it's for my lovely rosie, wherever she may be"

It's just like heaven being here with you.
You're like an angel, too good to be true.
But after all, I love you, iI do.
Angel baby, my angel baby.

I love you,
I do,
No one can love you like I do.

When you are near me my heart skips a beat.
I can hardly stand on my own two feet.
Because I love you, I love you, I do.
Angel baby, my angel baby.

I love you,
I do,
No one can love you like I do.

(yeh!)

Please, never leave me blue and alone.
If you ever go, I'm sure you'll come back home.
Because I love you, I love you, I do.
Angel baby, my angel baby.

I love you,
I do,
No one can love you like I do.

Written by Rosie Hamlin

Since My Baby Left Me

"Okay! Okay! This is it, children!

Hey, hey, hey, hey - hey!

That's nice!"

The story 'bout all of us
Not one missing
She leaves you
Ain't got no sweet, no, no, no

Yeah!

Since my baby left me (Since my baby left me)
Never said a word (Never said a word)
Was it something I done (Was it something I done)
Something that she heard? (Something that she heard?)
You know, she left me (Yes, she left me)
Yes, she left me (Yes, she left me)
My baby even left me, never said a word

Tra la la (Tra la la)
Tra la la (Tra la la)

Now I stand at my window (Now I stand at my window)
Wring my hand and cry (Wring my hand and cry)
I hate to lose that woman (I hate to lose that woman)
Hate to say goodbye (Hate to say goodbye)
You know, she left me (Yes, she left me)
Yes, she left me (Yes, she left me)
You know she even left me, never said goodbye
Never said goodbye!

Da da da (Da da da)
Da da da (Da da da)
Da da da (Da da da)
Da da da (Da da da)

One of these mornings (One of these mornings)
Lord, it won't be long (Lord, it won't belong)
You look for me and, baby (You look for me, baby)
And daddy will be gone (Daddy will be gone)
You know, she left me (Yes, she left me)
Yes, she left me (Yes, she left me)
My baby even left me, never said a word
Not a word! Can you believe it?

Na na na (Na na na)
Na na na (Na na na)
Na na na (Na na na)
Na na na (Na na na)

Oh, so sad
So sad
So, so sad
So, so, so sad

Written by Arthur Crudup

To Know Her Is To Love Her

To know, know, know her
Is to love, love, love her
Everyone said there'll come a day
When I, I walk along side of her.
Yeah! Just to know, know, know her
Is to love, love, love her.
You know that I do,
You know that I do,
Yes, I do, oh, I do.

Why, why can't she see?
Oh, how, how blind can she be?
Some day she'll see
That she was meant just for me, oh yeah.

To know, know, know her
Is to love, love, love her.
Just, just to see her smile,
Makes my life worth while.
Yeah, just to know, just to know her,
You know, is to love, love, love, love her.
You know that I do,
You know that I do,
Yes, I do

Written by Phil Spector

Steel And Glass

There you stand with your L.A. tan
And your New York walk and your New York talk
You're mother left you when you were small
But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all

Steel and glass
Steel and glass

Your phone don't ring no one answers your call
How does it feel to be off the wall

Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied
Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
You leave your smell like an alley cat

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass

There you stand with your toilet **scent**
And your Mickey duck and your Donald fuck
Your daddy left when you were small
And you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all

Steel and glass
Steel and glass

Written by John Lennon

Scared

I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
As the years roll away
And the price that I pay
As the straws slips away

You don't have to suffer
It is what it is
No bell book or candle
Can get you out of this, oh no!

I'm stoned, I'm stoned, I'm stoned, I'm stoned
I'm stoned, I'm stoned, I'm stoned
Every day of my life
I just manage to survive
I just wanna stay alive

You don't have to worry
In heaven or hell
Just dance to the music
You do it so well, well, well!

Hatred and jealousy, gonna be the death of me
I guess you knew it right from the start
Sing a lot about love and peace
Don't wanna see the red raw meat
The green eyed goddamn straight from your heart

I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired
I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired
Of being so alone
No place to call my home
Like a rolling stone

Written by John Lennon

Old Dirt Road

Ain't no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
It's better than a mudslide mamma when the dry spell come
Oh oh oh old dirt road

Ain't no difference on the old dirt road
Tarred and feathered on the old dirt road
Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind

Breezing thru the desert on a hot summer day
I saw a human being lazybonin' out in the hay
I said uh, hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too?
He said I guess it's O.K. you know the only thing we need is water
Cool, clear water, water

Ain't no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
Better than the mudslide mamma when the morning comes, yeah
Oh oh oh oh old dirt road

Ain't no difference on the old dirt road
Tarred and feathered on the old dirt road
Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind

Breezing thru the desert on a hot summer day
I saw a human being lazybonin' out in the hay
I said uh, hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too?
He said I guess it's O.K. you know the only thing we need is water
Cool, clear water, water

Written by John Lennon & Harry Nilsson

Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out)

Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustling for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine

I've been across to the other side
I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
And still you ask me do I love you, what it is, what it is
All I can show you is it's all show biz
All I can tell you is it's all show biz

Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustling for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you knife mine

I've been across the water now so many times
I've seen the one eyed witch doctor leading the blind
And still you ask me do I love you, what you say, what you say
Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away
Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away,
What you say what you say what you say

Well I get up in the morning and I'm looking in the mirror to see!
Then I'm lying in the darkness and I know I can't get to sleep!

Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
Everybody's hollering about their own birthday
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground

Written by John Lennon

Bless You

Bless you wherever you are
Windswept child on a shooting star
Restless Spirits depart
Still we're deep in each other's hearts

Some people say it's over
Now that we spread our wings
But we know better darling
The hollow ring is only last year's echo

Bless you whoever you are
Holding her now
Be warm and kind hearted
And remember although love is strange
Now and forever our love will remain the same

Some people say it's over
Now that we spread our wings
But we know better darling
The hollow ring is only last year's echo

Written by John Lennon