Blue Jay Way Lyrics



Harrison


There's a fog upon L.A.
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves instead.
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep
Well it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meet
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep
Now it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay Way
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep.
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Don't be long - don't be long - don't be long
Don't be long - don't be long - don't be long.

 
Lead Singer: George

Recording: 9/6/67, 9/7/67, 10/6/67
Mixing: 10/12/67, 11/7/67
Length: 3:50
Take: 3

Anomalies

0:34 * NEW *
Short high pitched tone, left channel
1:24 * NEW *
Left voice finishes "Street" before the right one does.
2:20 * NEW *
Either a double tracking error, or Paul joins in singing just "you be"
2:22 * NEW *
Wooden click in vocal track (right ear)
3:09-3:11 * NEW *
Spoken voice under chorus
George Harrison wrote this in a house he rented in Los Angeles on a street named Blue Jay Way. He was waiting for his friend Derek Taylor when he came up with the song.
The line "Don't Be Long" is repeated 29 times.
This was used in the Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour.
The vocals, organ, and drums were played on 2 tape machines slightly out of sync to get the phasing effect.
When the ending is reversed, it sounds suspiciously like "Paul is bloody." This added to the "Paul is Dead" hoax. (thanks, Dominic - Pittsburgh, PA)

 
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