Dear Prudence Lyrics



(Lennon/McCartney)




Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out and play

Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
that you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?

Look around round
Look around round round
Look around

Dear Prudence let me see you smile
Dear Prudence like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?

 
Lead Singer: John

Recording: 8/28/68, 8/29/68
Mixing: 8/30/68, 10/5/68, 10/13/68
Length: 3:53
Take: 1

Anomalies

1:45 (Left)
The bass guitar is tapped for two notes, and struck for the third during the silent break here.
2:05 (Left)
The solo guitar, which faded out at 2:00 reappears here as if the fader was brought up too soon.
2:11 (Left)
Bump noise
2:12
Leakage of picking of guitar at centre during quiet spot.
While Mia Farrow inspired such men as Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen, her sister Prudence left her mark on John Lennon. According to Nancy de Herrera's book, All You Need Is Love, Prudence met The Beatles on a spiritual retreat with the Maharishi in India, which she attended with Mia. When Prudence, suffering depression, confined herself to her room, Lennon wrote this hoping to cheer her up. It did. (thanks, bob - napa, CA)
Ringo had left the group as the White Album sessions got very tense, so Paul McCartney played drums. When Ringo came back a short time later, there were flowers on his drum kit welcoming him back.
The guitars were overdubbed 6 or 7 times.
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics were auctioned off for $19,500 in 1987.
Lennon considered this one of his favorites.
 
The White Album Lyrics   

How many times this song has been viewed: