Chords for John Lennon on Beatles Drug Controversy (1969)
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I don't advocate it, you know.
I don't say don't do it, you know.
I like, I did it myself because I have to do it.
I wanted to know it.
But the fact is that your having done it is a validation for a lot of other people out there who love and admire you and want to be like you.
Yeah, okay.
I said it'd be hypocritical of me not to answer how I feel exactly about drugs, right?
If people expect me to say, don't do it kids, it's no good, they're going to think just as I thought about the vicar, you know.
Don't tell me not to make love to a girl.
Don't tell me, I'll find out myself.
It's the same bit, you know.
I can't tell them that.
I can say, think peace, think peace.
[B] But it's up to them what to do.
It's really up to them, you know.
And that's all there is to it.
Well, he's human too, you know.
In other words, he's not [N] hiding the fact that he's human.
And wait a minute, I just must say this.
I forgot it, you see, when the camera went off.
Now the point about the whole drug scene was, the press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
This is how it all came out.
Otherwise we didn't say a word about it, you know.
I mean, it was just a personal thing, right?
The press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
And Paul said yes.
And then they started getting in on me.
And Paul said, now listen, I'm asking you,
if you're so worried about my influence on the kids, I'm asking you, the press and the TV, not to put this film out.
And he asked them, but they put the whole thing on the news, with him saying, don't put it out.
You know, they said, it's your responsibility, Mr.
McCartney.
Don't you think you've got all these 15-year-old kids
going to run out and become drug addicts, taking LSD?
And Paul said to them, OK, don't put it out.
If you're so worried about my effect on the kids, don't publicise it.
Stop asking me about them.
You know, I mean, it's a game.
It's a game for anybody to ask me about my feelings on drugs
and then put me down for talking about it.
If they don't want it to spread round,
stop writing about it and stop asking people like me whether they take drugs or not.
Because then nobody will know.
Nobody will ask me.
I don't say don't do it, you know.
I like, I did it myself because I have to do it.
I wanted to know it.
But the fact is that your having done it is a validation for a lot of other people out there who love and admire you and want to be like you.
Yeah, okay.
I said it'd be hypocritical of me not to answer how I feel exactly about drugs, right?
If people expect me to say, don't do it kids, it's no good, they're going to think just as I thought about the vicar, you know.
Don't tell me not to make love to a girl.
Don't tell me, I'll find out myself.
It's the same bit, you know.
I can't tell them that.
I can say, think peace, think peace.
[B] But it's up to them what to do.
It's really up to them, you know.
And that's all there is to it.
Well, he's human too, you know.
In other words, he's not [N] hiding the fact that he's human.
And wait a minute, I just must say this.
I forgot it, you see, when the camera went off.
Now the point about the whole drug scene was, the press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
This is how it all came out.
Otherwise we didn't say a word about it, you know.
I mean, it was just a personal thing, right?
The press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
And Paul said yes.
And then they started getting in on me.
And Paul said, now listen, I'm asking you,
if you're so worried about my influence on the kids, I'm asking you, the press and the TV, not to put this film out.
And he asked them, but they put the whole thing on the news, with him saying, don't put it out.
You know, they said, it's your responsibility, Mr.
McCartney.
Don't you think you've got all these 15-year-old kids
going to run out and become drug addicts, taking LSD?
And Paul said to them, OK, don't put it out.
If you're so worried about my effect on the kids, don't publicise it.
Stop asking me about them.
You know, I mean, it's a game.
It's a game for anybody to ask me about my feelings on drugs
and then put me down for talking about it.
If they don't want it to spread round,
stop writing about it and stop asking people like me whether they take drugs or not.
Because then nobody will know.
Nobody will ask me.
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I don't advocate it, you know.
I don't say don't do it, you know.
I like, I did it myself because I have to do it.
I wanted to know it.
But the fact is that your having done it is a validation for a lot of other people out there who love and admire you and want to be like you.
Yeah, okay.
I said it'd be hypocritical of me not to answer how I feel exactly about drugs, right?
If people expect me to say, don't do it kids, it's no good, they're going to think just as I thought about the vicar, you know.
Don't tell me not to make love to a girl.
Don't tell me, I'll find out myself.
It's the same bit, you know.
I can't tell them that.
I can say, think peace, think peace.
[B] But it's up to them what to do.
It's really up to them, you know.
And that's all there is to it.
Well, he's human too, you know.
In other words, he's not [N] hiding the fact that he's human.
And wait a minute, I just must say this.
I forgot it, you see, when the camera went off.
Now the point about the whole drug scene was, the press asked Paul, _ have you taken LSD?
This is how it all came out.
Otherwise we didn't say a word about it, you know.
I mean, it was just a personal thing, right?
The press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
And Paul said yes.
And then they started getting in on me.
And Paul said, now listen, I'm asking you,
if you're so worried about my influence on the kids, I'm asking you, the press and the TV, not to put this film out. _
And he asked them, but they put the whole thing on the news, with him saying, don't put it out.
You know, they said, it's your responsibility, Mr.
McCartney.
Don't you think you've got all these 15-year-old kids
going to run out and become drug addicts, taking LSD?
And Paul said to them, OK, don't put it out.
If you're so worried about my effect on the kids, don't publicise it.
Stop asking me about them.
You know, I mean, it's a game.
It's a game for anybody to ask me about my feelings on drugs
and then put me down for talking about it.
If they don't want it to spread round,
stop writing about it and stop asking people like me whether they take drugs or not.
Because then nobody will know.
Nobody will ask me.
I don't say don't do it, you know.
I like, I did it myself because I have to do it.
I wanted to know it.
But the fact is that your having done it is a validation for a lot of other people out there who love and admire you and want to be like you.
Yeah, okay.
I said it'd be hypocritical of me not to answer how I feel exactly about drugs, right?
If people expect me to say, don't do it kids, it's no good, they're going to think just as I thought about the vicar, you know.
Don't tell me not to make love to a girl.
Don't tell me, I'll find out myself.
It's the same bit, you know.
I can't tell them that.
I can say, think peace, think peace.
[B] But it's up to them what to do.
It's really up to them, you know.
And that's all there is to it.
Well, he's human too, you know.
In other words, he's not [N] hiding the fact that he's human.
And wait a minute, I just must say this.
I forgot it, you see, when the camera went off.
Now the point about the whole drug scene was, the press asked Paul, _ have you taken LSD?
This is how it all came out.
Otherwise we didn't say a word about it, you know.
I mean, it was just a personal thing, right?
The press asked Paul, have you taken LSD?
And Paul said yes.
And then they started getting in on me.
And Paul said, now listen, I'm asking you,
if you're so worried about my influence on the kids, I'm asking you, the press and the TV, not to put this film out. _
And he asked them, but they put the whole thing on the news, with him saying, don't put it out.
You know, they said, it's your responsibility, Mr.
McCartney.
Don't you think you've got all these 15-year-old kids
going to run out and become drug addicts, taking LSD?
And Paul said to them, OK, don't put it out.
If you're so worried about my effect on the kids, don't publicise it.
Stop asking me about them.
You know, I mean, it's a game.
It's a game for anybody to ask me about my feelings on drugs
and then put me down for talking about it.
If they don't want it to spread round,
stop writing about it and stop asking people like me whether they take drugs or not.
Because then nobody will know.
Nobody will ask me.