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From: Edvado 
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Subject: Re: I liked the songs better before I knew...
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wight4256{at}gmail.com wrote:

> Hey Jude  was meant for Julian.  Paul was going to John's house during
> the separation with Cynthia and was thinking about telling Julian that
> everything will be ok, "Take a sad song and make it better..."  He
> originally said "Hey Jules..." but thought sounded like a bit of a
> mouthful, so he changed it to Jude.


That's the classic story.  But those of us who have studied The Beatles
know that Paul has about twenty of these "Stock" stories that he tells
over and over.  Nobody (maybe not even Paul anymore) knows which of them
are completely true. 

I'm not a big fan of Frannie simply because she has not aged or handled
her situation "gracefully".  But if you read the lyrics: 

::Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
::Take a sad song and make it better

Paul had just broken up with her.

::Remember to let her into your heart
::Then you can start to make it better

He had a new love - Linda

::Hey, Jude, don't be afraid
::You were made to go out and get her

Possibly an allusion to Frannie's search for a publisher?

::The minute you let her under your skin
::Then you begin to make it better.

Paul telling Frannie to accept Linda

::And any time you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain
::Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

More sympathy.  Telling her not to bear the weight of the breakup
herself. 

::Well don't you know that its a fool who plays it cool
::By making his world a little colder

Telling her not to blow the whole thing off; to accept her feelings.

::Hey, Jude! Don't let her down
::You have found her, now go and get her
::Remember, to let her into your heart
::Then you can start to make it better.

::So let it out and let it in, hey, Jude, begin
::You're waiting for someone to perform with

Waiting for another lover who she can act like...  Well, Faranie with.

::And don't you know that it's just you, hey, Jude,
::You'll do, the movement you need is on your shoulder

Throw-away lyric or something they'd both understand?

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