Honey Pie
(The Beatles)
Honey Pie
by The Beatles
“ Honey Pie ” is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, from their 1968 eponymous double album The Beatles (also known as “the White Album”). The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.
The song is a direct homage to the British music hall style. It concerns a famed actress, called only by the term of endearment “Honey Pie”, who becomes famous in the United States, and her old lover, who wishes for her to rejoin him in England. The premise – a humble admirer yearning for the return of his lover – is not unlike a typical music hall plot. In order to establish an appropriate, old-timey sound, ‘crackles’ were added to the third line, “Now she’s hit the big time!”, from a 78-rpm record.
Lyrics
She was a working girl
North of England way
Now she’s hit the big time
In the U.S.A.
And if she could only hear me
This is what I’d say.
Honey pie, you are making me crazy
I’m in love but I’m lazy
So won’t you please come home.
Oh honey pie, my position is tragic
Come and show me the magic
Of your Hollywood song.
You became a legend of the silver screen
And now the thought of meeting you
Makes me weak in the knee.
Oh honey pie, you are driving me frantic
Sail across the Atlantic
To be where you belong.
Will the wind that blew her boat
Across the sea
Kindly send her sailing back to me.
Honey pie, you are making me crazy
I’m in love but I’m lazy
So won’t you please come home.
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul Mccartney
