Crippled Inside

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	Who always thought that granny music was Paul McCartney’s department? Here comes John Lennon with a honky tonk piano (starting at 0.14) and he slides away into a simple 16-bar bluesy kind of thing that sounds as if it was recorded in 1950. A bit of slide guitar in the second verse and in the solo adds all to that feeling. A nice song to tap along with, but that’s about all there is. Full of musical cliches.	Bobber	February 20, 2013
	Good enjoyable track. This song is often described as a poke at Paul McCartney, but I wonder if that's just an assumption based on the put-downs in the lyrics. Why not assume that the next song ("Jealous Guy") also described John's relationship with Paul? I would be curious to know if John ever disclosed that "Crippled Inside" was, in fact, written with Paul in mind.	Bruce Beatlefan	December 9, 2005

Lyrics

You can shine you're shoes
And wear a suit
You can comb your hair
And look quite cute
You can hide your face
Behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

You wear a mask
And paint your face
You can call yourself
The human race
You can wear a collar
And a tie
But the one thing you
Can't hide is when you're
Crippled inside

Well now you know that your
Cat has nine lives babe
Nine loves to itself
But you only got one
And a dog life ain't no fun
Mamma take a look outside.
You can go to church
And sing a hymn
Judge me by the color
Of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

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