Half of what I say is meaningless/
But I say it just to reach you, Julia.

We don’t get to hear a lot of solo acoustic work from Lennon from his Beatles years and it is a shame. “Julia” is a tender song (written about his mother) with a beautiful melody and simple accompanying guitar part that highlights Lennon’s voice. I am not sure how many other songs he does finger picking on, but it sounds nice. The song sounds personal to him and his humming helps to sweeten the delivery. He calls this a “song of love for you, Julia”. Very sweet.

“Julia’s” bridge is really amazing (her hair of floating sky is shimmering…). It really shows that a bridge doesn’t need to be long, it just needs to break up the rhythm of the song to create a complimentary sound to the verse and chorus. Once we get back to the chorus and verse for the second or third time, it will sound more fresh if it had a bridge between it. This is one of the better ones.

This song sounds like a lullaby. I imagine there are many women out there named Julia who probably have a love/hate relationship with this song. Does every suitor sing it to them? That could get annoying.

Julia Lyrics

Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you, Julia

Julia, Julia, ocean child, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmering
In the sun

Julia, Julia, morning moon, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind, Julia

Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia

Hum, hum, hum, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia, Julia, Julia

written by Lennon/Mccartney