John described it as "gobbledygook". And like other songs by John, the lyrical obsession with dissociated nonsense phrases takes precedence over pure meaning.

Originally posted by ViewAskewbian
I heard, at one point, that Come Together was about Bob Dylan.
Although, I suppose, in a rather loose way some points in the lyrics could relate to Dylan one could argue that they could relate to just about anyone. Hell, I've got Ono sideboard.

Originally posted by Captain Harlock
Okay I've managed to find the book. The title of the book is "The Fabulous Beatles". It's a paperback spiral bound book that I've had in my possession since the early 1970's.

Come Together; ph. 1. Song title 2, Lyrics:
"old flat top" could refer to John

You may find it amusing to get a hold of a copy of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me," there are some lyrics in "Come Together" which were lifted from "YCCM." [Morris Levy, who owned Big Seven Music Corp., the copyright owner of Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" sued Lennon....] .... and this led to Lennon being forced to record the "Rock And Roll" album, which contains a version of "YCCM."

"Here come a flattop, he come movin' up with me, he go sailing goodbye in a little ol' souped-up jitney."

Plus, if you haven't heard it, Berry's "YCCM" is one of the highlights of rock'n'roll, IMHO of course.

Ju-ju eyeballs - a ju ju was California slang for marijuana therefore ju
ju eyes is someone who looks stoned

spinal cracker - refers to the practice of japanese wives (ie. ONO) to walk on their husbands backs

ono sideboard - yoko ono

bag production - Lennon and Ono's labal/production company

come together over me - a sexual reference, but also a reference to Timothy Leary's campaign slogan for an attempted Presidential campaign (just the come together); in fact the song was original inspired by a request from t.l. to write a theme song for his campaign

old flattop - i think this is the bit Lennon copied from Chuck Berry and got sued over (by the publishers, not Berry); the song is a classic Berry style blues shuffle of the old school played in the then new laid back California style

hold you in his arms to you can feel his disease - I've seen some books prints this as hold you in his armchair feel his disease; that's just stupid

he shoot coca-cola - a pun on cocaine which Lennon was more than mildly addicted to

In general, most of the lyrics are menacing nonsense meant to scramble the brains of fans looking for cryptic messages in his lyrics. (See his comment on this sort of thing in Glass Onion on the White Album). He's just having fun with his own identity as an icon, a sort of self-reflexive inter-textual comment on the relationship of the artist and the observer of art mixed up in a politico-sexual statement. And some spooky piano by Paul.

They're about John. The song is autobiographical.

The song is written in a Dylanesque style, i.e. a form of impressionism, where, although nothing is said directly, many diverse images converge to form one picture---in this case an autobiographical picture of John Lennon. (The song itself is a derivative of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me," which wouldn't have been apparent if Lennon hadn't used "Here come ole flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly" as the opening line. Like George, he paid for that one many times over.) [....]

The song's further images: "ju ju eyeballs" beady, like ju ju beads, "one holy roller," impassioned, committed, evangelistic, "hair down to his knees," "a joker," (as in Dylan's reference in "All Along the Watch Tower") are all personal depictions. "No shoeshine," "toe jam football" refer to being both socially unpolished and scruffy. Here "ball" is added to foot as a literary word play, much like "shooting star fish." "He got monkey fingers," "he shoots Coca-Cola" word play as in "HDN" in reference to heroin. "He got Bag Productions" is a slip of the tongue from earlier "bad production"--(a self criticism) but since Bag Prod. was J & Y's production company, it was appropriate. "Walrus gum boot" is a reference to the Beatles in "Walrus," and gumboots are what you use to wade through sh*t. "Ono side boards," another word play with Ono at his side, attached to him like side boards (burns), and "spinal cracker" is a reference to being a real hard ass. "Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease" is John's description of his life-long "disease"--sex-obsession, and on his lap that becomes evident. "Roller coaster" is both his personality and personal life. "Early warnin'" refers to early knowledge that he was different from others, "Muddy Waters," a word play on the bluesman's name referring to the murky confusion in his life. "He one mojo philter," might be confusing. A mojo is a voodoo power charm for holding women, and a philter is a drug or a love-potion. Just a sexual swagger here. "One and one and one is three," as the Beatles lack a fourth member, and "Got to be good-looking cos he's so hard to see" (or "hard to please" which I prefer) is glorious male posturing--Lennon at his best.