Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 1: Episode 3
Joe Cocker
…..Rob Reiner
Joe Cocker…..John Belushi
Rob Reiner: — he just flew in from London — he’s a super rock star, he needs no introduction — ladies and gentlemen, here he is!
[ dissolve across the studio to Joe Cocker shaking himself in a manic manner as the band breaks into a bluesy version of “Get By With a Little Help From My Friends.” ]Joe Cocker: [ singing ]“What would you do if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Well, lend me your ear and I’ll – I’ll sing you a song
I will try not to sing out of key, yeah.
Oh, baby I get by with a little help from my friends
Well, most of all I wanna get high
Back-up Singers: (By with a little help from my friends)
Joe Cocker: You know I wanna get my friends
Back-up Singers: (By with a little help from my friends)
Joe Cocker: Oh oh oh, whoa yeah!
What do I do when my love is away?
Back-up Singers: (Does it worry you to be alone?)
Joe Cocker:
No, no
How do I feel at the end of the day?
Back-up Singers: (Are you sad ’cause you’re on your own?)
Joe Cocker: Oh whoa oh, baby, I
Back-up Singers: (Get by with a little help from my friends)
Joe Cocker: Oh, dontcha know I wanna get high
Back-up Singers: (By with a little help from my friends)
Joe Cocker: Whoa whoa whoa, I
Back-up Singers: (By with a little help from my friends)
[ Cocker chugs a can of beer back and lets it drip all over himself ]Back-up Singers: (Do you need anybody – whoo!)
Joe Cocker: [ softly ] I just need someone to love
Back-up Singers: (Could it be anybody?)
Joe Cocker:
All I need is someone, whoa oh oh oh, yeah!
whoa oh oh oh, yeah!
Baby, I —
Back-up Singers:
(Get by with a little help from my friends)
(Get by with a little help from my friends)
Back-up Singers:
(Get by with a little help from my friends) (Get by with a little help from my friends)
