ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY
Wake Up, Maggie
I Think I Got Something To Say To You
It's Late September And
I Really Should Be Back At School
I Know I Keep You Amused
But I Feel I'm Being Used
Oh, Maggie, I Couldn't Have Tried Anymore
You Led Me Away From Home
Just To Save You From Being Alone
You Stole My Heart And That's What Really Hurts
The Morning Sun, When It's In Your Face
Really Shows Your Age
That Don't Worry Me None
In My Eyes, You're Everything
I Laughed At All Of Your Jokes
My Love You Didn't Need To Coax
Oh, Maggie, I Couldn't Have Tried Anymore
You Led Me Away From Home
Just To Save You From Being Alone
You Stole My Soul And That's A Pain I Can Do Without
All I Needed Was A Friend
To Lend A Guiding Hand
But You Turned Into A Lover, And Mother What A Lover!
You Wore Me Out
All You Did Was Wreck My Bed
And In The Morning Kick Me In The Head
Oh, Maggie, I Couldn't Have Tried Anymore
You Led Me Away From Home
'Cause You Didn't Want To Be Alone
You Stole My Heart, I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
I Suppose I Could Collect My Books
And Get On Back To School
Or Steal My Daddy's Cue
And Make A Living Out Of Playing Pool
Or Find Myself A Rock 'N' Roll Band
That Needs A Helping Hand
Oh, Maggie, I Wished I'd Never Seen Your Face
You Made A First-Class Fool Out Of Me
But I'm As Blind As A Fool Can Be
You Stole My Heart, But I Love You Anyway
Maggie, I Wished I'd Never Seen Your Face
I'll Get On Back Home One Of These Days, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton
Producer(s): Rod STewart
The Song Was Inspired By The Woman Who Deflowered Stewart When He Was 16.
The Name Maggie May Does Not Appear In The Song
This Song Came Together When Stewart Began Working With Guitarist Martin Quittenton From The Band Steamhammer. They Convened At Stewart's House In Muswell Hill, Where Quittenton Played Some Chords That Caught Rod's Ear. As He Sussed Out A Vocal Melody, He Started Singing The Words To The Folk Song "Maggie Mae," Which Got Him Thinking About That Day 10 Years Earlier When He Had A Quick-And-Dirty Tryst. They Made A Demo With Stewart Singing Fractures Lines. From There, He Got To Work On The Lyrics, Filling A Notebook With Ideas And Arriving At A Story About A Guy Who Falls For An Older Woman And Is Now Both Smitten And Perplexed.
This Was The First Big Hit Of The Rock Era To Feature A Mandolin, Which Was Mostly Heard In Folk Music. Stewart First Used The Instrument On "Mandolin Wind" Which Was One Of The First Songs He Recorded For The Album. He Liked The Results So He Used It On "Maggie May" As Well. "Maggie May" Remains The Biggest Mondolin-Based Hit Ever Recorded, Although The Theme Music For The Godfather, Released The Following Year, May Be More Recognized.
This Became A Huge Hit In Britain And America, Topping Both The Uk And Us Charts At The Same Time. Every Picture Tells A Story Was Also The #1 Album On Both Sides Of The Atlantic, Making Him The First Artist To Have The #1 Song And Album In Both The Us And Uk Simultaneously. Stewart's Success In The Uk Was Expected, As He Had A Following There As A Member Of The Faces, But He Was Little Known In America Before "Maggie May" Took Off.
When This Became A Hit, Stewart's Popularity Surpassed That Of His Group, So Faces Shows Started Being Billed As "The Faces With Rod Stewart," Making Him The Focus.