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Originally posted by quadro2000
I would love to hear the complex answer. First of all, I never knew about the simultaneous orgasm reference - I guess I just never thought about it - and I'd love to hear about the rest, if you feel up to it. If not, I'll search the 'net. If you do...don't leave out toe jam football. 
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As I said, the title Come Together refers to he and Yoko achieving mutual simultaneous orgasm during their furious (and legendary) lovemaking. The overall subject of the lyrics are a description of himself and his new life with Yoko.
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Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
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Flattop is a "backward" reference to a moptop.
Joo-joo eyeball refers to the glasses John wears.
Hair down to his knee refers to John's extremely long hair in 1969.
Joker refers to John's playful nature and attitude.
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He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say “I know you, you know me”
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me
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Wear no shoeshine refers to the fact that John is a hippy and not a "straight" and that he doesn't wear the kind of business shoes that need shining.
Toe-jam football is Lennon nonsense, but may refer in some way to being a British football fan. Lennon was notorious for making up nonsense words and phrases that almost seem to make sense.
Monkey finger is a stab at his own guitar playing technique.
He shoot coca-cola refers to his practice back then of shooting speedballs (coke and heroin).
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He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me
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Bag production refers to bagism, a strange artistic practice devised by he and Yoko.
Walrus gumboot refers to "I Am the Walrus" and a British slang for rubber boots.
Ono sideboard refers to Yoko being his new sidekick.
Spinal cracker could refer to a ton of things, but my personal opinion is that he is referring to himself as being a heavy dude (and his very coolness will break your back).
Feet down below his knee is probably more Lennon nonsense and just happened to rhyme with the correct number of syllables.
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease is probably another way of saying "You can't know what someone is going through until you've walked a mile in his shoes."
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He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say “One and one and one is three”
Got to be good-looking ‘cause he’s so hard to see
Come together right now over me
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Roller-coaster and Early warning are unkown to me.
Muddy Water may refer to the great American blues guitarist who was living in London at that time.
Mojo filter is probably a reference to the blues songs that feature voodoo as subject matter.
One and one and one is three is a reference to Lennon's refusal to communicate with trite language (as usually people say "one and one is two").
So hard to see refers to Lennon's unavailability to the radical groups that were wooing him as a spokesman for their causes.
I'd be welcome to hear of any alternative explanations.