"Beside You" is the second track on Astral Weeks, the 1968 album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and released by Warner Bros. Records.
[1] Jack Lynch wrote in 1983: The opening image of Little Jimmy shows a child sneaking out of his home, escaping to adventure and a childlike ritual rendezvous.
Broken Arrow, possibly his fantasy figure, beckons – innocence led by imagination on the road to experience.
An alternate version of "Beside You" (6:05) appears on the album Bang Masters (recorded in 1967, released in 1991), featuring Van Morrison on electric guitar rather than an acoustic.
An electric guitar version of this song also appears on The Authorized Bang Collection (released in 2017), listed as "Beside You (Take 5)."