I'm Down Lyrics (Lennon/McCartney)



You telling lies thinking I can't see
You don't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
I'm down (I'm really down)
I'm down (Down on the ground)
I'm down (I'm really down)
How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.

Man buys ring woman throws it away
Same damn thing happens everyday
I'm down (I'm really down)
I'm down (Down on the ground)
I'm down (I'm really down)
How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.

We're all alone and there's nobody else
You still moan: "Keep your hands to yourself!"
I'm down (I'm really down)
I'm down (Down on the ground)
I'm down (I'm really down)
How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down.

Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
Down on the ground (I'm really down)
Don't you know that I'm down (I'm really down)
Down, down, down.

 
Lead Singer: Paul

Recording: 6/14/65
Mixing: 6/18/65
Length: 2:31
Take: 7

Anomalies

0:50-0:58 * NEW *
Although not credited as having a double track guitar, the second lead is heard low in the mix (centred) doing a different solo.
1:28-1:31
Right - ticking of John's nails on keys as he flies through the notes!
The first song ever recorded by Aerosmith. They used it as a demo which eventually got them a record deal. They used it in 1987 on their album Permanent Vacation.
Was their closing number on 1965 North American and UK tours, and 1966 World tour.
The Beatles performed this on their third live Ed Sullivan Show appearance - September 12, 1965. Before The Beatles broke through in America, Sullivan was in the London airport when The Beatles returned from a tour of Sweden. When he saw the massive crowd there to greet them, he thought The Queen was arriving. When he found out the throngs were there for The Beatles, he made sure to book them on his show. He became a big fan and had them on whenever he could.
Used as the B-side of "Help."
Paul McCartney wrote this in the style of Little Richard. American R&B singers like Richard were a big influence on The Beatles.
John Lennon played the Hammond organ.
The Beastie Boys recorded a version of this in 1986. Michael Jackson, who owns the publishing rights to this and many other Beatles songs, would not allow them to release it.
Paul McCartney played this at the "Concert For New York," a benefit show he helped organize in 2001 to help victims of the World Trade Center disaster.


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