Randoms by Rach

Don't Let Me Down

Don’t Let Me Down
Album: Let It Be … Naked, 2003 (Song Recorded 1969)
Lead vocalist: John




Lyrics ▼

Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Oo she does. Yes, she does.
And if somebody loved me like she do me,
Oo she do me. Yes, she does.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
I'm in love for the first time.
Don't you know it's gonna last.
It's a love that lasts forever,
It's a love that had no past.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down.
And from the first time that she really done
Me oo she done me, she done me good.
I guess nobody ever really done me,
Oo she done me, she done me good.
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down
Don't let me down,
Don't let me down

This song was never on any of the original studio albums. Rather, it was released as the B-Side to ‘Get Back’ in April 1969. There have been a few recordings of it by the band, but the one I have linked in this post is my favourite and, perhaps, the most famous. I love this performance. I think it’s cool how, even though the band were having their problems at the time, and even though they probably knew it would be their last performance in public, they still seem to be enjoying themselves. The little looks that John and Paul, and sometimes George, share show that the love is still there. They just needed a break from each other.

Paul has said this song was written by John as a declaration to Yoko of his love and how he is laying everything on the line for her. I read an interview with John where he said it was the most vulnerable song he ever wrote. I think he was probably right.