Don't Let Me Down Lyrics (Lennon/McCartney)




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, yeh, 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.

 
Lead Singer: John

Recording: 1/22/69, 1/28/69, 1/30/69
Mixing: 2/5/69, [4/69 and/or 5/69], 4/4/69
Length: 3:30
Take:

Anomalies

0:01-0:04
Sound from amps (bass/guitar) causes snares to rattle. Happens at places throughout song ...
1:31
Faint Edit/fwip can be heard
1:43
Just after "it's a love that has no past", a faint "Believe it/me" is heard.

"Lennon9@earthlink" says on this :-
"Well here is one possibility....In all of the ends of the previous verses Paul plays the high E in various manners....one note slides...sixteen note flourishes etc... When 1:43 rolls around I think John looks over at Paul and says "Leave it.." just before Paul would have hit the high E.."

Seems like coincidence - there's a definite leading "S" to the words, and sounds more like " San ee eh".

* NEW * rubbersoul_12@hotmail.com also offers :-
"John calls, "Good evening" to someone entering the studio."

* NEW * Drew Hill adds :-
John says "it's in E flat" referring to the key

* NEW * Another alternative is "It's an infinite", referring to the love that lasts for ever, and has no past

1:56
Tambourine rattle, but * NEW * also reported as glass breaking.
2:12 * NEW *
Serious sound of breath in microphone!
2:25-2:27
Paul "high-harmonies" "nobody ever really done me", but so faintly it is hardly heard.
John Lennon dedicated this song to Yoko.
Released as the B-side of "Get Back," it was recorded the same day. It was going to be on the Let It Be album, but when the tapes from the sessions were turned over to Phil Spector to produce, he took it out.
This was one of the songs The Beatles played at their impromptu rooftop concert in 1969. The concept of the album was The Beatles performing new songs for a live audience, with film footage of their rehearsals used to make a documentary TV special. George Harrison didn't like the idea, and when things got tense during recording, he left the sessions and returned only after they agreed to cancel the live performance. The Beatles were still under contract to make another movie, so they decided to use the rehearsal footage as their last movie, Let It Be. In order to end the movie, they needed a big scene, so they went to the roof of Apple Records and started playing.
Billy Preston played keyboards. Formerly Little Richard's keyboard player, Preston was one of the few outside musicians (excluding members of orchestras) to play on any Beatles song. George Harrison brought him in to smooth tensions in the studio. He did the same thing during The White Album sessions, when he brought in Eric Clapton. The presence of a musician The Beatles respected had a way of making them put aside their differences.
When Apple Records remixed the album Let It Be and released it in 2003 as Let It Be... Naked, this was included. An alternate take was used. It was the only song on the new album that did not appear on the original.


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