Song

I'm Down

Release date: 19 July 1965

You tell lies thinkin' I can't see.
You can't cry 'cause you're laughin' 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 know I'm down?

Man buys ring, woman throws it away.
Same old thing happen every day.

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 know I'm down?

We're all alone and there's nobody else.
She'll 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 know I'm down?

A baby you know I'm down. (I'm really down.)
I guess I'm down. (I'm really down.)
I'm down on the ground. (I'm really down.)
I'm down. (I'm really down.)

Ah, baby, I'm upsidedown.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm really down.

"I'm Down"
Single by The Beatles
A-side "Help!"
Released 19 July 1965
Format 7"
Recorded 14 June 1965,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:33
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)
"Help!"
(1965)
"We Can Work It Out" /
"Day Tripper"
(UK-1965)
--
"Yesterday"
(US-1965)

"I'm Down" is a song by the Beatles written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and first released as the B-side to the single "Help!" in 1965.

©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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