Song

It Won't Be Long

Release date: 22 November 1963

It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) till I belong to you.

Ev'ry night when ev'rybody has fun,
Here am I sitting all on my own.

It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) till I belong to you.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming on home.
I'll be good like I know I should,
you're coming home, you're coming home.

Ev'ry night the tears come down from my eyes,
Ev'ry day I've done nothing but cry.

It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) till I belong to you.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming on home.
I'll be good like I know I should,
You're coming home, you're coming home.

So ev'ry day we'll be happy I know,
Now I know that you won't leave me no more.

It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah) yeah, (Yeah)
It won't be long, yeah, (Yeah) till I belong to you.

"It Won't Be Long"
Song by the Beatles from the album With the Beatles
Released 22 November 1963
Recorded 30 July 1963
Genre Rock
Length 2:13
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
With the Beatles track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "It Won't Be Long"
  2. "All I've Got to Do"
  3. "All My Loving"
  4. "Don't Bother Me"
  5. "Little Child"
  6. "Till There Was You"
  7. "Please Mister Postman"
Side two
  1. "Roll Over Beethoven"
  2. "Hold Me Tight"
  3. "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
  4. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
  5. "Devil in Her Heart"
  6. "Not a Second Time"
  7. "Money"

"It Won't Be Long" is the opening track on With the Beatles, the Beatles' second UK album, and was the first original song recorded for it. Although credited to Lennon-McCartney, it was primarily a John Lennon composition, with Paul McCartney assisting with the lyrics and arrangement.

©1963 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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