1965: The Beatles' Third Christmas Record
Producer: Tony Barrow / Writer: Tony Barrow and The Beatles
| |
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feeling two-foot small
Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say
Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away
How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in
How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say
Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away
|
Recorded on Nov. 8, 1965 / Released on Dec. 17, 1965.
Recorded in Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road.
Label: Lyntone // Total Time: 6:20
|
Several off-key, a cappella versions of "Yesterday" are dispersed throughout the record, alongside Lennon's
"Happy Christmas to Ya List'nas", "Auld Lang Syne", a one-and-a-half-line version of the Four Tops' "It's the
Same Old Song" (which they quickly stop before they violate the copyright) and an original poem titled
"Christmas Comes But Once a Year". Members of the Beatles' US fan-club did not receive this (or any) Christmas
flexi-disc in 1965. Rather, they received a black and white postcard, with a photo of the Fab Four and the
message "Season's Greetings – Paul, Ringo, George, John." The Beatle Bulletin, the publication of the US
fan-club, explained in its April 1966 edition that the tape arrived too late to prepare the record in
time for Christmas.
|
CLICK HERE To Return To Main Lyrics Index Page
CLICK HERE To Return To Beatles Compilation Christmas LP Main Page
|