Don't Pass Me By

Richard Starkey

By John T. Marck

This was Ringo's first song that he wrote by himself, in 1964. From time to time The Beatles thought of recording it, but didn't get around to it until 1968. This is one good example of the differences in the stereo and mono versions. Lennon and McCartney experimented with the track and the two versions run at recognizably different speeds with instrumental variations in the overdubs. Pretty cool though!

I listen for your foot steps, coming up the drive,

listen for you foot steps, but they don't arrive,

waiting for you knock, dear, on my old front door

I don't hear it, does it mean you don't love me anymore?

I hear the clock a ticking on the mantel shelf,

see the hands a moving, but I'm by myself

I wonder where you are tonight, and why I'm by myself

I don't see you, does it mean you don't love me anymore?

don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue

'cause you know darling I love only you you'll never know it hurt me so,

how I hate to see you go, don't pass my by, don't make me cry

I'm sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair,

you were in a car crash, and you lost you hair

you said that you would be late, about and hour or two I said that's all right,

I'm waiting here, just waiting to hear from you

don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue

'cause you know darling I love only you, you'll never know it hurt me so

how I hate to see you go, don't pass my by, don't make me cry

don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue

'cause you know darling I love only you,

you'll never know it hurt me so how I hate to see you go,

don't pass my by, don't make me cry

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