It Won't Be Long

By John T. Marck

Written mostly by Lennon, this song was intended as a follow up to the success of "She Loves You," and the yeah yeah yeah chorus. Lennon wrote this as a echo of his own life, being lonely, waiting for the girl to return that walked out on him, to come back and make him happy again. It seems that many of Lennon's songs that dealt with broken relationships were not necessarily fueled by romances that didn't work out. In this youth he felt lonely and dejected. His father left him as a child, and in effect, he was dejected again when his mother turned him over to her sister, John's Aunt Mimi to raise him. Then, in 1958, his mother was killed when she was struck by an automobile. Lennon thought and rightfully so, that he lost his mother twice. It was recorded on July 30, 1963.

It won't be long yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah

It won't be long yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah

It won't be long yeah, (yeah)

till I belong to you

Every night when everybody has fun, here am I sitting all on my own

It won't be long yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah

It won't be long yeah, (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

Every night the tears come down from my eyes, every day I've done nothing but cry

It won't be long yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah

It won't be long yeah, (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 every 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), yeah

It won't be long yeah, (yeah), yeah, (yeah), yeah,

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

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