No Reply Lyrics

"No Reply" is a song by the Beatles from the UK album Beatles for Sale and the US album Beatles '65. It was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song is about a young man who is unable to contact his possibly unfaithful girlfriend, even though he sees her through her windows. According to Lennon in 1972, the Beatles' music publisher Dick James was quite pleased with "No Reply": “I remember Dick James coming up to me after we did this one and saying, 'You're getting better now — that was a complete story.' Apparently, before that, he thought my songs wandered off. ” Reviewer David Rowley found its lyrics to "read like a picture story from a girl's comic," and to depict the picture "of walking down a street and seeing a girl silhouetted in a window, not answering the telephone." In his last major interview, Lennon said that the song was sort of his version of "Silhouettes", a 1957 song written by Bob Crewe and first recorded by The Rays. Music The song is in the key of C major. The song form is standard AABA (verse-verse-bridge-verse), without a chorus as such, but including the refrain "No Reply". The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, bass, drums and piano. Originally Lennon had intended to sing the higher harmony part of the chorus, as this was the original melody. However, his voice had deteriorated due to excessive use and Paul McCartney had to take this part, relegating Lennon to the lower harmony line. Lyrics This happened once before, When I came to your door, No reply. They said it wasn't you, But I saw you peep through your window. I saw the light, I saw the light. I know that you saw me, 'Cause I looked up to see your face. I tried to telephone, They said you were not home, That's a lie. 'Cause I know where you've been, And I saw you walk in your door. I nearly died, I nearly died, 'Cause you walked hand in hand With another man in my place. If I were you I'd realize that I Love you more than any other guy. And I'll forgive the lies that I Heard before when you gave me no reply. I've tried to telephone, They said you were not home, That's a lie. 'Cause I know where you've been And I saw you walk in your door. I nearly died, I nearly died, 'Cause you walked hand in hand With another man in my place. No reply, no reply.