Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 18 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK)

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Anthology 2

 

John Lennon: vocals, guitar
Paul McCartney: bass guitar
George Harrison: acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr: drums

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!”