No Reply

By John T. Marck

A song by Lennon, this one deals with betrayal and jealousy, whereas the girl leaves him for another guy. Lennon said he got the influence for this song from "Silhouettes," a hit for a group known as the Rays in 1957. Twenty years later, many people used parts of this song for their answering machine messages. It was recorded on September 30, 1964.

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, 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 tried to telephone, they said you were not home, that's a lie

'Cause I know where you've been, 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

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