Not a Second Time
“You're giving me the same old line”
Lennon's spare Smokey Robinson pastiche, famed for The Times critic William Mann's December 1963 review that compared its V–vi turnaround to Mahler's 'Aeolian cadence' – the article that helped legitimize the Beatles for the broadsheet press.
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The Anger motif first appears in the Beatles catalogue on 'Not a Second Time' (1963).
Songwriter(s)LennonCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedSeptember 11, 1963
ReleasedNovember 22, 1963
Song familyFragile LennonHurt admission beneath the refusal
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[ADV] again[NOUN] no[VERB] mine[VERB] whyin [VERB]through [WORD]you've [VERB][VERB] for you[VERB] in [VERB][VERB] me thea [NOUN] [NOUN]for you [WORD]i [VERB] fori [VERB] it'si [VERB] nono [NOUN] tonot a [NOUN]to [VERB] minei [VERB] no [NOUN]you [VERB] me [VERB]you've [VERB] your [NOUN]me the [ADJ] [ADJ] [NOUN]
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[NOUN] to[VERB] for[VERB] in[VERB] it's[VERB] me[VERB] no[VERB] you[VERB] youra [NOUN]and [ADV]i [VERB]i'm [VERB]me [VERB]no [NOUN]the [ADJ]to [VERB]you [VERB]you [WORD]you're [ADV]you're [VERB]your [NOUN][NOUN] to [VERB][VERB] me [VERB][VERB] no [NOUN][VERB] you [VERB][VERB] your [NOUN]you [VERB] meyou [VERB] youyou're [VERB] me[VERB] you [VERB] methe [ADJ] [ADJ] [NOUN]you [VERB] you [VERB]you [VERB] you [VERB] me
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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