Listen to Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) by John Lennon

Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)

John Lennon

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John Lennon - Nobody Loves you (When You're Down and Out)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

John Lennon

Vocals

Jim Keltner

Drums

Jesse Ed Davis

Guitar

Klaus Voormann

Bass

Nicky Hopkins

Piano

K. Ascher

Conductor

Bobby Keys

Horn

Frank Vicari

Horn

Howard Johnson

Horn

Steve Madaio

Horn

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Lennon

Songwriter

K. Ascher

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Lennon

Producer

Greg Calbi

Mastering Engineer

Tom Rabstnek

Mastering Engineer

Jimmy Iovine

Overdub Engineer

Roy Cicala

Mixing Engineer

Shelly Yakus

Engineer

Lyrics

Nobody loves you when you're down and out

Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine

Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime

I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine

I've been across to the other side

I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide

But still you ask me, do I love you?

What it is? What it is?

All I can tell you is it's all show biz

All I can tell you is it's all show biz

Nobody loves you when you're down and out

Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine

Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime

I'll scratch your back and you knife mine

I've been across the water now so many times

I've seen the one-eyed witchdoctor leading the blind

But still you ask me, do I love you?

What you say? What you say?

Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away

Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away

Well, I get up in the morning

And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-wee!

Then I'm lying in the darkness

And I know I can't get to sleep, oo-wee!

Nobody loves you when you're old and grey

Nobody needs you when you're upside down

Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground

Written by: John Lennon

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