You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Author: John Lennon; Lead vocal: John Lennon

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feelin' 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 could 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

Credits

Recorded: February 18, 1965 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - acoustic guitar
George Harrison - acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - tambourine
John Scott - flute

This version of the song available on

UK albums

Help! (1965)

The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973)

Love Songs (1977)

The Beatles Ballads (1980)

Reel Music (1982)

US albums

Help! (Original Soundtrack Album) (1965)

The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973)

Reel Music (1982)

Other versions of the song