Don't Let Me Down

Don't Let Me Down is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, recorded in 1969 during the Let It Be sessions.

Lyrics
Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Nobody ever loved me like she does

Oh she does,

Yes she does

And if somebody loved me like she do

Oh she do me,

Yes she does

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

I'm in love for the first time

Don't you know it's gonna last

It's a love that lasts forever

It's a love that had no past

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

And from the first time that she really done me

Oh she done me,

She done me good

I guess nobody ever really done me

Oh she done me,

She done me good

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

Don't let me down

History
Although just one new song (Dig A Pony) by John Lennon made it onto the Let It Be album, he did compose this love song to Yoko Ono, which was recorded during the same sessions and released as the b-side to Get Back. As with Abbey Road’s I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Don’t Let Me Down was a lyrically simple and direct song inspired by his infatuation with Ono. Although Lennon was revealing his feelings and fears in song as far back as 1964’s If I Fell and I’m A Loser, Don’t Let Me Down was one of the first examples of the raw soul-baring that would reach a peak on Cold Turkey and the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.

Don’t Let Me Down was released as the flip-side of Get Back in the UK in April 1969 and in the US in May. Like its a-side, the song was credited to The Beatles with Billy Preston.