Try Again The Best You Can

October 9, 2014 9:15 AM

The lyrics to this song are from a postcard dated 1965-1966, where John Lennon wrote lyrics to a song that he never recorded. I read about it a couple of years ago and wrote music to go with the lyrics. This is how it turned out.

And since it's John's birthday and all, I thought I'd share.

posted by jeffxl (3 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

If someone told me this was a Lennon melody as well, I would totally believe it. Very nice.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 1:42 PM on October 9, 2014


I though this was fab - could we have a longer version please?
posted by talltaleheart at 2:05 PM on October 10, 2014


Thanks guys!!

I've thought about a longer version, but I thought it was sacrilege enough adding music to Lennon's words, I didn't wanna go adding more words. I guess I could just repeat. But I'll probably just leave you wanting more and work on other things. :)

Appreciate the feedback, though. Glad you like it.
posted by jeffxl at 12:50 PM on October 15, 2014


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