Song

I'm Looking Through You

Release date: 03 December 1965

I'm looking through you,
Where did you go?
I thought I knew you,
What did I know?

You don't look diff'rent,
But you have changed.
I'm looking through you,
You're not the same.

Your lips are moving,
I cannot hear,
Your voice is soothing,
But the words aren't clear.

You don't sound diff'rent,
I've learned the game.
I'm looking through you,
You're not the same.

Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.

You're thinking of me
The same old way,
You were above me,
But not today.

The only diff'rence is you're down there.
I'm looking through you and you're nowhere.

Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.

I'm looking through you,
Where did you go?
I thought I knew you,
What did I know?

You don't look diff'rent, but you have changed.
I'm looking through you, you're not the same.

Yeah! Well, baby, you've changed. Ah, I'm looking through you...

"I'm Looking Through You"
Song by the Beatles from the album Rubber Soul
Released 3 December 1965
Recorded 11 November 1965,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:27
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Rubber Soul track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "Drive My Car"
  2. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
  3. "You Won't See Me"
  4. "Nowhere Man"
  5. "Think for Yourself"
  6. "The Word"
  7. "Michelle"
Side two
  1. "What Goes On"
  2. "Girl"
  3. "I'm Looking Through You"
  4. "In My Life"
  5. "Wait"
  6. "If I Needed Someone"
  7. "Run for Your Life"

"I'm Looking Through You" is a Lennon-McCartney song, written by Paul McCartney, that first appeared on the Beatles' 1965 album Rubber Soul.

It was written about Jane Asher, McCartney's girlfriend for five years, "You don't look different, but you have changed," the lyrics declare, reflecting his dissatisfaction with their relationship.

©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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