"I'm a Loser" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1964)

I'm a loser, I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be.

Of all the love I have won or have lost
There is one love I should never have crossed.
She was a girl in a million, my friend
I should have known she would win in the end.

I'm a loser and I lost someone who's near to me
I'm a loser and I'm not what I appear to be.

Although I laugh and I act like a clown
Beneath this mask I am wearing a frown.
My tears are falling like rain from the sky
Is it for her or myself that I cry?

I'm a loser and I lost someone who's near to me
I'm a loser and I'm not what I appear to be.

What have I done to deserve such a fate?
I realise I have left it too late.
And so it's true pride comes before a fall
I'm telling you so that you won't lose all.

I'm a loser and I lost someone who's near to me
I'm a loser and I'm not what I appear to be.