Just come across this site with a load of Lennon's handwritten lyrics.

http://www.john-lennon.de/john-lennon_de/Daten/Interessantes/manuskripte.htm

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That's a great link...nice.

Thank you what a lovely site

are these real?! omg. and btw, why on earth would he write drive my car down?

Quoted from blackmath

are these real?! omg. and btw, why on earth would he write drive my car down?

John sang on it, and he was notoriously bad at remembering the words.

Most of these look like the lyrics he wrote for himself to remember whilst recording.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

John sang on it, and he was notoriously bad at remembering the words.

Most of these look like the lyrics he wrote for himself to remember whilst recording.

I think you're right there. The original (and quite awful) handwritten lyric to In My Life are in the British museum. The ones on this site seem to be the later corrected version. I like the way he signs it off with pound signs.

Quoted from Kevin

I like the way he signs it off with pound signs.

That's the Parlophone logo. The German letter 'L'.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

That's the Parlophone logo. The German letter 'L'.

I've been away too long.

Thinking about it, you're probably right. I expect it was meant to be a pound sign, and he wrote it incorrectly.

Thank you! Great site! I was familiarized with the ones from the JL/POB album, because they are included across the booklet...  I thought 'Drive My Car' was written by John and Paul together...