Released: November 17, 1980

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: Jack Douglas Yoko Ono John Lennon

[Verse 1]
Here in some stranger's room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all?
Ain't no doubt about it

[Chorus]
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

[Verse 2]
Somehow the wires have crossed
Communication's lost
Can't even get you on the telephone
Just got to shout about it

[Chorus]
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

[Bridge]
Here in the valley of indecision
I don't know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away

[Chorus]
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

[Verse 4]
Well now you say you're not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad, bad, bad stuff
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a Band-Aid on it?
And stop the bleeding now
Stop the bleeding now
Well

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm losing you
I'm losing you

[Verse 5]
Well, well, well, I know I hurt you then
But hell that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross?
Don't want to hear about it

[Chorus]
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Don't want to lose you now

[Outro]
Well, well
Don't, don't, don't

John Lennon

As the founding member of The Beatles, John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) is one of the most recognizable cultural icons of the 20th Century. He is also the other half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership, alongside fellow Beatle, Paul McCartney.

As a solo artist and through his relationship and collaboration with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, he became just as recognizable for his political activism.

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, outside of his New York apartment, The Dakota. Since then, his music and message remain timeless.