Duh, Steve! The song was not written during the Beatles years. The chorus was written by John Lennon, but he didn't live long enough to bring the song to it's full potential. Paul McCartney wrote the verse lyrics. And I thought it was great and am looking forward to hearing more. Yeah Little Hawk, it is a torture, but anytime I get to play the Devil's Advocate against a load of music bigots, I'm there.