John Lennon: Between The Lines
complete home recordings 1975–1980
FULL TRACKLISTING
Disc 1: 1975 – 1977
Disc 2: Late 1977 – 1979
Disc 3: September 1979
Disc 4: October 1979 – Early 1980
Disc 5: Late 1979 – Early 1980
Disc 6: Early – April 1980
Disc 7: June 1980 (Bermuda)
Disc 8: July 1980 (Bermuda)
Disc 9: July – November 1980

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Disc 1: 1975 – 1977 [48:21]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 1
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 1
- Tennessee [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:35
- recorded: c. 1975
- Tennessee [take ?] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:30
- recorded: c. 1975
- Tennessee [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:05
- recorded: c. 1975
- Everybody PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:49
- recorded: c. 1975
- Sally And Billy [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:30
- recorded: c. 1975
- Sally And Billy [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:20
- recorded: c. 1975
- Mucho Mungo PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:28
- recorded: c. 1976
- Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:40
- recorded: Spring 1976
- Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take ?] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:33
- recorded: Spring 1976
- Cookin' (In The Kitchen Of Love) [take 8] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:28
- recorded: Spring 1976
- She Is A Friend Of Dorothy's [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:41
- recorded: Spring 1976
- She Is A Friend Of Dorothy's [take 7] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:15
- recorded: 1977
- I Don't Want To Lose You PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:01
- recorded: 1977
- Free As A Bird [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:26
- recorded: 1977
- Free As A Bird [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:42
- recorded: 1977
- ["turned out nice again"] PLAY
- length: 0:06
- recorded: 1977
- Whatever Happened To...? [take 1 (fragment with voice-over)] PLAY
- length: 0:19
- recorded: 1977
- Whatever Happened To...? [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:53
- recorded: 1977
Disc 2: Late 1977 – 1979 [60:36]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 2
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 2
- One Of The Boys [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:08
- recorded: late 1977
- One Of The Boys [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:16
- recorded: late 1977
- Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [takes 1-2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 8:49
- recorded: late 1977
- Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:31
- recorded: late 1977
- Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall) [take 5] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:35
- recorded: late 1977
- Sea Ditties PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:54
- recorded: late 1977
- Maurice Dupont (Act I) PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:58
- recorded: March 22, 1978
- Maurice Dupont (Act II) PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:09
- recorded: March 22–27, 1978
- Maurice Dupont (Act III) PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 2:46
- recorded: March 27, 1978
- Too Much Monkey Business / Subterranean Homesick Blues PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:18
- recorded: late 1978
- Rock Island Line PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:31
- recorded: late 1978
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Get Back PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:43
- recorded: late 1978
- Beyond The Sea / Blue Moon / Young Love PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:08
- recorded: late 1978
- Satire 1 PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:20
- recorded: late 1978
- Satire 2 PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:32
- recorded: late 1978
- Satire 3 / Maggie Mae PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:24
- recorded: late 1978
- Falling In Love Again PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:31
- recorded: late 1978
- I'm A Man PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:50
- recorded: late 1978
- ["'twas a night like Ethel Merman"] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:03
- recorded: late 1978
- [dialogue for a silent TV] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:13
- recorded: late 1978
- The Great Wok PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 3:03
- recorded: late December 1978
- I Don't Wanna Face It [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:45
- recorded: c. 1979
- I Don't Wanna Face It [take ?] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:47
- recorded: c. 1979
- I Watch Your Face PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:17
- recorded: c. 1979
- It's Real PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:05
- recorded: c. 1979
Disc 3: September 1979 [69:24]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 3
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- [audio diary 1] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 12:55
- recorded: September 5, 1979
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:21
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:15
- recorded: c. September 1979
- That's The Way The World Is PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:04
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Don't Be Crazy [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:11
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Don't Be Crazy [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:39
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Baby Make Love To You PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:16
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Baby Make Love To You / Girls And Boys PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:59
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Girls And Boys PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:23
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:56
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:27
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:45
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:40
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:32
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:32
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Real Life PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:19
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 8:18
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:31
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Girls And Boys PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:10
- recorded: c. September 1979
- Girls And Boys [with voice-over] PLAY
- length: 1:11
- recorded: 1979–80
Disc 4: October 1979 – Early 1980 [73:44]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 4
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 4
- [audio diary 2] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 0:26
- recorded: October 10, 1979
- Not For Love Nor Money PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:40
- recorded: October 10, 1979
- [dialogue 1] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 3:24
- recorded: October – November, 1979
- [dialogue 2] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 21:50
- recorded: late November, 1979
- Sean's "In The Sky" PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 1:22
- recorded: late November, 1979
- Sean's "Loud" PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 3:49
- recorded: c. late 1979
- Sean's "Serve Yourself / Be-Bop-A-Lula" PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:29
- recorded: c. late 1979
- She Runs Them 'Round In Circles / Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:39
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [instrumental with voice-over] PLAY
- length: 2:15
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- [improvisation (with voice-over)] PLAY
- length: 3:45
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Rock Island Line PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:50
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Many Rivers To Cross / My Girl PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:22
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 11:41
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Howling At The Moon PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:58
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) / Howling At The Moon / Across The River PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:14
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
Disc 5: Late 1979 – Early 1980 [60:19]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 5
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- India, India PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:04
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Help Me To Help Myself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:52
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Life Begins At 40 PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:33
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Across The River PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:44
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- [instrumental 1] PLAY
- length: 1:06
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- [instrumental 2 (with voice-over)] PLAY
- length: 0:49
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Girls And Boys [take ?] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:29
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Girls And Boys [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:04
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Girls And Boys [take 5] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:47
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Girls And Boys [take 6] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:43
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:25
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:38
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:23
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:39
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:01
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:18
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:26
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:10
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:08
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:29
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:10
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:30
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:16
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:35
- recorded: late 1979 – early 1980
Disc 6: Early – April 1980 [64:18]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 6
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 6
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:36
- recorded: early 1980?
- Stranger's Room PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:29
- recorded: early 1980
- John Henry PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:35
- recorded: early 1980
- John Henry [instrumental] PLAY
- length: 0:42
- recorded: early 1980
- John Henry PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:12
- recorded: early 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:51
- recorded: early 1980
- Corrina, Corrina PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:18
- recorded: early 1980
- Stranger's Room PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:45
- recorded: early 1980
- Stranger's Room PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 6:35
- recorded: early 1980
- My Life [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:52
- recorded: early 1980
- My Life [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:37
- recorded: early 1980
- My Life [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:42
- recorded: early 1980
- My Life [take ? (fragment)] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:14
- recorded: early 1980
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:26
- recorded: early 1980
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:33
- recorded: early 1980
- Memories [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:33
- recorded: early 1980
- Cathy's Clown PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:12
- recorded: early 1980
- You Send Me PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:08
- recorded: early 1980
- Memories [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:30
- recorded: early 1980
- ["welcome to Cold Spring Harbor"] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 0:50
- recorded: April 11, 1980
- Dear Yoko [takes 1-2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:50
- recorded: April 11, 1980
- [dialogue at Cannon Hill] PLAY | TRANSCRIPT
- length: 5:12
- recorded: April 11-12, 1980
- [blues instrumental (fragments)] PLAY
- length: 3:36
- recorded: c. 1979–80
Disc 7: June 1980 (Bermuda) [63:19]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 7
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 7
- Dear Yoko [take 1 (fragment with voice-over)] PLAY
- length: 0:07
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- Dear Yoko [takes 2-3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:32
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- Borrowed Time PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:09
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- I'm Stepping Out [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:40
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- I'm Stepping Out [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 6:12
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- I'm Stepping Out [take ?] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:55
- recorded: June 21, 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:49
- recorded: June 22, 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:12
- recorded: June 22, 1980
- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [take 2 with overdubs] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:20
- recorded: June 22, 1980
- Borrowed Time PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:06
- recorded: June 22, 1980
- Dear Yoko PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:41
- recorded: June 22, 1980
- I Don't Wanna Face It PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:06
- recorded: June 22-27 1980
- Girls And Boys [take 6 with overdubs] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:44
- recorded: June 22-27 1980
- Watching The Wheels PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:06
- recorded: June 27, 1980
- Serve Yourself PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:54
- recorded: June 27, 1980
- Nobody Told Me PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:20
- recorded: June 27 – late June, 1980
- Memories PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 6:26
- recorded: June 27 – late June, 1980
Disc 8: July 1980 (Bermuda) [70:50]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 8
PLAY the whole disc | LYRICS for disc 8
- I'm Losing You PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:15
- recorded: July 1-2, 1980
- I'm Losing You PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:47
- recorded: early July 1980
- I'm Losing You PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:07
- recorded: early July 1980
- I'm Stepping Out PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:11
- recorded: early July 1980
- I Don't Wanna Face It PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:01
- recorded: early July 1980
- I'm Stepping Out PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 5:00
- recorded: early July 1980
- Mr. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid) PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:39
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- The Happy Rishikesh Song / Something Is Wrong PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:23
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- Real Love [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:58
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- Real Love [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:07
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- Grow Old With Me PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:10
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- Real Love [take 5 with overdubs] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:22
- recorded: c. July 5-9, 1980
- Woman [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:41
- recorded: July 1980
- Woman [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:32
- recorded: July 1980
- Woman [take 7] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:53
- recorded: July 1980
- Woman [take 8] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:25
- recorded: July 1980
- Nobody Told Me [overdub take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:21
- recorded: July 1980
- Nobody Told Me [overdub take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:10
- recorded: July 1980
- Woman [take 8 with overdubs] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:08
- recorded: July 1980
- Woman [take 8 with overdubs] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:13
- recorded: July 1980
- (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:27
- recorded: July 1980
Disc 9: July – November 1980 [62:55]
Detailed tracklisting for disc 9
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- The Worst Is Over [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:23
- recorded: July 1980?
- The Worst Is Over [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 6:00
- recorded: July 1980?
- Help Me To Help Myself [takes 2-3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:08
- recorded: early August, 1980?
- My Life [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:11
- recorded: early August, 1980?
- My Life [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 0:55
- recorded: early August, 1980?
- My Life [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 1:36
- recorded: early August, 1980?
- Serve Yourself [two takes] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 11:07
- recorded: early August, 1980
- Cleanup Time PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 2:53
- recorded: early August, 1980
- Cleanup Time PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:25
- recorded: early August, 1980
- (Just Like) Starting Over [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:18
- recorded: early August, 1980
- (Just Like) Starting Over [take 2] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:46
- recorded: early August, 1980
- (Just Like) Starting Over [take 3] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:56
- recorded: early August, 1980
- Gone From This Place [take 1] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:13
- recorded: Fall 1980
- Gone From This Place [take 4] PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 3:20
- recorded: Fall 1980
- Gone From This Place [fragment with voice-over] PLAY
- length: 0:11
- recorded: Fall 1980
- Dear John PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:23
- recorded: early November, 1980
- You Saved My Soul PLAY | LYRICS
- length: 4:10
- recorded: November 14, 1980