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 Another John composition that tells an interesting, simple story full of wit.  Everyone should hear the evolution of this song on the anthology disc.  Take one is upbeat with a heavy drum driving the song...it's awful.   On take two, we finally hear the drums take a back seat to the beautiful chord progression and harmonic lyric.  At the end of this take John announces "well we finally found out what to do....it's good".  I couldn't agree more.  It's good.  The final version that is.

I wonder if this really happened to John?  Did he go to a girls house and ring the bell only to get no reply.  Did the girl really "peep" through the window and did he really see this.  It's almost too good to be true so I got to believe that it really didn't really happen.  John paints a picture of a perfectly believable story and brings it to life.  

Again, Paul's harmony is wonderful...he has a really high range.  I love the way the hand claps drive the song during the chorus only to have the drums settle down to the mellow verse.  This song is very similar to "I'm A Loser" in the arrangement and feel...an acoustic guitar accompanied by great harmonies and thoughtful drums telling a compelling story.