Lyrics

(As taken down by someone with better hearing the Moi haha. 🤣)

There are also call backs not listed- ie. John calls back ((possibly)) at one point in reply "..And I love you too Paul!"

… P- Well oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh god Johnny boy
How are we gonna tell him
Why don't we go somewhere where he don't own me
Where can i go?
Oh Johnny boy you wore me out.
Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh Johnny boy
Oh Johnny, you got me, you be my boy
Well, a long time ago, I called you Johnny boy.

… J- Hey little boy, I'm packing my shoes, and I'm leaving you.
I told my Mama I'm going to see my sister
She don't see me, I don't know what I'm going to do.

… P- A long time ago I called you Johnny boy.
I don't know what to tell the fellas.
Please, oh please, Johnny.

… J- Well I'll tell the fellas that I do love you.

… P- I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I don't know what I'm gonna do when I tell my father
You love me Johnny, I love you Johnny
I'm not gonna let you go.

… P- I don't know what I'm gonna do when I tell my father
You wore me down, you wore me down.
You're gonna leave, you're gonna leave me
Please, oh, I'm not gonna let you go
…

J- Take the next bus out of town
Then you won't let your father down.
I don't know what good I am since I see life in front of us.

… P- Well get out of town,
Don't hold me down.
I don't care.…

J- Get out of town,
I don't know I want to leave right now
To get out of town.

… P- You know I want to do it all.
I want to go far away, far away,
I want to go far away.

… J- No, no, no, no

… P- Yeah, I'm going far away.
Yeah, we're going far away.
We're gonna leave.

… J- We're going away,
Yeah, we're going away,
Gonna leave town right now.

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Paul Mccartney
I Don't Know lyrics © Harrisongs Ltd, Mpl Communications Inc

On a few bootlegs which say:
5:34
Paul McCartney : Guitar, Vocals
John Lennon : Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison : Guitar
Stuart Sutcliffe : Bass
Session Recording: circa April 1960  Studio : Paul's House Forthlin Road Liverpool

This track is only known through the Forthlin Road tapes, where it sits with the series of instrumental jams. This one is a somewhat better structured blues number, with Lennon and McCartney vocalising together and separately, although a full lyric is impossible to decipher. It is presumed to be a co-write, and the lack of proper words suggests it was of recent creation, although probably not made up on the spot. The title is derived from something Lennon seems to sing – possibly referencing himself not knowing any words.
- from Paul -McCartney Project page.