Well, I'm right, it isn't Billy J. Kramer. I checked and it's a man
called Ian MacDonald. This is what he said from 'Ask Me Why'
"This song was written in 1962 with John as the major contributor.
Though awkward, its lyrics shows personal traces suggesting that
Lennon might have had his wife Cynthia in mind."

--- In aplaceforcynthialennon@yahoogroups.com, jacak1981
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> *I want to say Billy J. Kramer, but I know I'm wrong- so I'm just
> going to say that someone from their early days said that John
> wrote "Ask Me Why" for Cynthia (I just read it some where, I'll
check
> it up again and will let you know the correct person who said that)
> *Another song comes to mind is "I'm in Love", which John gave the
> Fourmost to use.
> *Cynthia said that she felt that "Girl" was directly towards her
> *There's also some hints that she may be the inspiration for "If I
> Fell", "I Feel Fine", the lyric of 'And I love you more' in "In My
> Life", there's even a possibility that "Jealous Guy" may be for
> Cynthia, for one, John wrote that during the India days and one
fact
> is that when they were going out in the early days, John was
> extremely possessive of Cynthia and he has hurt her many times.
>
> At the moment that's all I can think of, but I'll let you know when
> something comes to mind. You are right about "Do You Want to Know a
> Secret" and Joan was right about "Norweign Wood" and "Across the
> Universe"
>
> --- In aplaceforcynthialennon@yahoogroups.com, "riz792003"
> <r.nowicka@c...> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm new to the group. Sorry if this has been already
discussed,
> > but I'd like to ask you which John's songs were written for Cyn?
I
> > know only about "Do you want to know a secret?" Anyone has a
> complete
> > list? Thanks a lot!
> > Eve