JOHN LENNON LYRICS
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John Lennon, born in 1942, was an English singer/songwriter, artist and peace activist. Although best known as the founder of The Beatles, he recorded many hits on his own during a successful solo career in the years after the band broke up.
He was married twice and had two sons.
In addition to making music, John and his second wife, Yoko Ono, spent several years staging odd public demonstrations of perfromance art, in support of various political causes.
On December 8, 1980, one month after the release of his long-awaited comeback album, John Lennon, age 40, was shot to death at the entrance to his apartment building in New York City. His killer was a mentally ill fan who had gotten his autograph earlier that night.
Ballad of John and Yoko
Standing on the dock at southampton Trying to get to holland or france The man in the mac Said, youve gotta go back You know, they didn't even give us a chance Christ, you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going They're gonna crucify me Finally made the plane into paris Honeymooning down by the seine Peter brown called to say You can make it okay You can get married in gibraltar, near spain Christ, you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going They're gonna crucify me Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton Talking in our beds for a week The newspeople said Say, whatre you doing in bed? I said, were only trying to get us some peace
Christ, you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going They're gonna crucify me Made a lightning trip to vienna Eating chocolate cakes in a bag The newspapers said Shes gone to his head They look just like two gurus in drag Christ, you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going They're gonna crucify me Caught the early plane back to london Fifty acrons tied in a sack The men from the press Said, we wish you success Its good to have the both of you back Christ, you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going They're gonna crucify me The way things are going They're gonna crucify me The way things are going They're gonna crucify me ****************************************************************
Beautiful Boy
Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But i guess we'll both just have to be patient
'cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Darling, darling, darling
Darling sean
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Imagine
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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Watching the Wheels
People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game
People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost
my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sitting here doing time
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
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