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 that 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 that 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
Here is John performing the song live:
Here is Queen's cover of the song:
Here is Neil Young's cover of the song:
The first stanza is fine, but beyond that--
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't want possessions? I like having my car there when I require its use.
And, though states do monstrous things, Somalia and the Congo scarcely suggest statelessness is the name of our desire.
Lennon's anthem raises no banner any sensible person would march under.
No possessions? Like most celebrity activists, Lennon was a hypocrite and a fraud. I didn't exactly notice him divesting himself of his own possessions.
ReplyDeleteHere is an interesting articleon John Lennon's "Born-Again" phase. I put it in parentheses because he never became a born-again Christian in the evangelical sense of the term.
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