I think John Lennon had it right,

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

we need to be talking issues not what Lennon addressed in the following song


Give Peace a Chance
- John Lennon

Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(C'mon)
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters,
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, Bye bye, Bye byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(Let me tell you now)
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation,
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

[polichick]

1. This one ain't half bad either...

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

[Bluerthanblue]

2. i KNOW he did-

Imagine that-

All the people living life in peace?
You may say that we're dreamers,
but we're not the only ones,
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will live

as ONE.




peace~

[DearAbby]

3. Kickin this fine thread...........nt

[babylonsister]

4. Yep. "Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters," Give peace a chance.

I love Lennon-what a truthteller.

[CountAllVotes]

5. A working class hero is something to be

if you want to be a hero than just follow me!

:dem: :kick:

[hobbit709]

7. That's my favorite Lennon song,

As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.

[LakeSamish706]

6. Just listening to "Imagine" as this thread was being written actually... Beautiful.. n/t

[Hugin]

8. Great!

Back at you Sorry... :yourock:

[walldude]

9. I did a Lennon thread and it dropped without a single reply

I was shocked. I guess I'm older than I feel. It's been nearly 28 years since he was shot.

You know John would be loving this right now, Change, Hope and Revolution were his babies, and I really wish he could see us now. I just saw The U.S. vs John Lennon, and in it he says "Flower Power didn't work, so what. We pick ourselves up and start again, try something different." His "revolution" is finally coming around, exactly the way he predicted. Young people would get tired of the shit status quo and they would get involved and make the change happen themselves. Too bad the old guard is greedily trying to hold onto power.
edit: Oh and K&R :toast:

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

10. gosh, 28 years ago I was 30

I tell my kids at school that I am just an aging hippy school teacher. They were disappointed when I cut my ponytail and gave it Locks of Love. I have had cancer twice. Oh well, it is growing back.

[Hugin]

11. True True..

Thanks for the Lennon insights walldude. :)

[CountAllVotes]

12. "have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt"

...

:kick: