Tribute To John Lennon
John Lennon, tragically shot dead 1980, 8th of December
If you were a fan of his I`m sure you would REMEMBER
Was Mark Chapman playing MIND GAMES, is that why?
Or perhaps plain and simply he was just A JEALOUS GUY
John hated war and wanted us all to GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
Was that murdering bastard on drugs or perhaps in a trance
IMAGINE If the whole world held hands, you would have to agree
Thats all he ever wanted, he asked us all, PLEASE STAND BY ME
His friendship with the Beatles was just STARTING OVER again
A HAPPY XMAS coz to George, Paul and Ringo he was a fri
But his face certainly became famous, the boy from Liverpool
Do you think that John Lennon lived on BORROWED TIME
Was his time up when Chapman committed that terrible crime?
HOW DO YOU SLEEP Mr Chapman, does it come to you easily?
How does his family feel after he said "GROW OLD WITH ME"
The world moves on I guess as we are WATCHING THE WHEELS
Tell me Mr Chapman are you happy, please tell me how it feels
If it were POWER TO THE PEOPLE, then most of the population
Would have had you strung up, not locked up safe in ISOLATION
How could you do it? all the world was unfortunately denied
Like me, lots of others felt as if they were CRIPPLED INSIDE
NOW AND THEN I still REMEMBER his music and verse
I think about his murder, to me there is nothing worse
John may have found peace at last, you mark my word
I believe he is up there somewhere as FREE AS A BIRD
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