Saturday, May 9, 2009

IMAGINE JOHN TODAY




IMAGINE


Imagine there's no heaven
its 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.
lyrics by John Lennon
You cannot read the lyrics of John Lennons' Imagine , without singing it in your mind, the haunting music just floods in! But it's the words that are shouting his outrage at life, and they are even more poignant today. He tried to make the world listen and care, but instead outraged the church, increased his fortune, and pushed him further forward, centre stage of the world! I wonder , had he lived, how would he view the world today?
On the 8th December 1980 I was visiting my husband in hospital following a major road accident. I heard the news of the assasination of John Lennon over the car radio just as I was leaving; I rushed back to the ward to Alex and we just wept, along with the entire world. What a loss!

4 comments:

  1. Ahh great post Delphine. Have a wonderful Mother's day!

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  2. Thanks Sandy I hope you had a great Mothers Day too!

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  3. Sorry I'm getting to this late. I have been a huge John Lennon fan since I was a kid. As a matter of fact, he and the pope were shot in the same year. And in my catholic girl irreverence, I told all my friends that John's death was more important than the pope's near death. Boy did that make me unpopular for a while.

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