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| John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 ~ 8 December 1980) |
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ~ John Lennon/Yoko Ono, 1969
WORKING CLASS HERO (John Lennon, 1970)
As soon as you're born they make you feel smallBy 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 peasants 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 stillBut 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
John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman outside his New York City apartment on 8 December 1980. He had just celebrated his 40th birthday on 9 October. I shall always be grateful for the tremendous inspiration I received from this great soul during my teens and even into my adult years.
[First posted 8 December 2008, reposted 8 December 2016]
Hi Antares,
ReplyDeleteTribute from me to you too for your tribute to him! =D
Merry Christmas & Peace!
Of all the albums the ex-Fabs recorded, and I include 'Band on the Run,' 'Ringo,' and 'All Things Must Pass,' Lennon's first album, 'John Lennon Plastic Ono Band' I think is the better. It was so unexpected, so experimental in its raw, feral, stripped back state that it has lasted longer than those other excellent albums.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this brilliant post, the great taste in selecting that cool potrait of an ageing Lennon & the working class hero vid.
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