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Тексты песен сольных альбомов Джона Леннона
SHAVED FISH
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (0:59)
COLD TURKEY (5:03)
INSTANT KARMA! (3:16)
POWER TO THE PEOPLE (3:06)
MOTHER (5:09)
WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD (4:38)
IMAGINE (3:04)
WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT (3:07)
MIND GAMES (4:13)
No. 9 DREAM (4:48)
Medley: (4:17)
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) / GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (3:25) / (0:52)
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
By John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Bagism and shagism and dragism and madism,
Ragism and tagism,
This-ism and that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Yeh!
Come on,
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout
Ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters,
Bishops, fishops, rabbis and popeyes's,
Bye-bye, bye-bye, byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance...
COLD TURKEY
By John Lennon
Temp'rature's risin', fever is high,
Can't see no future, can't see no sky.
My feet are so heavy, so is my head,
I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead.
Cold turkey has got me on the run.
My body is aching, goose pimple bone.
Can't see nobody, leave me alone.
My eyes are wide open, can't get to sleep,
One thing I'm sure of I'm in at the deep freeze.
Thirty-six hours rollin' in pain,
Prayin' to someone, free me again.
Oh, I'll be a good boy, please make me well,
I promise you anything, get me out of this hell.
Oh...
Ah...
INSTANT KARMA
By John Lennon
Three, four
Instant karma's gonna get you,
Gonna knock you right on the head.
You better get yourself together,
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead.
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love?
What on earth you tryin' to do?
It's up to you, yeah, you!
Instant karma's gonna get you,
Gonna look you right in the face.
Better get yourself together, darlin',
Join the human race.
How in the world you gonna see,
Laughing at fools like me?
Who on earth do you think you are,
A superstar? Well, all right, you are!
Well, we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun.
Well, we all shine on,
Ev'ryone, come on!
Instant karma's gonna get you,
Gonna knock you off your feet.
Better recognize your brothers,
Ev'ryone you meet.
Why in the world are we here?
Surely not to live in pain and fear.
Why on earth are you there?
When you're ev'rywhere, come and get your share.
Well, we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun.
Yeah, we all shine on,
Come on and on and on, on, on.
Yeah, yeah, all right.
Well, we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun.
Yeah, we all shine on,
On and on and on, on and on...
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
By John Lennon
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
Power to the people, right on!
Say we want a revolution,
We'd better get it on right away.
Well, get yer on your feet
And into the street, singing
A million workers workin' for nothin',
You better give 'em what they really own.
We got to put you down
When we come into town singing
I gotta ask you comrades and brothers,
How do you treat your own woman back home?
She's got to be herself,
So she can give us help singing:
Now, now, now, now!
Oh well, power to the people!
Power to the people!
Power to the people!
Power to the people, right on!
MOTHER
By John Lennon
Mother, you had me, but I never had you.
I, I wanted you, you didn't want me.
So I, I just gotta tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Father, you left me, but I never left you.
I needed you, you didn't need me.
So I, I just gotta tell you, mm,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Children, don't do what I have done.
I couldn't walk and I tried to run.
So I, I just gotta tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home...
WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Woman is the nigger of the world,
Yes, she is, think about it.
Woman is the nigger of the world,
Think about it, do something about it.
We make her paint her face and dance,
If she won't be a slave and say that she don't love us.
If she's real, we say she's tryin' to be a man,
While puttin' her down we pretend that she's above us.
Woman is the nigger of the world,
Yes, she is,
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with.
Woman is the slave of the slaves,
Oh yeah, better scream about it, yeah!
We make her bear and raise our children,
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen.
We tell her home is the only place she should be,
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend.
Oh, woman is the nigger of the world,
Yes, she is,
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with.
Oh, woman is the slave to the slave,
Yeah, all right.
Hit it!
We insult her ev'ry day on tv,
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence.
When she's young, we kill her will to be free,
While tellin' her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb.
Oh well, woman is the nigger of the world,
Yes, she is,
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with.
Woman is the slave to the slaves,
Yes, she is,
If you believe, we'd better scream about it!
Uh, uh, uh, hey, hey.
We make her paint her face and dance...
IMAGINE
By John Lennon
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, ah-ha-ah.
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.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one.
I hope some day 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.
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT
By John Lennon
Whatever gets you through the night,
'Salright, 'salright.
Bet your money or your life,
'Salright, 'salright.
Don't need a sword to cut through flowers,
Oh no, oh no.
Whatever gets you through your life,
'Salright, 'salright.
Do it wrong or do it right,
It's alright, 'salright.
Don't need a watch to waste your time,
Oh no, oh no.
Hold me, darlin', come on, listen to me,
I won't do you no harm.
Trust me, darlin', come on, listen to me,
Come on, listen to me,
Come on, listen, listen.
Whatever gets you to the light,
'Salright, 'salright.
Out the blue or out of sight,
'Salright, 'salright.
Don't need a gun to blow your mind,
Oh no, oh no.
MIND GAMES
By John Lennon
We're playing those mind games together,
Pushing the barrier, planting seeds.
Playing the mind guerrilla,
Chanting the mantra peace on earth.
We all been playing those mind games forever,
Some kind of druid dudes lifting the veil.
Doing the mind guerrilla,
Some call it magic the search for the grail.
Love is the answer,
And you know that for sure.
Love is a flower,
You gotta let it, you gotta let it grow.
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Faith in the future out of the now.
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas,
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind.
Yeah, we're playing those mind games forever,
Projecting our images in space and in time.
Yes is the answer,
And you know that for sure.
Yes is surrender,
You gotta let it, you gotta let it go.
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Doing the ritual dance in the sun.
Millions of mind guerrillas,
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel.
Keep on playing those mind games forever,
Raising the spirit of peace and love.
Love .
I want you to make love, not war,
I know you've heard it before.
I want you to make love.
No. 9 DREAM
By John Lennon
So long ago, was it in a dream?
Was it just a dream?
I know, yes, I know,
It seemed so very real,
It seemed so real to me.
Took a walk down the street,
Thru the heat whispered trees,
I thought I could hear, hear, hear, hear,
Somebody call out my name (John),
As it started to rain (John),
Two spirits dancing so strange.
Dream, dream away, magic in the air,
Was magic in the air?
I believe, yes, I believe,
More I cannot say,
What more can I say?
On the river of sound,
Thru the merry-go-round, round,
I thought I could feel, feel, feel, feel,
Music touching my soul,
Something warm, sudden cold,
The spirit dance was unfolding.
Ah, bowakawa pousse, pousse...
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) /
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (MEDLEY)
By John Lennon and Yoko Ono/John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Give Peace A Chance recorded live at the Madison Square Gardens, 30 August, 1972
Happy Christmas, Kyoko.
Happy Christmas, Julian.
So this is Christmas and what have you done?
Another year over, a new one just begun.
And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun,
The near and the dear one, the old and the young.
A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year,
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear.
And so this is Christmas for weak and for strong (war is over if you want it),
For the rich and the poor ones, the road is so long (war is over now).
And so happy Christmas for black and for whites (war is over if you want it),
For the yellow and red ones, let's stop all the fight (war is over now).
And so this is Christmas, we hope you have fun (war is over if you want it),
The near and the dear one, the old and the young (war is over now).
War is over
If you want it,
War is over now.
Hey, all right!
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace a chance,
All we are saying is give peace.наверх
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