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New York City - John Lennon

 

Standing on the corner
Just me and Yoko Ono
We was waiting for Jerry to land
Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
Singing, "Have a marijuana if you can"
His name was David Peel
And we found that he was real
He sang, "The Pope smokes dope every day"
Up come a policeman shoved us up the street
Singing, "Power to the people today!"


New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?


Well down to Max's Kansas City
Got down the nitty gritty
With the Elephants Memory Band
Laid something down
As the news spread around
About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band!
And we played some funky boogie
And laid some tutti frutti
Singing, "Long Tall Sally's a man."
Up come a preacherman trying to be a teacher
Singing, "God's a red herring in drag!"


New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?


New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?


Well we did the Staten Island Ferry
Making movies for the telly
Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom
Tried to shake our image
Just a cycling through the Village
But found that we had left it back in London
Well nobody came to bug us
Hustle us or shove us
So we decided to make it our home
If the Man wants to shove us out
We gonna jump and shout
The Statue of Liberty said, "Come!"


New York City...New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?


New York City...back in New York City...New York City
Que pasa, New York?
Que pasa, New York?

Stand By Me - John Lennon

 

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see

No, I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
stand by me,
So, darling darling
Stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand
Stand by me
Stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain
Should crumble to the sea

I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
stand by me

Darling darling
Stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now
Stand by me
Stand by me..
(instrumental break)

Give Peace A Chance (平和を我等に) - John Lennon & Ono Yoko

 

Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, 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 

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And 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 talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations,
meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations. 

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance 

Ev'rybody's talking about
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 

etc.

Woman Is the Nigger of the World (女は世界の奴隷か!) - John Lennon

 

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, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While putting 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
Ah, yeh... better scream about it 

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 

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
Yeh (think about it) 

We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young, we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart
We put her down for being so dumb 

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 me, you better scream about it 

We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance

Imagine - 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....

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 I'm a dreamar
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 I'm a dreamar
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

想像してごらん　天国なんて存在しないと
想像しようとすれば簡単だよ
僕達の下に地獄なんて無いんだ
ふり仰げば空があるだけさ
想像してごらんすべての人々が
現在を生きているんだと…

想像してごらん　国境なんて存在しないと
そう思うのは難しいことじゃない
殺す理由も、死ぬ理由もない
宗教なんてものも存在しない
想像してごらん　すべての人々が
平和のうちに暮らしていると…

僕のことを単なる夢想家だと思うかもしれない
でも、僕ひとりだけじゃないんだ
いつの日にか　君も仲間に加わってくれよ
そうすれば　世界はひとつになるだろう

想像してごらん　所有なんて存在しないと
君にもそういう考えができるかしら
貧困になったり飢えたりする必要はない
兄弟同志なのだから
想像してごらん　すべての人々が
この世界を分かち合っているのだと…

僕のことを単なる夢想家だと思うかもしれない
でも　僕ひとりだけじゃないんだ
いつの日にか　君も仲間に加わってくれよ
そうすれば、この世界はひとつになって動くだろう