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"Wonsaponatime" is a single disc that features selected tracks from the John Lennon Anthology, a 4-CD boxed set. There aren't any tracks on Wonsaponatime that are not also on the Anthology. Like the Anthology, it was released on Nov. 3, 1998 (US) and Nov. 2, 1998 (UK).
I'm Losing You
John Lennon
Here in some stranger's room,
Late in the afternoon,
What am I doing here at all?
Ain't no doubt about it,
I'm losing you,Somehow the wires have crossed,
Communication's lost,
Can't even get you on the telephone,
Just got to shout about it,
I'm losing you,Here in the valley of indecision,
I don't know what to do,
I feel you sliping away,
I feel you sliping away,
I'm losing you,
I'm losing you,You say your not getting enough,
But I remind you of all that bad stuff,
So waht the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a bandaid on it?
And stop the bleeding now,
Stop the bleeding now,I know I hurt you then,
But that was way back when,
And well, do you still have to carrey that cross?
Don't want to hear about it,
I'm losing you,
I'm losing you.
Working Class Hero
John Lennon
As soon as your born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
Working Class Hero is something to be
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 despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religon, sex and T.V.
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
There's room at the top I'm telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
Working Class Hero is something to be
Yes , 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
God
John Lennon
God is a Concept by which
We measure our pain
I'll say it again
God is a Concept by which
We measure our pain
I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I-ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in Tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in Kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me...and that reality
The dream is over
What can I say?
The Dream is Over
Yesterday
I was the Dreamweaver
But now I'm reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I'm John
And so dear friends
You'll just have to carry on
The Dream is over
How Do You Sleep?
John Lennon
So sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?
You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jum when your mamma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you've gone it's just another day
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?
A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something all those years
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?
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 religon too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...Imagine no possesions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
In a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...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
Baby Please Don't Go
Walter Ward
You know I love you, baby, please don't go, well, well;
you know I love you, baby, please don't go.
Oh, you know I love you, honey child,
there's nothing that I wouldn't do for you right now.
You know I love you, baby, please don't go, well, well.
You know I need you, honey, please don't go, well, well;
you know I love you, baby, please don't go.
And you know I love you, honey child,
there's nothing that I wouldn't do for you right now.
You know I love you, baby, please don't go.
You know I want you, honey, please don't go, well;
you know I want you, baby, please don't go,
you know I love you, honey child,
there's nothing that I wouldn't do for you right now.
You know I love you, baby, please don't go, well.
Honey!
Well,
well, you know I want you, honey, please don't go,
you know I want you, honey, please don't go,
you know I want you, honey child,
there's nothing that I wouldn't do for you right now.
I know I want you, honey, please don't go.
Oh My Love
John Lennon
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh my lover for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
I see the wind, oh i see the trees
Everything is clear in my heart
Isee the clouds, oh i see the sky
Everything is clear in our world
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My mind is wide open
Oh my lover for the first time in my life
My mind can feel
I feel sorrow, oh i feel dreams
Everything is clear in my heart
Everything is clear in our world
I feel life, oh i feel love
God Save Us
John Lennon, Yoko Ono
- "Okey, it goes to D and then A7 at the end now.
- So just remember the street feeds sea Queens, ok?
- Shall we go then?
- One, okey, you're ready?
- One, two, three, four"
Oh, god save us one and all,
oh, god save us from defeat,
oh, god save us from the war.
Oh, god save us on the street.
Yeah, let's fight for people rights,
let us fight for freedom.
Let us fight for mickey mouse
let us fight for freedom.
Oh, god save us one and all,
oh, god save us from defeat,
oh, god save us from the war.
Oh, god save us on the street.
Let us fight for children's right
let us fight for freedom.
Let us fight for rupert bear,
let us fight for freedom.
Oh, god save us one and all,
oh, god save us from defeat,
oh, god save us from the war.
Oh, god save us from the street.
Oh, god save us from defeat,
oh, god save us from the sea
oh, god save us from the queen,
- "Hey, that sounded alright!"
I Found out
John Lennon
I told you before, stay away from my door
Don't give me that brother, brother, brother, brother
No!
I found out!
Now that I showed you just what I've been through
Don't take nobody's word what you can do
There ain't no Jesus don't come from the sky
Now that I found out I know I can cry
I found out!
Some of you sitting there with your cock in your hand
Don't get you nowhere don't make you a man
I heard something about my ma and my pa
They didn't want me so they made me a star
I found out!
Old Hare Krishna ain't got nothing on you
Just keep you crazy with nothing to do
Keep you occupied with with pie in the sky
There ain't no guru who can see through your eyes
I found out!
I seen the junkies I've been through it all
I've seen religons from Jesus to Paul
Don't let them fool you with dope and cocaine
Can't do you no harm feel your own pain
I found out!
Woman is the Nigger of the World
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 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 is above us
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you don’t belive me take a look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Ah yeah...better screem about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother then
We tell her home is the only place she would 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 belive me take a look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Yeah (think about it)
We insult her everyday 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 belive me take a look to the one you’re with
Woman is the slaves of the slaves
Yes she is...if you belive me, you better screem 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
A Kiss is Just a Kiss (As Time Goes By)
Herman Hupfield
You must remember this,
A kiss is just a kiss
A fly is just a fly
Right, and we're together
A rose is a rose.
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis
Well
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's...
My baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.
Well
She's the one in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the team
She's the woman walkin' that I know
She's the woman that loves me so
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's...
My baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.
Well
She's the woman who's got that beat
She's the woman with the flying feet
She's the woman walk around the store
She's the woman gives me more more more
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's...
My baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's...
My baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.
Rip It up - Ready Teddy
Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
Well, it's saturday night and I just got paid,
fool about my money, don't try to save.
My heart says, "go! Go! Have a time!"
'cause it's saturday night and, baby, I feel fine.
Gonna rip it up,
gonna rock it up,
gonna shake it up,
gonna ball it up,
gonna rock it up,
and ball the night.
I got me a date and I won't be late,
picked her up in my eighty-eight.
Shag on down to the union hall,
when the joint starts jumpin', I 'll have a ball.
Gonna rip it up,
gonna rock it up,
gonna shake it up,
gonna ball it up,
gonna rock it up,
and ball the night.
Whoa!
Well, ready, set, go man, go,
I got a girl that I love so.
And I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready, ready, ted to rock and roll.
Goin' to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie,
she's a rock and roll baby, she's the apple of my eye.
I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready,
ready, ready, ted,
I'm ready, ready, ted to rock and roll.
What You Got
John Lennon
Don't wanna be a drag, everybody gotta bag
I know you know, 'bout the emperor's clothesYou don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chanceWell it's Saturday night and I just gotta rip it up
Sunday morning I just gotta give it up
Come Monday momma and I just gotta run away
You know it's such a drag to face another dayYou don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chanceYou know the more it change, the more it stays the same
You gotta hang on in, you gotta cut the stringYou don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know what you got, until you lose it
You don't know, you don't know what you got, until you lose it
Oh baby, baby, baby gimme one more chance
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and out)
John Lennon
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine
I've been across to the other side
I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
And still you ask me do I love you, what it is, what it is
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you knife mine
I've been across the water now so many times
I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind
And still you ask me do I love you, what you say, what you say
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
Well I get up in the morning and I'm looking in the mirror to see, ooo wee!
Then I'm lying in the darkness and I know I can't get to sleep, ooo wee!
Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground
I Don't Wanna Face It
John Lennon
Say you're looking for a place to go
Where nobody knows your name
You're looking for oblivion
With one
Eye on the Hall of Fame
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can dish it out
But I just can't take it
Say you're looking for some peace and love
Leader of a big old band
You wanna save humanity
But it's people that you just can't stand
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can sing for my supper
But I just can't make it
Well now you're lookin' for a world of truth
Trying to find a better way
The time has come to see yourself
You always look the other way
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can see the promised land
And I know I can make it!
I don't wanna face it I know
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it
I don't wanna face it
I just can't face it no more
Every time I look in the mirror
I don't see anybody there
Real Love
John Lennon
All my little plans and schemes
Lost like some forgotten dream
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you
Just like little girls and boys
Playing with their little toys
Seems like all they really were doing
Was waiting for you
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real
From this moment on I know
Exactly where my life will go
Seems that all I really was doing
Was waiting for love
Don't need to be afraid
No need to be afraid
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real
Thought I'd been in love before,
But in my heart I wanted more
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
Yes it's real, yes it's real love
It's real, yes it's real love...
Only You
Buck Ram, Ande Rand
Only you can make this world seem right,
only you can make the darkness bright.
Only you and you alone
can thrill me like you do,
and fill my heart with love for only you.
Only you can make this change in me,
for it's true, you are my destiny.
When you hold my hand I understand
the magic that you do.
You're my dream come true,
my one and only you - only you.
Only you.
Only you and you alone
can thrill me like you do,
and fill my heart with love for only you.
Oh-only you can make this change in me,
for it's true, you are my destiny.
When you hold my hand I understand
the magic that you do, do.
You're my dream come true,
my one, my one, my one and only you - only you.
Only you,
only you,
only you,
only you,
only you,
only you,
only you,
only you.
Only you.
Grow Old With Me
John Lennon
Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love
Grow old along with me
Two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun
When the day is done
God bless our love
God bless our love
Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end
Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love
Sean's "In the Sky"
-"Daddy, when did we have no house?"
-"When?"
-"When, when did we have no house and we rented this house?"
-"In 1973, We didn't have this house, yet, That's when we bought this house"
-"Oh!"
-"Two years before you were born"
-"Oh, And I just wasn't coming with you? To find this house?"
-"No, well you weren't born yet. You were still in the sky."
-"Oh, and when I came back, was down here, what did I went in?"
-"A little, a little cardboard box. With a little blanket in, little teeny tiny
teeny tiny little boy in a little tiny cardboard box. They used to have apples in it, hmm
You used to do this here."
-"A apple box!"
-"Well, a little cardboard box, you see. Like they bring groceries in. And it was you instead of the groceries
Serve Yourself
John Lennon
You say you found Jesus Christ
he's the only one
you say you found Buddah
sittin' in the sun,
you say you found Mohammed
facin' to the east
you say you found Krishna
dancin' in the street.
Well, there's somethin' missin' in this god almighty stew
and it's your mother,
your mother, don't forget your mother, lad.
You gotta serve yourself
nobody gonna do it for you
you gotta serve yourself
nobody gonna do it for you
well, you may believe in devils and you may believe in laws
but if you don't go out and serve yourself, lad (ain't no room service here....?......)
It's still the same old story
a bloody holy war
a fight for love and glory
ain't gonna study war no more
a fight for god and country
we're gonna set you free
we'll put you back in the stone age
if you won't be like me.
Get it?
You gotta serve yourself
ain't nobody gonna do it for you
you gotta serve yourself
ain't nobody gonna do it for you
yeah, you may believe in devils and you may believe and laws
but Christ, you gonna have to serve yourself and that's all there is to it.
So get right back here, it's in the bloody fridge!
God, when I was a kid, we didn't have stuff like this, T.V. Fuckin' dinners and all that crap!
You fuckin' kids, all fuckin' the same, want a fuckin' car now?
Lucky to have a pair of shoes?
You tell me you've found Jesus Christ,
that's great and he's the only one
you say you've just found Buddah
and he's sittin' on his arse in the sun,
you say you found Mohammed
kneelin' on a bloody carpet, facin' east
you say you found Krishna
with his bald head, dancin' in the street
well, Christ now and you're bein' heard.
You gotta serve yourself
ain't nobody gonna do it for you, that's right lad
you better get that straight into your fuckin' head!
You gotta serve yourself, you know that, who else is gotta do that for you
it ain't me, kid, I tell you that.
Well you may believe in Jesus
and you may believe in Marx
and you may believe in Marks and Spencers
and you may even believe in bloody woolworths
but there's something missin' in this whole bloody stew
and it's your mother, your poor bloody mother
she worked for you in the back bedroom
full of piss and shit and fuckin' midwives
god, you can't forget that awful moment, you know
you should have been in the bloody war, lad, and you would know all about it
well, I'll tell you somethin',
It's still the same old story
a holy bloody war
you know with the pope and all that stuff
a fight for love and glory
ain't gonna study no more war
I fight for god and country and the queen and all that
we're gonna set you free, yeah,
bomb ya back into the fuckin' stone age if you won't be like me
you know, now get down on your knees and pray
well, there's something missin' in this god almighty stew
and it's your god damn mother, you dirty little git
now get in there and was your ears.
Ha-ha-ha
