Imagine

Last updated on: December 9, 2010 at 8:25 pm by Jeffrey L. Falick

Imagine 2010-12-09T20:25:00-05:00 Jeffrey L. Falick

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It was on this day thirty years ago that we awoke to the reality that John Lennon had been murdered. The Beatles were the soundtrack of my entire childhood.

My favorite song of all time is Imagine. It absolutely maddens me when people change or drop the lyrics because they’re uncomfortable with what he had to say.

We miss you, John. Your voice was the voice of more than one generation and still captures our dreams for a better tomorrow.

In his memory, all of the lyrics:

Imagine

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 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 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

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