 Genius Lyrics
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John Lennon – Watching the Wheels
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In “Watching the Wheels” John Lennon addresses his five-year absence from the music industry. On October, 9th 1975 his second son Sean was born so he took the time to be a father
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John Lennon – Imagine
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The antithesis of a call to arms, John Lennon’s “Imagine” is one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring songs of all time.
Released in 1971, deep in the heart of the Vietnam War
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John Lennon – Nobody Told Me
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This song was initially recorded in 1977. John revisited the demo during the recording of Double Fantasy and it was eventually released posthumously on Milk and Honey. Originally
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The Underachievers – John Lennon
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[Verse 1: AK] / Ride around and I'm getting it / Aim for the stars, know the solar the limit / Relate to the gods, we were made in their image / Fuck the facades I'm just here
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John Lennon – God
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A controversial song in which Lennon distanced himself from what he saw as idols being worshiped by people, including, interestingly, God and Jesus. The song, along with a comment
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John Lennon – Working Class Hero
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A drearily painted bleak song about the reality of trying to make it in a society filled with people who are constantly putting you down.
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John Lennon – Crippled Inside
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Ben Gerson had this to say about the song:
I first heard Crippled Inside on my car radio. I didn’t know right off who it was (though the dobro sounded like George), but was
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John Lennon – Just Because
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[Intro] / Ah, remember this / Why, I must have been thirteen when this came out / Or was it fourteen, or was it twenty-two / I could have been twelve actually / [Verse 1] / Just
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John Lennon – It's So Hard
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It is not clear whether “It’s So Hard” came before or after John’s primal therapy experience.
It’s so hard, it’s really hard Sometimes I feel like going down."
…John sings, and
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John Lennon – #9 Dream
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[Verse 1] / So long ago / Was it in a dream, was it just a dream? / I know, yes I know / Seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me / Took a walk down the street / Through the
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RØRY – Jesus & John Lennon
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[Verse 1] / The first time I sang was your funeral / A song the priest said was quite unsuitable / But he cried and he said it was beautiful / Oh, my mother, my mother, my crucible
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John Lennon – Now and Then (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I know it's true / It's all because of you / And if I make it through / It's all because of you / [Chorus] / And now and then (Ah-ah) / If we must start again (Ah-ah
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John Lennon – Mother
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*Bells* / [Verse 1] / Mother, you had me but I never had you / I wanted you, you didn't want me / [Refrain] / So I, I just got to tell you / Goodbye, goodbye / [Verse 2] / Father
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John Lennon – New York City
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[Verse 1] / 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
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John Lennon – Jealous Guy
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Lennon wrote the melody when he was in The Beatles. They recorded it as a demo called “Child of Nature”, which he’d written about their trip to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh
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The Outfield – John Lennon
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A soul full of anger - but nothing to show / A world wrapped in cotton - but nowhere to go / Obsessed by a woman that you didn't know / Don't turn around - don't turn around / Torn
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Ft. Harlem Community Choir & Plastic Ono Band) – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
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With this song, Lennon became the first Beatle to release a Christmas song after the breakup of The Beatles two years prior.
He said he wrote it “because I was sick of White
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John Lennon – Woman
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“Woman” is the second single from John Lennon’s 1980 album Double Fantasy. It was written as a tribute to his second wife Yoko Ono. Lennon called it the “grown up version” of the
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John Lennon – Power to the People
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[Intro] / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the people / Power to the
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Arkells – John Lennon
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“John Lennon” is a pulsing pop-rock banger from Arkells debut album Jackson Square. Despite being one of Arkells' oldest songs, it is still a fan favourite at shows and their 3rd
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John Lennon – Isolation
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[Verse 1] / People say we've got it made / Don't they know we're so afraid? / Isolation / [Verse 2] / We're afraid to be alone / Everybody got to have a home / Isolation / [Verse 3
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John Lennon – Oh Yoko!
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“Oh Yoko!” is a 1971 song, written and performed by John Lennon, that was first released on Imagine.
The song was written about his wife Yoko Ono, and features Nicky Hopkins on
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John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over
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The final single released by John Lennon whilst he was alive, “(Just Like) Starting Over” was also the opening track on Double Fantasy. Recorded at the last minute, it wasn’t
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John Lennon – Look At Me
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[Intro] / Okay? / (Yes, thank you) / [Verse 1] / Look at me / Who am I supposed to be? / Who am I supposed to be? / Look at me / What am I supposed to be? / What am I supposed to
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John Lennon (Ft. Elephant's Memory & Plastic Ono Band) – Woman is the Nigger of the World
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This song is the first track on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1972 album Some Time in New York City. The song sparked controversy at the time due to its title and subject matter. The
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The Cranberries – I Just Shot John Lennon
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This spinning song recalls the death of Beatles member and musical icon John Lennon. Dolores O'Riordan had a good explanation behind the song:
“I was reading a book about John
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Ft. Yoko Ono) – Sunday Bloody Sunday
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[Verse 1: John Lennon] / Well it was Sunday, Bloody Sunday / When they shot the people there / The cries of thirteen martyrs / Filled the free Derry air / Is there any one amongst
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John Lennon – How?
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[Verse 1] / How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing? / How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn? / How can I go forward into something I'm not
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John Lennon – John Sinclair
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John Sinclair, poet, was jailed for possession of marijuana in 1969.
It became a cause celebre amongst musicians.
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Drakeo the Ruler – John Lennon
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[Intro] / Gene Simmons, John Lennon playin', I'm a rock star / XD-40, Springfield and it's compact / Two drums hangin' and these citch niggas pump fakin' / Jon Bon Jovi, Hulk Hogan
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John Lennon (Ft. Plastic Ono Band) – Cold Turkey
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Cold Turkey was banned. They thought it was a pro-drugs song. But I’ve always expressed what I’ve been feeling or thinking at the time. So I was just writing the experience I’d had
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John Lennon – Borrowed Time
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[Verse 1] / When I was younger, uh huh / Living confusion and deep despair / When I was younger, uh huh / Living illusion of freedom and power / When I was younger / Full of ideals
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Angela
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[Verse 1] / Angela, they put you in prison / Angela, they shot down your man / Angela, you're one of the millions / Of political prisoners in the world / [Verse 2] / Sister, there'
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