I Just Shot John Lennon
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I Just Shot John Lennon Lyrics
He was returning home from the studio late
He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice
Because in 1980, he paid the price
John Lennon died, John Lennon died, John Lennon died
John Lennon died, John Lennon died, John Lennon died
With a Smith and Wesson .38
John Lennon's life was no longer a debate
He should have stayed at home
He should have never cared
And the man who took his life declared, he said:
"I Just Shot John Lennon!"
He said: "I Just Shot John Lennon!"
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
It was a sad and sorry and sickening night
Oh a sad and sorry and sickening sight
It was a sad and sorry and sickening night
"I Just Shot John Lennon!"
He said, "I Just Shot John Lennon!"
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
It was a sad and sorry and sickening night
About
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 Lennon’s life. I could relate to the fact that when you’re a famous person everybody wants to tell you what you should do and who you should be with. Everybody judges you all of the time. I always thought that people judged his relationship with Yoko a little too much, that obviously the man was in love with the woman, and [people] should have left him alone.”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
There’s lots of songs here about people who have left this earth but they’ve left good things behind them, like John Lennon and Kurt Cobain, and we learnt from them.
It’s a song about a great man, who was an English man, and his name was John Lennon and he was shot in 1980, and I think personally it was disgusting… and this was one is called I Just Shot John Lennon.
—Via Cranberries World
- 1.Hollywood
- 2.Salvation
- 5.War Child
- 7.The Rebels
- 8.Intermission
- 9.I Just Shot John Lennon
- 10.Electric Blue
- 13.Joe
- 14.Cordell
- 15.Bosnia
- 17.Go Your Own Way
- 18.When You’re Gone (Paris Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
- 29.Joe (Early Mix)
