John Lennon Anthology lyrics

Ain't She Sweet?
Oh no, ain't she ... no, hang on, injection
Oh me oh mum ain't that perfection?

I repeat now!

Ain't she nice?
Well, look her over once or twice.
Well, I ask you very ...........?...........,
Ain't she nice.

(Scat sing)

- "Ha ha ha"
- "Shall we record that, John?"

Uh,
ow!
Yeah.

The night we met I knew I needed you so,
and if I had the chance I never let you go.
So won't you say you love me,
I'll make you so proud of me,
we'll make them turn their heads ev'ry place we go.

So won't you, please, (be my, be my baby)
be my little baby, (my one and only, baby)
say you'll be my darling, (be my, be my baby)
be my baby now, (my one and only, baby)
oh, oh, oh.

Dear John,
don't be hard on yourself.
Give yourself a break.
Life wasn't meant to be run.
The race is over, you've won.

Dear John,
don't be hard on yourself.
Give yourself a break.
Life wasn't meant to be run.
The race is over, you've won.

Ha da do do do do
do do do do do
(laugh)
september, november...

Dear John,
don't be hard on yourself.
Give yourself a break.
Life wasn't meant to be run.

Do the oz,
do the oz,
do the oz, babe,
do the oz,
do the oz,
do the oz, babe,
do the oz,
do the oz, babe.

Put your left hand in,
your right hand out.
Do the oz, babe,
dance all about.

Do the oz,
do the oz, babe,
do the oz,
do the oz, babe,
do the oz,
do the oz, babe.

Pull your right leg up,
your left leg down.
Do the oz, babe,
get it all around.

Do the oz,
do the oz,

- "Yes, fortunately we both agree"
- "Unfortunately, not always."
- "In the end. I wonder what' gonna happen."
- "Fortunately we dont know"

One sentence about the next act.
Yesterday I said I was concerned we weren't
Really raising enough money so he looked at me and said
Not only will we perform for free but we'll give you
$6

.....Last night, ah-hah-hah,
she was so beautiful, she made me uptight, ah-hah-hah....
-oh gee! I'm worn out! Can we try another, can you hear what he's saying?

I took my baby to a party last night, ah-hah-hah,
she was so beautiful, she made me uptight, ah-hah-hah,
up come a butcher with her ju jus alight, ah-hah-hah,
it's all da-da-da-down to goodnight vienna.

When I was a little boy
Way back home in Liverpool
My mama told me I was great

Then when I was teenager
I knew that I had got something going
All my friends told me I was great

And now I'm a man
A woman took me by the hand
And you know what she told me I was great

I was the greatest show on earth
For what it was worth
Now I'm only thirty-two
And all I wanna do
Is boogaloo, hey

(Instrumental)

John and Yoko, let's hear it!
John Lennon, John Lennon, Yoko!
Let's hear them, let's get a bow, John Lennon, John, Yoko!
(Audience) John! John! John! John!.....
John, Yoko, John, Yoko, John, Yoko, John....
I'll tell you what, Oh, cool it, cool it!
I would suspect that John Lennon is probably one of the
Wisest showman I've ever met
He knows what he's doin'!
He did two things, he did two...shhhh!

We'd like to welcome you here to the Dakota Country And Western Club
And in return for Miss Yoko Ono's wonderful gift of a very strange...
I'd like,this morning, to sing you a little ditty that occured to
me in the throes of my sleep
It's called "Life Begins At 4

-"Hmm, I think the piano maybe is better
I just realised the ......?..........hmm....hello, Yoko...Yeah!".

Well, he's long, long, lost john
long, long, lost john.

Lost john standing by the railroad track
a-waitin' for the freight train to come back.
The freight train come back but never made a stop
lost john thought he'd have to ride the top
Well, he's long, long, lost john

Oh, dirty maggie mae,
they have taken her away,
and she'll never walk down lime street any more.

Oh, the judge he guilty found her
of robbin' the homeward bounder,
that dirty, no good, robbin' maggie mae.

'Tis the part of liverpool
north of liverpool;
two pounds ten a week, that was my pay.
Oh, something down,
went down on number nine,
It'was down in kelly's pornshop, number nine.

Oh, I promise, yes, I promise you
I'll Never, never hurt you again.
Yes, I make a solemn promise
Oh yeah, I'll never hurt you again

'Cause love is the answer,
And you know that it's true
Oh yeah, Yoko.

Make love, not war
I know, you've heard it before.
Make love, not war
I know, you've heard it before.

Love is the answer,
And you know that it's true
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

One, two, a one, two, three, four

Well now the underground and overjoyed they come on just the same
Don't wanna get too real man, just wanna play the game
I guess ya knew it all along we were just singing in the rain
Can't get hipped to the down trip, the ship is sailing yet
And if it sinks, you know that all you really get is wet!

Move over Ms. L.
You know I wish you well

Don't be afraid,
it's just the wind and light.
Don't be afraid,
this house is very strange.
In the morning we'll be gone, don't be afraid.

We'll watch the dawn till the sun comes up,
drinking coffee from our favourite cup.
Girl, you've been good to me so don't be afraid tonight.

Don't be afraid,
it's just the cats at play.
Don't be afraid,
they do it night and day, how very strange.

Mucho mungo, sweet thing,
sweetest little thing I've ever seen.
Must have been a sweet dream,
brought you here,
brought you through the sorrow
and the tears.

C'est la, c'est la, c'est la vie,
sail upon the ocean, sail with me.
Sail into tomorrow ev'ry day,
sail it to the sunshine through the haze.

My life, take it, it's mine to give.
Take it, let me live in you.
My life, take it, it's yours.
Do what you will, I dedicate it to you.

What's the use in waking
if you're not there to share the dreams and nightmares?

My life, take it, for better or worse.
Why waste time?
We both know together is the only way.
We'll make it any way.
Take it, my life,
my life is you.

What's the use in waking

(P) - "So, here we go!"
(J) - "What? What?
(P) - "We're doing one"
(J) - "How's it going? How's it going?"
(P) - "Wait a minute, something's going, wait a minute!"
(J) - "Yeah! Yeah! I can't read this writing!"
(P) - "What is that tweetin' bird out there? For God's sake! There's a bird! God damn it out there!

Lord, take this makeup of off of me.
I said, "lordy, lordy, lordy, take this makeup offa me."
it's bad enough on the beach,
but it's worse in the sea.

Because I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Because I'm lookin' for my ma.

I said, "ma, take these guns away from me."
I said, "ma, take these guns away from me."
I got so thin now, they're draggin' me down to my knees.
Oh yeah, man, do you Mr. Jones?

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.

- "Good"
- "That's my favourite song"
- "Very good"
- "Who was singing "I need somebody to love", you?
- "It was Ringo but Paul and I was singing with him."
- "What's this song called?"
- "What's it called? I've forgotten what it's called..."

What would you think if I sang out a song...

- "YEAH! I like it very loud!"
- "Well, that's how I like it too"
- "Can't you make it more louder?"
- "I can't make it any louder than it is, it's on full you see."

Here in this lonely room,
late in the afternoon
dreaming my life away-hey.
Don't answer the telephone,
I'm not home receiving you.

Here in the afternoon,
alone in some stranger's room,
what am I doing here at all?
No need to over do it,
I'm bleeding now,
I'm bleeding now.
Stop the bleeding now,
stop the bleeding now.
Oozing out
dripping down
table's silent shout.
Aghhh!

Stop the bleeding now.

-"We're just gonna...
Welcome back, welcome back with John and Yoko, Yoko and John
This song is written by, the John Sinclair song, who wrote that song?
-"Ah, John Sinclair, I wrote this one. He spent two years in prison
Virtually in isolation and solitary, in case he infiltrated the other
Prisoners or something. He didn't want any help for two years

Hello, hello, testing, testing...

At this time of year...oh, let me first introduce myself.
Maybe you have heard me before, i am the great wok.
And as you know, the great wok must be done.
Now, at this time of year when brahama is in brahma...
The day of brahma is set to last one thousand years and its night is of equal length.
Well, for us human being, this is the end of the year now

- "Alright, the happy Rishi Kesh Song"

All you need to do
is to say this little word,
I know it sounds absurd
but it's true.
The magic's in the mantra,
we'll give you all the answers
so swallow this,
that's all you've got to do.

Ev'rything you need is here,
and ev'rything that's not here,
is not there.
And yet there's something missing
in this god almighty plan,
could it be you need a woman?

Whatever gets you through the night 'salright, 'salright
It's your money or life 'salright, 'salright
Don't need a sword to cut through flowers oh no, oh no

Whatever gets you through your life 'salright, 'salright
Do it wrong or do it right 'salright, 'salright
Don't need a watch to waste your time oh no, oh no

Hold me darlin' come on listen to me
I won't do you no harm

I need a beginning
Right!
Here we go!
Rock and roll with it
When in doubt... fuck it!
No.. no... you can't not control your prick!

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
Thru the heat whispered trees
I thought I could hear (hear, hear, hear)
Somebody call out my name as it started to rain

Two spirits dancing so strange

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

Whatever gets you through the night 'salright, 'salright
It's your money or life 'salright, 'salright
Don't need a sword to cut through flowers oh no, oh no

Whatever gets you through your life 'salright, 'salright
Do it wrong or do it right 'salright, 'salright
Don't need a watch to waste your time oh no, oh no

Hold me darlin' come on listen to me
I won't do you no harm

Don't wanna be a drag, everybody gotta bag
I know you know, 'bout the emperor's clothes

You 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 chance

Well it's Saturday night and I just gotta rip it up
Sunday morning I just gotta give it up

Sweet as the smell of success
Her body's warm and wet
She gets me through this god awful lonliness
A natural high butterfly Oh I,
I need, need, need her

Just like a willow tree
A breath of spring you see
And oh boy you don't know what she do to me
She makes me sweat and forget who I am
I need, need, need, need her

Well I was wondering how long this could go on, on and on

I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared, so scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
As the years roll away
And the price that I paid
And the straws slips away

You don't have to suffer
It is what it is
No bell book or candle
Can get you out of this, oh no!

I'm scarred, I'm scarred, I'm scarred
I'm scarred, uh huh
I'm scarred, I'm scarred, I'm scarred
Every day of my life

I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared, so scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
As the years roll away
And the price that I paid
And the straws slips away

You don't have to suffer
It is what it is
No bell book or candle
Can get you out of this, oh no!

I'm scarred, I'm scarred, I'm scarred
I'm scarred, uh huh
I'm scarred, I'm scarred, I'm scarred
Every day of my life

You are my weakness, you are my strength
Nothing I have in the world makes better sense
Cause I'm a fish and you're the sea

When we're together or when we're apart
There's never a space in between the beat of our hearts
Cause I'm the apple and you're the tree

One day at a time is all we do
One day at a time is good for you

You are my woman, I am your man

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 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

One, two, a one, two, three, four

Well now the underground and overjoyed they come on just the same
Don't wanna get too real man, just wanna play the game
I guess ya knew it all along we were just singing in the rain
Can't get hipped to the down trip, the ship is sailing yet
And if it sinks, you know that all you really get is wet!

Move over Ms. L.
You know I wish you well

It ain't fair, John Sinclair
In the stir for breathing air
Won't you care for John Sinclair?
In the stir for breathing air
Let him be, set him free
Let him be like you and me

They gave him ten for two
What else can the judges do?
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta set him free

If he'd been a soldier man

Woke up this morning blues around my head
No need to ask the reason why
Went to the kitchen and lit a cigarette
Blew my worries to the sky

I'm stepping out
I'm stepping out
I'm stepping out
I'm stepping out

If it don't feel right you don't have to do it
Just leave a message on the phone and tell them to screw it
After all is said and done you can't go pleasin' everyone
So screw it...

The years have passed so quickly
One thing I've understood
I am only learning
To tell the trees from the wood

I know what's coming down
And I know where it's coming from
And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am)
But I never could speak my mind

And I know just how you feel
And I know now what I have done
And I know and I'm guilty (yes I am)
But I never could read your mind

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

(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)

So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong

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

(Alright Boys, this is it, over the hill)

One, two, three, four...

We don't care what flag you're waving,
We don't even wanna know your name,
We don't care where you're from or where you're going,
All we know is that you came.
You're making all our decisions,
We have just one request of you -
That while you're thinking things over,
It's something you just better do:

Free the people now,

We don't care what flag you're waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know is that you came
You're making all our decisions
We have just one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just better do

Free the people now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Free the people now

When I was younger
Living confusion and deep dispair
When I was younger ah hah
Living illusion of freedom and power

When I was younger
Full of ideas and broken dreams (my friend)
When I was younger ah hah
Everything simple but not so clear

Living on borrowed time
Without a thought for tomorrow
Living on borrowed time
Without a thought for tomorrow

Now I am older

Bless you wherever you are
Windswept child on a shooting star
Restless Spirits depart
Still we're deep in each other's hearts

Some people say it's over
Now that we spread our wings
But we know better darling
The hollow ring is only last year's echo

Bless you whoever you are
Holding her now
Be warm and kind hearted
And remember though love is strange
Now and forever our love will remain