Imagine

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On Decmber 8th 1980 Mark Chapman - a devout Christian - murdered John Lennon. He shot Lennon five times in the back.

Printed below are the lyrics to two songs: the first song is by someone who was only trying to preach a wonderful message of world-wide peace. The second is by a cold, calculating murderer.

 

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,
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 some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine no possesions,
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 some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

John Lennon - 1971

"The phony must die, says the Catcher in the Rye.
The phony must die, says the Catcher in the Rye.
The Catcher in the Rye is coming for you.
Don't believe in John Lennon.
Imagine John Lennon is dead, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Imagine that it's over."

Mark Chapman - quote from 'Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon'. p.188-189, Villard Books.

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