Story Behind The Song
Started out as an elegaic commemorative over ten years, titled "The Dakota Rodeo," and was transformed over the years into a song celebrating the ultimate victory of the artist over the savage world. John Baroni and I have gone step by step all the way on this.
Song Description
Same, except to add there are lots of neat little hooks in the song (mysteries, numbers, allusions, etc.)
| Song Length |
4:42 |
Genre |
Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, In High Spirits |
Subject |
Peace, Aliens |
| Similar Artists |
Billy Joel, Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
THE SHOWDOWN RODEO
(Had a Dream of John Lennon)
Had a dream of John Lennon
Not so long ago
He wore a silver tuxedo
At a well-known rodeo
"Top prize goes to the one"
The announcer said
"Who can ride the savage world--
The bad bull we call Blood Red!"
At the Showdown, Showdown
Showdown Rodeo
At the Showdown, Showdown
Showdown Rodeo
John put on his cowboy hat
And the Number 9
Fear tried to hold him back
But he said "I'll be fine"
Like a smoking volcano
Blood Red stood and then
When Lennon leaped on his back
He burst in fire from the pen
[Chorus]
It was just 9 seconds
Before John was thrown
He stood up immediately
Singin' his "Imagine" song
Blood Red stopped in his tracks
Stood still as the sun
From his shadow stepped a man
It was Chapman with a gun
[Chorus]
Lennon got the top prize
Chapman got the pen
The world listens to "Imagine"
I say much more now than then
In my dream of John Lennon
He was sittin' on Cloud 9
When I asked him how he was
He said "Everything is fine"
[Chorus/repeats]
copyright 2002 Baroni/Hall