Lyrics

John Lennon
Word and Music by Ben Berman
© 2007 Ben Berman

I was marking time in an intellectual parking lot
Learning all manner of things that I have since forgotten
You were massive, you were news
You were a hurricane
You were that thin fine line between love and pain
Story was that you were just like starting over again

The Truth is, we thought we needed you then -
But then John Lennon we never needed you more
Than we do right now

There are Nazis in the bathroom you can hear their jackboots soft on the sand
There's bloodstains on the ramparts, and the entry points have all been manned
But that's not all - kicked while we're already down
The polar ice cap's melting while we're standing around
Polar bears and 82nd Airborne seeking new bloody ground

The Truth is, our hope is leaving us -
So then I say John Lennon we never needed you more
Than we do right now

You sang about the walrus and you sang about Yoko and me - That was me -
But most of all you sang a song of hope
loud enough to set a deaf man free

The Truth is, we thought we needed you -
But then again, John Lennon we never needed you more
Than we do right now . . .

You sang about the walrus and you sang about Yoko and me - But that wasn't me -
But most of all you sang about a hope clear enough to set a deaf man free

You were wry with little Lucy in the Sky, trying just to be free - just being free -
But I knew all the time you'd been talking that you'd been talking to me.
So Don't Let Me Down, it's been a Hard Day's Night
I feel like Mean Mr. Mustard's had a Day in the Life
We need you and Sergeant Pepper so we'll know it's Getting Better
In My Life

But the Truth is, Our hope is leaving us
So I still say John Lennon
We never needed you more
Than we do right now