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Let's spread the words and music of John Lennon and others alike (songs, quotes, poems) as a means of us gathering all our inner energy of love and peace and let it flow outward to the world and manifest Love and Peace to all Mankind!

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"A time for love, a time for peace...
Let us not fight among ourselves, and so, we'll cease to exist!"

~~ Cristina
Libra_Sun
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Love & Peace: Tribute to JOhn Lennon's Worldy Dream

~~~ IMAGINE ~~~~

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.

Ah...Imagine there's no countries
it isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for
and no religion, too.

Imagine all the people
living life in peace.
You...you may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday...you'll join us
and the world will be as one.

Imagine no possessions.
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 someday you'll join us
and the world will live as one.

~~ Words and Music by
John Ono Lennon
Copyright 1971 Lenono Music

Give me love, give me love,
Give me peace on earth.
Give me light, give me life,
Keep me free from birth.

Give me hope, help me cope
With this heavy load.
Trying to touch and reach you
With heart and soul, my Lord.

Please take hold of my hand,
That I might understand you.

Won't you please
Oh won't you

Give me love, give me love,
Give me peace on earth.
Give me light, give me life,
Keep me free from birth.

Give me hope, help me cope
With this heavy load.
Trying to touch and reach you
With heart and soul.

Ommmm my Lord.

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Cristina, This song came on while I was writing my sadness about the Holy Land. Seemed fitting for your thread.

Maria

Thanks Maria!

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I look, at you all, see the love, there that's sleeping,
while my guitar, gently weeps.
I look, at the floor, and I see it needs sweeping,
still my guitar, gently weeps.
I don't know why, nobody told you, how to unfold your love.
I don't know how, someone controlled you, they bought and sold you.
I look, at the world, and I notice it's turning,
while my guitar, gently weeps.
With every mistake, we must surely, be learning,
still my guitar, gently weeps

I don't know how, you were diverted,
you were perverted, too. I don't know how, you were inverted,
no one alerted you.
I look, at you all, see the love, there that's sleeping,
while my guitar, gently weeps. Look at you all...
Still my guitar, gently weeps.
http://www.kappa.ro/music/beatles/whilemyg.wav
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~~sigh~~
Sabra
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How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

- Bob Dylan
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Love,
Greg

Give Peace A Chance
John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations,
meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations.

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare, Hare Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

etc.

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John Lennon Collection
1982

SONG: The Sound of Silence (P. Simon, 1964)

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Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

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I could play this all day.
Brings back a lot of memories...

Sabra

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You need Real Player to play the song. Recorded at:
Queens College, London - Rehearsal 1964
http://www.medialab.chalmers.se/guitar/ra/ISDN/queens-college-64/sounds.of.silence.ram

Ain't getting old
Ain't getting younger though
Just getting used to the lay of the land

I ain't tongue-tied
Just ain't got nothing to say
I'm proud to be living in the USA

Ready to go
Willing to stay and pay (USA, in the USA)
So my sweet love
Can dance another free day (USA, in the USA)

In history
We painted pictures grim
The devil knows we might feel that way again

The big wind blows
So the tall grass bends
But for you, don't push too hard my friend

Ready to go
Willing to stay and pay (USA, in the USA)
So my sweet lover
Can dance another free day (USA, in the USA)

Got people here
Down on their knees and prayin'
Hawks and doves are circling in the rain

Got rock 'n' roll
Got country music playing
If you hate us you just don't know what you're saying
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Good old Young...

Love,
Maria

There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All God's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard.

Look around it, have you found it
Walking down the avenue?
See what it brings, could be good things
In the air for you.

We are leaving. We are gone.
Come with us to all alone.
Never worry. Never moan.
We will leave you all alone.

In the mountains, in the cities,
You can see the dream.
Look around you. Has it found you?
Is it what it seems?

There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All God's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNTRY

Slipping and sliding and playing domino
Lefting and then Righting, it's not a crime you know.
You gotta tell your story boy, before it's time to go.

Are you ready for the country because it's time to go?
Are you ready for the country because it's time to go?

I was talkin' to the preacher, said God was on my side
Then I ran into the hangman, he said it's time to die
You gotta tell your story boy, you know the reason why.

Are you ready for the country because it's time to go?
Are you ready for the country because it's time to go?

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Neil Young
HARVEST, 1972
(February 1972, Reprise 2277) Neil Young & The Stray Gators
Lyrics to this album, courtesy of the Neil Young Lyrics Database

And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And while he spoke of many things
Fools and Kings
This he said to me

The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return

Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
yes, Get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything.

I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.
For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas.
And you make them long, and you make them tough.
But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off.

Oh, I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air.
But, will you keep on building higher
'til there's no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

-- Cat Stevens
Tea For The Tillerman, 1970

George left us a little present. I just discovered it yesterday. (Thanks, George!) Takes awhile to load, but be patient. It's a moving picture show, complete with soundtrack. Be sure to turn on some volume. If it breaks up in the playing the first time, wait for it to end and then "Refresh."
http://www.allthingsmustpass.com

Maria

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Chimes of Freedom
Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964

Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Real Audio:
Chimes of Freedom

Copyright © 1964; renewed 1992 Special Rider Music

Maria

That was awesome! I played it a couple of times. Thanks for sharing.

Sabra

I've been back a couple of times too. I want to imprint it in my mind's eye because someday it won't be there anymore on the site, I think. Did you ever see a film called Away With Words that was just Beatles songs and visual cinema? It was kind of cool. But having one like that with George's visuals with it is pretty darn nice to this Beatle freak.

Glad it grabbed your awe too!

Maria

I don't think I saw Away With Words. I believe it was a 1976 bootleg film.

The all things must pass link seemed different from anything related to the Beatles that I ever have seen. I still can't get the lotus out of my mind. As you said, it grabbed my awe also.

Sabra

Thought you might want this for keepsake.
Here is the Link to My Sweet Lord Video (complete)

http://www.allthingsmustpass.com/movies/msl.swf

You have to use Netscape Browser (won't be able to save with IExplorer) to go to the site. Then Save As (to any directory you want)This will save the flash file (msl.swf) to your computer directory. That way it will be accessible to you anytime. You can rename the file, but make sure you keep the extension .swf

Good Luck and Enjoy!

Lots of Love

Now here you go again
You say you want your freedom
Well who am I to keep you down
It's only right that you should
Play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat .. drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost ...
And what you had ...
And what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say .. Women ... they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean .. you'll know

Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me
Who wants to wrap around your dreams and ...
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Dreams of loneliness ...
Like a heartbeat ... drives you mad ...
In the stillness of remembering what you had ...
And what you lost ...
And what you had ...
And what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say .. Women ... they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean .. you'll know

-- Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits, 1988

Thank you for the flash file. That was so sweet of you to do that for us.

Sabra

XOXOXOXO,
Maria

(Lennon)
Recorded: June 14, 1967, Olympic Sound Studios, London

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Love, love, love. Love, love, love. Love, love, love.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game.
It's easy.

Nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time.
It's easy.

All you need is love. All you need is love.
All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love. All you need is love.
All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

Nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.

All you need is love. All you need is love.
All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love (Paul: All together, now!)
All you need is love. (Everybody!)
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need (love is all you need).

Yee-hai!
Oh yeah!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.

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Sabra

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I could start dreamin' but it never ends
As long as you're gone we may as well pretend
I've been dreamin'
Straight from the heart

You say it's easy but who's to say
That we'd be able to keep it this way
But it's easier
Straight from the heart

Give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart

I'll see you on the street some other time
And all our words would just fall out of line
Cuz I'm dreamin' - straight from the heart

Give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart

Written by:
B. Adams
E. Kagna
J. Vallance

© 1997 bryan adams

Play: Straight From The Heart