Imagine

The 35th anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon is coming up on December 8th.  The Beatles were one of my favorite bands of all time.  I grew up listening to them and admiring the music they made together.  I especially enjoyed their later albums as the lyrics became more thought provoking and introspective.  I was driving to work the other day and heard Imagine on the radio.  I had forgotten what an amazing and prophetic song it is.  When listening to John sing those lyrics,  I could not help but think of the situation our world finds itself in again.  Perhaps if more people took his words to heart back when it was released in October of 1971, the world in fact could have lived as one.

"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...

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 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 

written by John Lennon