BUT WHAT JOHN IF
(For Lennon's 70th Birthday)
Imagine there’s no heaven
But what John if there is
A putting right of every wrong
Not some ethereal bliss
What if swords turned into ploughshares
And people loved their neighbour
What if everyone had their own vine
To shelter from satisfied labour
Imagine there’s no heaven
But what John if there could be
A tangible hope of somewhere better
Not a pie in the sky it should be
What if prisoners were released
And the blind recovered their seeing
Every human was given a place
Found fulfilment of their inner being
You may say that I’m a dreamer
And I’m not the only one
I dream the will of heaven
On earth be done
And in order to be that dreamer
I’ve got to exercise imagination
To pump the vision we all need
To transform individuals and nations.
But what John if there is
A putting right of every wrong
Not some ethereal bliss
What if swords turned into ploughshares
And people loved their neighbour
What if everyone had their own vine
To shelter from satisfied labour
Imagine there’s no heaven
But what John if there could be
A tangible hope of somewhere better
Not a pie in the sky it should be
What if prisoners were released
And the blind recovered their seeing
Every human was given a place
Found fulfilment of their inner being
You may say that I’m a dreamer
And I’m not the only one
I dream the will of heaven
On earth be done
And in order to be that dreamer
I’ve got to exercise imagination
To pump the vision we all need
To transform individuals and nations.
via steve stockman
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