Originally Posted by Naked Communist

I was a bit less than 1 yr old when Lennon was killed, so obviously, I don't remember where I was when I heard. But my husband always says that I was born in the wrong decade because I am such an "oldies" addict. I've been a Beatles fan for my entire life. Sometimes I feel like Lennon wrote "How?" just for me.

John has always been my favorite Beatle because of his writing and because of his sense of humor. I laugh and laugh at him in the Beatles movies (...you're a swine...). I think the world lost a truly unique man...one in a million.

Picking a favorite song is too hard. But I love the Imagine Album. "Gimme Some Truth" and "How" are my favs from that album.

Gimme Some Truth

I'm sick and tired of hearing things
from uptight-short-sighted-narrow
minded hypocritics

All I want is the truth
just gimme some truth

I've had enough of reading things
by neurotic-psychotic-pig headed politicians

All I want is the truth
just gimme some truth

No short haired-yellow bellied
son of tricky dicky
is gonna mother hubbard
soft soap with me
with just a pocketful of hope
money for dope
money for rope

I'm sick to death of seeing things
from tight lipped-condescending-mommy's
little chauvinists

All I want is the truth
just gimme some truth

I've had enough of watching scenes
of schizophrenic-egocentric-
paranoic-prima donnas

All I want is the truth
just gimme some truth


How

How can I go forward when I don't know
which way I'm facing?
How can I go forward when I don't know
which way to turn?
How can I go forward into something
I'm not sure of? oh no, oh no

How can I have feeling when I don't know
if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't
know how to feel?
How can I have feelings when my
feelings have always been denied?
oh no, oh no

(refrain)

You know life can be long
and you got to be so strong
and the world is so tough
sometimes I feel I've had enough
oh no, oh no

How can I give love when I don't know
what it is I'm giving?
How can I give love when I just don't know
how to give?
How can I give love when love is something
I ain't never had? oh no, oh no

(refrain)

How can we go forward when we don't
know which way we're facingf?
How can we fo forward when
we don't know which way to turn?
How can we go forward into
something we're not sure of?
oh no, oh no