JOHN LENNON

December 8, 1980. For people like me who grew up with

his music and thought he was more popular than God,

this was the end of an era. By 1970 the Beatles had

disbanded, but they were still making great music as solo

artists. Included is Working Class Hero, a great song

that shocked a lot of people for using one one of many 

expletives that up until then had been banned and tightly

controlled by the music industry and the "powers that be". 

When John Lennon spoke,

people listened. I was a huge fan and I remember going to work 

past the Dakota and seeing the huge crowds after he was shot. 

 The end of an era that started with a song named Love Me Do.

They were in the right place at the right time, especially

after watching the funeral of JFK. Everyone remembers

watching JFK's son John saluting to his father as the hearse passed.

Then we got LBJ, a guy with a Texas drawl that was night

and day different than JFK had been. It was a wakeup call.

John Lennon and the Beatles made us feel good.

Every song was different. They had something for everyone.

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Working Class Hero - John Lennon

From `John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band' by John Lennon

Working Class Hero (Lennon) - 3:50

As soon as your born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
'Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A Working Class Hero is something to be
A Working Class Hero is something to be

They've hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
'Till you're so fuckin' crazy you can't follow their rules
A Working Class Hero is something to be
A Working Class Hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A Working Class Hero is something to be
A Working Class Hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion, sex and T.V.
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fuckin' peasants as far as I can see
A Working Class Hero is something to be
A Working Class Hero is something to be

There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill

A Working Class Hero is something to be
A Working Class Hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero, well just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well just follow me

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