Give Peace a Chance

(December 8th, 1980)

10:50 pm, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG in the cold dark night

This Boy

An idol falls down in front of the Dakota Building entrance

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

The music died that night with the legend                                                                                                                                                                                    5

Mother

But, this was a man of peace and brotherly love

Ask Me Why,

Who would do such a thing?

Imagine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       10

A faceless nobody named Mark David Chapman

Power to the People

Why did he do it?

Jealous Guy

Chapman didn’t want to be a nobody, so he shot our idol                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              15

Mind Games

It doesn’t make sense!

(Just Like) Starting Over

A wife without a husband and two sons without a father

#9 Dream                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    20

He walked away to the pearly white gates at 11:07 pm, you know?

Stand by Me

No funeral, just food for the hungry golden yellow flames

Whatever Gets You thru the Night

His widow kept the ashes                                                                                                                                                                                                           25

Woman Is the Nigger of the World

She was blamed for breaking up the Fab Four

Woman

Now you can’t help but feel sorry for her that day

You Can’t Do That                                                                                                                                                                                                                      30

It’s not fair! It’s just not fair!

Instant Karma!

The music died that night with the legend

Love

It’s all ironic really                                                                                                                                                                                                                        35

Nobody Told Me

They all treated him like a criminal for the last few years of his life

I'm Stepping Out

He felt safe in NYC two days before the music died

Borrowed Time

“I'll probably be popped off by some loony.”                                                                                                                                                                               40