Some say he was great
The port-town of Liverpool
The Beatles started small,
They soon got a contract
Lennon wrote nonsense stories
Later on he met Yoko,
John's band then broke up,
John protested for peace
Unlike the sun going down
By the gun of a person
and that he had a good aim.
Others don't know of his life
or of John Lennon, his name.
was the place of his birth.
He and some friends have
given that name some worth.
playing in clubs, pubs, and taverns.
They landed a good manager
in a place called the Cavern.
to boost their rise to fame.
With all of the autographs and crowds,
John soon tired of the game.
about people larfing 'round the place.
After a slight slip of the tongue,
the press would get on his case.
a Japanese artist of sorts.
She mingled and meddled,
causing tempers to run short.
and they went their separate ways
to pursue different interests
for the rest of their days.
and equality now and then.
He conjured up a dream place
and made the world "Imagine".
while we expect the approaching dark,
this great man was then gunned down
by his home in New York.
who was unable to see
how the life of one man,
how important it could be.