John Lennon's Favorite Nightmare

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NOWHERE Land's still as it was -

Unchanged from twenty years ago, today.

The projects outside Strawberry's Field,

The ghetto streets of Penny's Lane,

The long and winding road cuts through them,

Like an en route Dachau train.

WALRUS! Eggman!!

All that wisdom guiding you throughout your years.

Well, if it's true Paul was a walrus,

Then exactly who was Billy Shears?

VERA'S now a prostitute, while

Chuck and Dave have both gone gay

(The flat they lease off Abbey Road,

Expires on the First of May.)

DOES anybody know, or care,

About what's Beste for poor ole Pete?

He spends his SILVER years collecting

Butterflies, BEATLES and acid sheets.

He read that sordid news today,

Oh, Boy!

And's looking glum,

‘Cause all those holes in Albert's Hall

No longer utter any sound.

"WHAT'S the story," Asked the morning glory.

"Of such the dramatic, long-faced dude?"

"Well, could YOU smile," the other replied

"If what should have been YOUR epic ode, ended with

Laaaaaaah, La La, La-La Laaah Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,

Hey-ey Jude . . . . ."

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© 2007 - R. MARTIN BASSO