Nobody Told Me

[Wiley50]

On December 8th, John Lennon will have been dead 27 years.

But, even in 1980, not long before he died
he had been able to grok the essence
of what we are going through, even today

John saw it coming


Nobody Told Me
John Lennon


Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed

Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama

[liberalmuse]

1. John Lennon.

I cried in November when I heard the news,
No more Revolution, endless Der Blues,
Another prophet is felled by a gun,
Happiness is not a warm one.
Bang, bang. Shoot, shoot.
A generation's poet rendered mute.

[Wiley50]

2. That was a really shitty winter

Reagan had just won power

[Wiley50]

3. Kick n/t