I brought in the east coast New Year on the couch, under the solstice lights, hugging a big black dog and watching the new year come in in New York City, with the big green ecological ball falling. The last song playing in the background over loud speakers in Times Square? John Lennon's "Imagine" - coincidentally (?) a theme of this blog, per my header introduction. I had to jump around the channels to find one that wasn't drowning it out with other music or blabbly telecasters. Strangely, I found it on the FoxNews channel! Of all the songs on the planet to play in the financial capital of the (declining) Empire, Why Imagine? Obviously a rebellious heart still beats in someone at the Times Square Alliance which sponsors the event - that they boast is seen around the world..
Just in case you forget the words:
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Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
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Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
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You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
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Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
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You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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