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NOW OR NEVER
Are we gonna keep pushing our children to drugs
Are we gonna keep driving them insane
Are we gonna keep laying empty words and fists
Are we gonna be remembered as the century that failed
People of America, when will we learn
It's now or never. There's no time to lose.
Are we gonna keep sending our youths to war
Are we gonna keep scarring ricefields and infants
Are we gonna keep watching dead bodies over dinner
Are we gonna be known as the century that kills
People of America, when will we stop
It's now or never, there's no time to waste.
Are we gonna keep pretending things are alright
Are we gonna keep our mouth closed just in case
Are we gonna keep putting off until it's too late
Are we gonna be known as the century of fear
People of America when will we see
It's now or never, we've no time to lose
Are we gonna keep digging oil wells and gold
Are we gonna keep shooting the ones that try to change
Are we gonna keep thinking it won't happen to us
Are we gonna be known as the century that kills
People of America, please listen to your soul
We can change the times to century of hope
Cause
A dream you dream alone is only a dream
But a dream we dream together is reality.
Reading the lyrics after so many years made me choke up.
NOW OR NEVER!
It works now.
The lines “Are we gonna keep shooting the ones that try to change,
Are we gonna keep thinking it won’t happen to us” were hard to read.
When I wrote those lines, John and I were a proud and happy couple,
believing that it would make a difference to speak out.
And I think it did.
I didn’t know that John was the one who would be shot to death for trying to change…
But they couldn’t kill him.
His spirit is still alive and growing inside all of us.
yoko
Yoko Ono Lennon
Memorial Day, 30 May 2011
The cover of NOW OR NEVER is a photograph by United States Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on March 16, 1968 from the 1968 My Lai Massacre - the mass murder of several hundred* unarmed citizens of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), mostly civilians, and mainly women and children, by U.S. Army forces on March 16, 1968. The incident prompted widespread outrage around the world and reduced U.S. support at home for the Vietnam War.
* 347 according to the U.S Army (not including My Khe killings), others estimate more than 400 killed and injuries are unknown, Vietnamese government lists 504 killed in total from both My Lai and My Khe.
The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band single NOW OR NEVER was released by Apple on Nov 13, 1972.
Also available on the album Approximately Infinite Universe.
See also: My Lai Peace Park.
Released by:
Apple
Release date: Nov 13, 1972
Release date: Nov 13, 1972
- LEAH GOMEZ
LEAH GOMEZ at 3.06 on February 14, 2012 16:16
Type your reply here Great Track Yoko Ono And Incredible Honesty. Still Happening! ((*J*))
- LEAH GOMEZ
LEAH GOMEZ at 1.53 on February 14, 2012 16:14
Type your reply here This Is A Worldwide Problem Yoko Ono And I Love That You Put In A Song So Beautifully! PEACE ((*J*))
- LEAH GOMEZ
LEAH GOMEZ at 0.20 on February 14, 2012 16:12
Type your reply here Great Lyrics and Mix Yoko Ono! WAR IS OVER ((*J*))
- Annita Whisman Rackley
Annita Whisman Rackley at 1.32 on February 12, 2012 21:58
This so makes me think of Bob Dylan. I love it! I like your music because it has soul meaning, just like Dylan's. And you've both paid your dues to sing the blues.
- Farber & Lowrey
Farber & Lowrey on February 12, 2012 21:22
There´s no time to waste! great peacefull song. thank you yoko
- DivinWoken
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