From
Some Time in New York City (1972) by
John Lennon
Born in a Prison (Lennon) - 4:06
We are born in a prison, raised in a prison
Send to a prison called school,
We cry in a prison,
We love in a prison,
We live in a prison, like fools.
Wood becomes a flut when it's loved,
Reach for your self and your battered mates.
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken,
Look in a mirror and see your shattered fate.
We live with no reason,
Kicked around for no reason,
Thrown out without reason like tools.
Work in a prison
And hate in a prison
And die in a prison as a rule.
We live in a prison
Among judges and wardens
And wait for no reason or use
We laugh in a prison,
Go through all four seasons
And die with no vision or truth