How Do You Sleep At Night John Lennon
How do you sleep.
How do you sleep at night john lennon. About how do you sleep this is the eighth track from imagine john lennon s second solo album after the beatles broke up. How do you sleep is a song by english rock musician john lennon from his 1971 album imagine. The song makes angry and scathing remarks aimed at his former beatles bandmate and songwriting partner paul mccartney lennon wrote the song in response to what he perceived as personal slights by mccartney on the latter s ram album. Ah how do you sleep at night.
You live with straights who tell you you was king jump when your mamma tell you anything the only thing you done was yesterday and since you ve gone you re just another day how do you sleep. Pepper took you by surprise you better see right through that mother s eyes those freaks was right when they said you was dead the one mistake you made was in your head ah how do you sleep ah how do you sleep at night you live with straights who tell you you was king jump when your momma tell you anything the only thing you done was yesterday and since you re gone you re just. A pretty face may last a year or two. Pepper took you by suprise e7 am you better see right through that mother s eyes am c f those freaks.
The one mistake you made was in your head how do you sleep. Lyrics to how do you sleep by john lennon. Although lennon later described imagine as plastic ono with chocolate coating there was no such sweetening on how do you sleep. When the imagine album was originally released it contained a postcard of john holding the ears of a large pig.
The track includes a slide guitar solo played by george harrison. A scathing result of the lennon mccartney feud this song is one. Ah how do you sleep at night. Remastered 2010 john lennon imagine 2010 calderstone productions limited a division of universal music group released on.
Pepper took you by surprise you better see right through that mother s eyes those freaks was right when they said you was dead the one mistake you made was in your head. The song was an unbridled response to the slights lennon perceived on paul and linda mccartney s ram album as well as mutually aimed jibes in the british music press.