Walking by the beach
       I imagined John Lennon
Walking by the beach
       I talked to John Lennon

Hey old friend
              glad you dropped by
                            for a while
Walking by the beach
       I remembered old friends
Walking by the beach
       I talked to John Lennon

              So tell me ...
              He said nothing
                            just smiled

His arm around Yoko
       he walked along silently
His arm around Yoko
       he said, I love you

              She looked up
              said nothing
                            just smiled

              Glad you found peace
                            old friend

Walking by the beach
       I saw John Lennon
Yoko was with him
       I imagined old friends

       felt peace for a while    

 

              I know it's just my fantasy
                            my own land of dreams
              But man, I love you too
                            I do

              I know it's just my fantasy
                            my own land of dreams
              But man, I see you, I do
                            and I too love you

              I wish you well, old friend
                     time and time and time again

              Rockstar  popstar
                     man I've dreamed of from afar
                     man with terrors of his own
                     man like me sometimes alone

              I know it's just my fantasy
                            my own land of dreams
              But man, I love you too
                            I do

 

Walking by the beach
       I imagined John Lennon
Walking by the beach
       I talked to John Lennon
       and felt peace for a while

Elsa

August 10, 2000

© copyright Elsa Schieder, 2000, 2024, all rights reserved

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words and melodies - Elsa Schieder
arrangement and keyboard - Yves Laporte
vocals, guitar and bass guitar - Ed Deigan
drums - Laurent Roberge
sound production - Ed Deigan and Mark Corwin
copyright © Elsa Schieder 2007 - lyrics
and melodies - all rights reserved

To see the poem in its first online incarnation, from 2006, click here.



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