Lennon, John - Born In A Prison Lyrics






We are born in a prision,
raised in a prision
Send to a prision called school,

We cry in a prision,
We love in a prision,
We live in a prision,
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 prision
And hate in aprision
And die in a prision
as a rule.

We live in a prision
Among judges and wardnes
And wait for no reason or use
We laugh in a prision,
Go through all four seasons
And die with no vision
or truth





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  1. P.... B....

    True....

  2. D.... Z....

    Could have been Meg's signature song,Meg Morris from Prisoner Cell Block h.

  3. N.... W....

    Huh, A good John Lennon song without Paul

  4. J.... ....

    Yoko maravilhosa nessa musica

  5. C.... R....

    Cuanta verdad...

  6. P.... S....

    sounds like T rex

    P.... S....

    Their Pre-Glam era,right? This song also makes me remember T. Rex,the song Root Of Star

  7. s.... s....

    well she was his love so if don't like it fuck off what would said if some one said some think about my wife .............well did would did more I would wiped your ass but ok love u john  for ever love miss u

  8. P.... B....

    GRACIAS HERMOSO. HERMOSA CANCIÓN, EXTRAORDINARIO SOLO DE SAXO.

  9. a.... c....

    " Born In a Prison", by Yoko Ono from her and John Lennon's 1972 album, Sometime In New York City, with Elephants Memory band.

  10. T.... M....

    This isn't a bad song...

  11. e.... D....

    Dig the sax, too.

  12. e.... D....

    yoko sings great!!!she wrote great!!!! her spirit-soul inspires thought of REALITY!!!  no other pop artist can make that claim to the degree I profess for the millionairess.

  13. y.... ....

    Normally I dont like Yokos songs,but I have to say! This one is pretty good! Definately going on my Ipod

  14. S.... J....

    Nice lyrics and melody. I also like John's sensitive chorus harmony, not overshadowing her at all.

  15. B.... D....

    Awesome. It's so funny!

  16. I.... K....

    so ,I like it very much,love

  17. p.... ....

    Porque primero que nada no es solo john y yoko, son la plastic ono band... pero como john era el principal compositor y lider se le atribuyen la creacion de todos los discos de la banda y muchas de las canciones, aunque no hayan sido escritas integramente por el. En el caso de esta cancion, fue escrita integramente por Yoko. saludos :)

  18. V.... S....

    Beautiful singing from Yoko! :)

  19. M.... ....

    GULP--thisisareallygoodsongfromYoko---EXHAAALLLLESSSSS

  20. t.... ....

    "Nacimos en una prisión, vivimos en una prisión, amamos en una prisión y lloramos en una prision. La madera se convierte en flauta cuando es amada, el espejo se convierte en navaja cuando está roto: Mira en el espejo y vé tus camaradas apaleados"

  21. L.... L....

    Por que algumas coisas maravilhosas precisam de um certo tempo pra serem entendidas? Temos nosso próprio tempo, mas às vezes pertencemos a outro!

  22. t.... ....

    Este albun no fué un fracaso, fué boicoteado. En las listas inglesas fué borrado por contener temas de Lennon como Bloody sunday, o The luck of the irish, en las que John arremete contra la dominación inglesa en Irlanda. Traidor, fué lo mas bonito que le llamaron.Ahí estan las letras para quien quiera verlas, no dice ninguna falsedad. Mas tarde otros siguieron el ejemplo de John, pero el se llevó los palos.

  23. B.... T....

    @MattHatter yes, yoko has the writing credit for 'born in a prison'

  24. M.... P....

    Who changed John's voice into a girl voice?

  25. E.... M....

    Im a huge Beatles fan and love John Lennon but I´ve got to admit this is the song I love the most from Sometime In New York City, and is Yoko´s.

  26. L.... ....

    one of yoko's best - up there with toyboat and sisters o sisters. john lennon on backing vocals - what's not to like and respect.

  27. L.... ....

    one of yoko's best - up there with toyboat and sisters oh sisters. john lennon on backing vocals - what's not to like and respect.

  28. C.... V....

    i <3 yoko! i hope she lives on through her seventies!

  29. b.... ....

    @moonman190

    Youtube "Linda McCartney Sings! "

  30. K.... M....

    This is a great song. The irony for Yoko is that all of her classical training as a musician did not do much for her vocals. I think her voice is fine, but she could have used some vocal training.

  31. E.... G....

    well, i don't hve nothing with Yoko but she sing SO BAD!!!

  32. H.... M....

    Not as bad as Sisters O' Sisters, this one.
    The Lennon/Ono harmonies still don't come close to that of Linda/Paul, nor does it come close to Paul harmonizing himself.

    Regardless, I still love this album.

  33. t.... ....

    hmmm...to continue that line of thought. perhaps we should blast it loud into the mountains of afghanistan and smoke out the taliban

  34. L.... ....

    Thanx for the Ono post. Her new album happens to be really interesting and quite good, btw.