Name: Who Shot John Lennon? (single version)
Duration: P00H03M08S
Description: Originally released on the Double A Side vinyl 7" single in 1981. Elyce and I were so upset when we heard the news on the radio - we'd been huge Lennon fans. We wrote this song about it.

Who Shot John Lennon? (single version)

from Notes From Underground - 1982 by Benjamin Russell

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Originally released on the Double A Side vinyl 7" single in 1981. Elyce and I were so upset when we heard the news on the radio - we'd been huge Lennon fans. We wrote this song about it.

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Who Shot John Lennon? song by Elyce and Benjamin Russell
© The Clear Blue Enterprise (socan)

Under a bad sign, moon on the rise
Everybody uptight and me...
I got the picture, I understand
What you want you get on demand

Did you even notice?
Did you even care?
Did you even notice he was there?

Who shot John Lennon?
Who let it happen?
Who shot John Lennon down?

Who's gonna answer
When questions roll in?
Where do we begin?

Who shot John Lennon?...

The end of an age
The end of a dream
Now yesterday is dead

Who shot John Lennon?

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from Notes From Underground - 1982, released January 1, 1982

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Benjamin Russell Montreal, Québec

Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.

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