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1972

Liberation Special

Produced by John & Yoko

Track Listing

  1. Liberation Special
    5:28
  2. Madness
    3:10

‘Liberation Special’ was the lead single from Elephant’s Memory, the album by Elephant’s Memory produced by John Lennon.

Sleeve notes

Elephant’s Memory
Gary Van Scyoc: Bass, Vocals
Rick Frank: Drums, Vocals, Percussion
Wayne “Tex” Gabriel: Guitar, Vocals
Adam Ippolito: Keyboards, Vocals
Stan Bronstein: Saxophone, Vocals
John Lennon: guitar, vocals
Yoko Ono: vocals

Produced by John & Yoko

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Liberation Special

I'm on a freedom special
Racin' on through the night
Bustin' through the jailhouse walls
Watch my people fight
You can't see me runnin'
'Cause I ain't got no light
I got some information
Everything's gonna be all right

Liberation special
Movin' on through the night
Liberation special
Turnin' darkness into light

Ad-man steals our culture
And sells it on back to me
But I ain't paying no money
To buy back what is free
Tear gas makes my eyes run
But it don't make me cry
Only thing that hurts me
Is to see my brothers die

Liberation special
Movin' on through the night
Liberation special
Turnin' darkness into light

Time to make your mind up
I said it's time to take a stand
Time to come together
You know the power's in your hand
You can jump aboard
We got room for you
You can jump aboard
I said that we got room for you, you, you, you

Liberation special
Movin' on through the night
Liberation special
Turnin' darkness into light

Written by R. Frank, S. Bronstein

Madness

You turn around and see the man
45 at his side
Keep on boppin' down the street
Knowin' you got somethin' to hide
Your head is high
Your eyes are down
You're walkin' on sneakers
Don'tcha make a sound
You gotta wake up now
And realize
It's hard to see the truth
When you're raised on lies

We gotta get away
From this madness (madness)
We go a confrontation
For the situation

You keep your closets clean, my friend
And never let the man get satisfaction
You hold your own
You keep your cool
And get yourself ready for the next reaction

My friends, they are thrown in jail
They can't get out
They ain't got no bail
You're like a cat sittin' up on a fence
Your momma's out workin' for 25¢

We gotta get away
From this madness (madness)
We got to look ahead
See it clear
Put aside all our fears
I keep movin' on
Can't stand it here
I keep puttin' down now all our fear

We gotta confrontation
For the situation

Written by A. Ippolito, R. Frank, S. Bronstein