Artwork
Singles & Home Tapes was released on two CDs as part of 2010’s Signature Box and contains a selection of John’s non-album singles, studio outtakes and home recordings.
Singles
Power To The People John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir
Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) John Lennon And Yoko Ono With The Plastic Ono Band
Cold Turkey (Single Version) John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band
Move Over Ms L John Lennon
Give Peace A Chance The Plastic Ono Band
all tracks written by John Lennon except track 2 by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
all tracks published by Lenono Music except track 2 by Lenono Music/Ono Music Ltd.
track 4 by Lennon Music administered by Sony/ATV and track 6 by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.
tracks 1, 2 & 5 Digital Remaster ℗ 2010 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
track 3, 4 & 6 Digital Remaster ℗ 2010 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Yoko Ono Lennon under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.
Home Tapes
Mother studio outtake
Love studio outtake
God studio outtake
I Found Out studio outtake
Nobody Told Me home recording
Honey Don’t studio outtake
One Of The Boys home recording
India, India home recording
Serve Yourself home recording
Isolation studio outtake
Remember studio outtake
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) home recording
I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die studio outtake
all performed by John Lennon.
all tracks written by John Lennon except track 6 by Carl Perkins.
all tracks published by Lenono Music, except track 1, 3, 10 by Lennon Music administered by Sony/ATV,
track 6 Knox Music Ltd/Carlin (MOPS),
11 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
All Tracks ℗ 2010 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd except tracks 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 ℗ 2010 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Yoko Ono Lennon under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.
Recorded: 1968-1980
Released UK: 5 Oct 2010
Released USA: 5 Sept 2010
Versions available
2010
Original Release: High Resolution (24-bit/96kHz) Audio, CD, Mastered for iTunes AAC, MP3
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
A million workers working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
I gotta ask you comrades and brothers
How do you treat you own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can free herself
Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Now, now, now, now
Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Yeah, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Happy Xmas, Kyoko
Happy Xmas, Julian
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas (war is over)
For weak and for strong (if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (war is over)
The world is so wrong (now)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let's stop all the fight (now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas (war is over)
And what have we done (if you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (now)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear one (war is over)
The old and the young (now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy Xmas
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do
It's up to you, yeah you
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin'
Join the human race
How in the world you gonna see
Laughin' at fools like me
Who in the hell d'you think you are
A super star
Well, right you are
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Ev'ryone come on
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Ev'ryone you meet
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When you're ev'rywhere
Come and get your share
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Come on and on and on on on
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
On and on and on on and on
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Temperature's rising
Fever is high
Can't see no future
Can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy
So is my head
I wish I was a baby
I wish I was dead
Cold turkey has got me on the run
My body is aching
Goose-pimple bone
Can't see no body
Leave me alone
My eyes are wide open
Can't get to sleep
One thing I'm sure of
I'm in at the deep freeze
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Thirty-six hours
Rolling in pain
Praying to someone
Free me again
Oh I'll be a good boy
Please make me well
I promise you anything
Get me out of this hell
Cold turkey has got me on the run
Oh, oh, oh, oh
One, two, a one, two, three, four
Well now the underground and overjoyed they come on just the same
Don't wanna get too real man, just wanna play the game
I guess ya knew it all along we were just singing in the rain
Can't get hipped to the down trip, the ship is sailing yet
And if it sinks, you know that all you really get is wet!
Move over Ms. L.
You know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L. you know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L.
Well now to err is something human and forgiving so divine
I'll forgive your trespasses, if you forgive me mine
Life's a deal, you knew it, when you signed the dotted line
They nail you to the paper, put a rope around your neck
And so we sing along, the boy stood on the burning deck!
Move over Ms. L.
You know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L. you know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L.
Well now momma poppa told me son you better watch your head
Your head is fulla snakes boy, you're better red than dead
They're starving back in China, that's what they always said!
Can't get head in the head shop, yer jeans are fulla crap
You're full of beans, you're in your teens, you lost your momma's road map!
Move over Ms. L.
You know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L. you know I wish you well
Move over Ms. L.
Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
Flagellation, regulation, integrations,
Meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations.
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare, Hare Krishna
Mother, you had me but I never had you
I wanted you, you didn't want me
So I, I just gotta tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you, you didn't need me
So I, I just gotta tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk and I tried to run
So I, I just gotta tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
[4x]
Mamma, don't go
Daddy, come home
Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you, you and me
Love is knowing, we can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved
God is a concept by which we measure our pain
I'll say it again God is a concept by which we measure our pain
I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I-ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in Tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in Kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me.
Yoko and me.
And that's reality.
The dream is over, what can I say?
The dream is over, yesterday
I was the dream weaver but now I'm reborn
I was the Walrus but now I'm John
And so dear friends we just have to carry on
The Dream is over
I told you before, stay away from my door
Don't give me that brother, brother, brother, brother
The freaks on the phone won't leave me alone
So don't give me that brother, brother, brother, brother no!
I, I found out
I, I found out
Now that I showed you what I been through
Don't take nobody's word what you can do
There ain 't no Jesus gonna come from the sky
Now that I found out I know I can cry
I, I found out
I, I found out
Some of you sitting there with your cock in your hand
Don't get you nowhere don't make you a man
I heard something 'bout my Ma and my Pa
They didn't want me so they made me a star!
I, I found out
I, I found out
Old Hare Krishna got nothing on you
Just keep you crazy with nothing to do
Keep you occupied with pie in the sky
There ain't no Guru who can see through your eyes
I found out
I found out
I seen through junkies I been through it all
I seen religion from Jesus to Paul
Don't let them fool you with dope and cocaine
No one can harm you feel your own pain
I, I found out
I, I found this out
I, I found out
Now that I showed you what I been through
Don't take nobody's word what you can do
There ain 't no Jesus gonna come from the sky
Now that I found out I know I can cry
I, I found out
I, found this out
Some of you sitting there with your cock in your hand
Don't get you nowhere, make you a man
I heard something 'bout my Ma and my Pa
They didn't want me so they made me a star!
Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China so finish what you got
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- strange days indeed
Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move
Everyone's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
Well how come you say you will when you won't?
Say you do, baby, when you don't?
Oh tell me how do you feel
oh tell me honey is love real?
But uh uh, honey don't
Honey don't, honey don't
Honey don't, honey don't
Say you will when you won't, uh uh, honey don't
Well sometimes I'll love you on a Saturday night
Sunday morning you don't look right
You been out painting the town
Uh uh, honey been lookin' around
But uh uh, honey don't
Honey don't, honey don't
Honey don't, honey don't
Say you will when you won't, uh uh, honey don't
"What's it called that? I used to love that one"
"Hello hello hello, hello hello hello. Got it wrong, take two, folk."
Well, he's no longer le grasson vital
He's just one of the boys
You know they say that he's aged very well
Still he's just one of the boys
You know he stays at the exclusive hotels
Yet he's still one of the boys
It doesn't matter how old you are
You're as dumb as you feel right now
Dumb as you feel right now
It does not matter how old you are
Well, he's no longer le grasson vital
But he's still one of the boys
They said, they said that he's aged very well
Still he's just one of the boys
He stays at all the exclusive hotels
Yet he's still just one of the boys
It does not matter how old you are
You're as young as you feel right now
It does not matter how old you are
You're as dumb as you feel right now
Well, he's no longer do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Down in the Caribbean, it's not a dream you see
Do do do do do do do do do do
He's just one of the boys
Do do do do do do do do do do
He's just one of the boys
Do do do do do do do
One of the boys
It does not matter how old you are
You're as young as you feel right now
It does not matter how old you are what!
It does not matter how old you are
It does not matter how old
It does not matter how old you are
Do do do
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do
Do do do do do do do
He's just one of the boys
India, India, take me to your heart
Reveal your ancient mysteries to me
I'm searchin' for an answer, but somewhere deep inside
I know I'll never find it here - it's already in my mind
India, India, listen to my plea
Sit here at your feet so please don't leave
I'm waiting by the river but somewhere in my mind
I left my heart in England with the girl I left behind
I've got to follow my heart wherever it takes me
I've got to follow my heart wherever it calls to me
I've got to follow my heart and my heart is going home pause
India, India - listen to my plea
I sit here at your feet so patiently
I'm waiting by the river but somewhere in my mind
I left my heart in England with the girl I left behind
I've got to follow my heart wherever it takes me
I've got to follow my heart wherever it calls to me
I've got to follow my heart and my heart is going home
Well I got a story story to tell
You say, you found Jesus, he's the only one
You say, you've found Buddha, sittin' in the sun
You say, you found Mohammed, bowin' to the East
You say, you found Krishna, dancin' in the streets
Well There's too much cock-a-may-me
Too much cock-a-doodle-doo
You know there's somethin' missing in this God Almighty stew
And it's your mother, don't forget your mother, boys
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
Well, you may believe in devils and you may believe in Lords
But you know you have to serve yourself, honey
Ain't no room service here
You say you came from monkeys, or something weird like that
You say the garden of Eden, is really where it's at
You say we came in space ships, maybe ran out of gas
You say we came from nowhere, and this is too a ??pass??
Well wherever we all came from we sure as hell
And who the hell do you cry for when the boogieman is near and it's your mother
Too much monkey business round here honey
Don't forget your mother
Got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
Well you may believe in Mickey Mouse or even Donald Duck
But who the hell do you turn to when you really need a-
That's right honey, it's your mother
You can't do it by yourself, you'll go blind doing that
Serve Yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
You've got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
Well, you may believe in devils and you may believe in Lords
Buy you know you're gonna have to serve yourself, honey
Ain't no room service here
You know that two is company, and three's family
You need the tree of knowledge, or holy trinity
You can't have one without the other, sure as night follows day
And that's the law of nature, can't be any other way
Well, you may believe in devils and you may believe in Lords
But god you're gonna have to serve yourself, honey
It's not nice to fool with mother nature
"Too loud!"
"When you're ready, John"
"Okay"
People say we got it made
Don't they know we're so afraid
Isolation
We're afraid to be alone
Everybody got to have a home
Isolation
Just a boy and a little girl
Trying to change the whole world
Isolation
The world is just a little town
Everybody trying to put us down
Isolation
I don't expect you to understand
After you caused so much pain
But then again you're not to blame
You're just a human, victim of the insane
We're afraid of everyone
Afraid of the sun
Isolation
The sun will never disappear
But the world may not have many years
Isolation
"I lost me paper"
Remember, when you were young
How the hero was never hung
Always got away
And remember, how the man
Used to leave you empty handed
Always, always, let you down
So if you ever change your mind
'Bout leaving it all behind
Remember, remember, today
And don't feel sorry
'Bout the way it's gone
And don't you worry
'Bout what you've done
Just remember, when you were small
How people seemed so tall
Always had their way, hey hey
And remember, Ma and Pa
Just wishing for movie stardom
Always, always, playing a part
So if you ever feel so sad
And the whole world is driving you mad
Remember, remember, today
And don't you worry
'Bout what you've done
And don't feel sorry
The way it's gone
Just remember, when you were young
How the hero was never hung
Always got away
Just remember, how the man
Used to leave you empty handed
Always, always let you down
"That's enough of that"
"Yes let's go"
Close your eyes
Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day, in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Out on the ocean, sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
Guess we'll both
Just have to be patient
Well it's a long way to go, a hard row to home
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you cross the street
Say you'll grab my hand
And the traffics slow
But you never know ??what they're gonna plans??
Darling, darling, darling,
Darling Boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
I guess we'll both
Just have to have patience
Well it's a long way to go, a hard row to home
Well it's a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Darling Boy
"Good morning Sean, I'm sorry you've got a cold, mummy's coming soon, be better today"
Well, I don't want to be a soldier mama, I don't wanna die
Well, I don't want to be a soldier mama, I don't wanna die
Why must I die?
Well, I don't want to be a soldier mama, I don't wanna die
Well, I don't want to be a ner ner mama, I don't wanna fly, die
Well, I don't want to be a soldier mama, I don't wanna die
"er hello? hello? hello? hello?"