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1981

Season of Glass

‘spring passes
and one remembers one’s innocence
summer passes
and one remembers one’e exuberance
autumn passes
and one remembers one’s reverence
winter passes
and one remembers one’s perseverence

there is a season that never passes
and that is the season of glass’

– Y.O. ’80

Yoko Ono
Produced by Yoko Ono and Phil Spector

Track Listing

  1. Goodbye Sadness
    3:48
  2. Mindweaver
    4:24
  3. Even When You're Far Away
    4:12
  4. Nobody Sees Me Like You Do
    3:31
  5. Turn Of The Wheel
    2:41
  6. Dogtown
    3:22
  7. Silver Horse
    3:03
  8. I Don't Know Why
    4:18
  9. Extension 33
    2:45
  10. No, No, No
    2:43
  11. Will You Touch Me
    2:37
  12. She Gets Down On Her Knees
    4:13
  13. Toyboat
    3:31
  14. Mother Of The Universe
    4:26

RykoDisc Bonus Tracks

  1. Walking On Thin Ice (extended version)
    6:55
  2. I Don't Why (demo)
    2:11

Season Of Glass

‘Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Music was my salvation. I am thankful for all the help I got on this album from above & around. Thank you Phil. Thank you Hugh, Slick, George Anthony, Andy, Tony, David & Arthur. I hope your beautiful talent and love will shine through this album. Thank you Ed, Jon, Fred & Jerry, for your warm support. Everything went so well because of all your love and care.

When I started to sing I noticed my throat was all choked up and my voice was cracking. I seriously thought maybe I should quit making the album because, as some people had advised me, “It was not the time”.

But the question was, when would it be the time? I thought of all the people in the world whose voices were choking and cracking for many reasons. I could sing for them. I could call it a “choke” or “crackle”. Well, wasn’t that what the critics had been saying about me for all these years anyway? That gave me a laugh, and it became easier. Many amazing things happened during the recording session. All I can say is that John was right therewith me, busy trying to arrange things for me. That is why this album is not dedicated to him. He would have been offended. He was one of us.

Love,

Yoko Ono
May 6 ’81, N.Y.C.’

Yoko & Sean, 1980 - © Allan Tannenbaum
Yoko in the studio - © Bob Gruen

Recorded & Mixed: Hit Factory Studios NYC: 1981
Released UK: 8 June 1981
Released USA: 12 June 1981

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Feeling The Space
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band & Something Different

Yoko Ono: solo & background vocals
Hugh McCracken: guitar, jew’s harp on “Dogtown”
Earl Slick: guitar
Anthony Davillo: guitar on “No, No, No” and “Toyboat”
George Small: keyboards
Anthony Davillo: keyboards
Tony Levin: bass
John Siegler: bass on “Mindweaver” and “Mother Of The Universe)”
Andrew Newmark: drums
David Friedman: vibraphone & percussion
Arthur Jenkins, Jr.: percussion
George ‘Young’ Opalisky: soprano & alto saxophone
Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone (appears courtesy of Arista Records)
Ronnie Cuber: baritone saxophone
Howard Johnson: tuba
Sean Ono Lennon: a little story

Words and music: Yoko Ono
Producers: Yoko Ono & Phil Spector
Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Hit Factory, N.Y.C
Engineer: Ed Sprigg
Assistant Engineer: Jon Smith
Music scores: Yoko Ono
Conductor: Anthony Davillo
Production assistants: Frederic Seaman, Jerry Caron
Cover photography and original album design by Yoko Ono
Artwork: Christopher Whorf/Art Hotel
Additional photography by Bob Gruen/Starfile.

Bonus Tracks
Walking On Thin Ice (extended version)
Yoko Ono: vocal
John Lennon: guitar, keyboards
Hugh McCracken: rhythm guitar
Earl Slick: rhythm guitar
Tony Levin: bass
Andrew Newmark: drums
Jack Douglas: percussion

I Don’t Know Why (demo)
Yoko Ono: vocal
Recorded at home on cassette, December 9th, 1980.

Original album release date: June 08, 1981
Label: Geffen

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Goodbye Sadness

Goodbye, sadness, goodbye, goodbye
I don't need you anymore
I wet my pillow ev'ry night
But now i saw the light

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I don't need you anymore
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I can't take it anymore

Goodbye, sadness, goodbye, goodbye
I don't need you anymore
I lived in fear ev'ry day
But now i'm going my way

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I don't need you anymore
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I can't take it anymore

Hello, happiness, wherever you are
I hope you hear my song
Never want to cry again
Or hold my breath in fear again

Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I don't need you anymore
Goodbye, goodbye, sadness
I can't take it anymore

Written by Yoko Ono

Mindweaver

"hello
Oh, hi!
How are you?
Mm, i'm fine
What's up?
Umm-umm, no, no, it's alright
Er, yeah, go ahead, i'm listening
Umm-umm, hah-hah, yeah, umm...
Umm-umm
Umm-umm."

He was a mindweaver, always on the phone
Telling me all sorts of hurt of his own
Although his voice was sweet to me
I wondered if we could ever be

He was a mindbeater, always on the phone
Telling me all sorts of what i did wrong
Although his voice was sweet to me
I wondered if we could ever be

He was a mindbender, always on the phone
Telling me all sorts of dreams he has sewn
Although his voice was sweet to me
I wondered if we could ever be

Written by Yoko Ono

Even When You're Far Away

- once there was this little boy who asked his father
Would you tell me that old, old story?
Once there was this little boy who asked his father
Would you tell me that old, old story?
Once there was this little boy and he went to...

- mummy...you should remember this more because d'you know why?
- why?
- I learnt it from my daddy, you know
- umm-umm
- hah-hah

- once there was this little boy who asked his father
To tell him that old, old, old, old, old, old story
Once upon a time there was this little boy who said
Would you tell me that old, old story?
Once upon...

- you could see...it can end anywhere!
It can end...it's just a little story

I wonder why
I could never hate you
Even when you look away
I always love you in my soul
It's just the way we happen to be
It's just the way it happens to be
We don't know how to love, love without fear

I tell you why
I could never hate you
Even when you're far away
I know you love me in your soul
It's just the way we happen to be
It's just the way it happens to be
We don't know how to love, love without fear

Part of me will always be with you
Part of you is growing in me
It's just the way we happen to be
It's just the way it happens to be
We don't know how to love, love without fear

We don't know how
How to tell each other
There's nothing we can do
I saw your soul and you saw mine
It's just the way we happen to be
It's just the way it happens to be
We always know inside our soul that love is there

Written by Yoko Ono

Nobody Sees Me Like You Do

I see your face looking into the space
All tired and worried
Why does it have to be like this, you and i
I wanted us to be happy

No one can see me like you do
No one can se you like i do

I see your face with a trace of life
Being a wife and a woman
If i ever hurt you, please, remember
I wanted you to be happy

Is there anything i want more
More than your trust and understanding?

No one can see me like you do
No one can se you like i do

I wanna quit moving
I wanna quit running
I wanna relax and be tender
I wanna see us together again
Rocking away in our walnut chairs

Even with your warmth and closeness
The feeling of loneliness hangs over like a curse

No one can see me like you do
No one can se you like i do

Even with our dreams and yearnings
The feeling of loneliness hangs over like a thirst

No one can see me like you do
No one can se you like i do

No one can see me like you do
No one can se you like i do

Written by Yoko Ono

Turn Of The Wheel

Our love could never take a middle road
Our love is always on a tightrope
Sometimes Im glad just to see you there
But most times Im afraid, yes, Im afraid

I miss you but I dont wanna tell you
I need you but I dont want you to know
Sometimes Im glad just to know youre here
But most times Im afraid, yes, Im afraid

Why didn't anybody tell me
That there were more heartaches to learn?
Why didn't anybody tell me
There were more corners to turn?

I dreamt of us, we were on a middle road
Holding hands and going all the way
Sometimes Im afraid, Im afraid that we are here
But most times I hold my dream, I hold my dream

Why didn't anybody tell me
That there were more streetlights to leave?
Why didn't anybody tell me
The turn of the wheel was never to cease?

Why didn't anybody tell me
That there were more streetlights to leave?
Why didn't anybody tell me
The turn of the wheel was never to cease?
The turn of the wheel was never to cease?

Written by Yoko Ono

Dogtown

The town's dawning, i'm the only one awake
The streets are whistling, i light my fourth cigarette
I think of my friends, they were once not so dead
What are they thinking now?

One day i'll be just a little stone
Nobody'll know that the stone had such emotions
Anyway, i'm always on the run
Someday i'll be remembered for the phone calls i never made
Letters i never mailed
And stories i never finished telling anyone

The town's yawning, i let my dog walk me around
He took a shoot and people smiled
I tried the same and people frowned
Yes, it's a dog, dogtown

One day let's be a pair of trees
Nobody'll know that the trees had such a history
Anyway, we'd never be this lonely
Someday i'll be remembered for the fine words i meant to keep
A warm smile i meant to leave
And a true song i meant to finish writing all my life

Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dogtown

Peas porridge luck, peas porridge stuck
Peas porridge in the pot nine years old
Some gets paid, some gets grades
Some stays in the pot nine years old

Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dogtown

Peas porridge loved, peas porridge spoiled
Peas porridge in the pot nine years old
Some gets laid, some gets slayed
Some stays in the pot nine years old

Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Yes, it's a dogtown, it's a dogtown
Dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog, dogtown

Dogtown, dogtown, dogtown, dogtown
Dogtown, dogtown, dogtown

Written by Yoko Ono

Silver Horse

When I come in my dream to a house Ive never seen before
I have a tendency to look for the exit door
Cause I never know it may be that house again
I never know, I never know

When I come in my mind to a stream thats running gently
I have a tendency to run like a frightened deer
Cause I never know it may take me to that ocean again
I never know, I never know

I usually stay away from being carried away
But one day I saw a silver horse
I though he might take me to that somewhere high
I thought he might take me to that deep blue sky

I came to realize that the horse had no wings
No wings, well, it wasn't so bad, you know

I learnt to travel the world around
And run on the ground in the morning
And thats the story of a wandering soul
A story of a dreamer

Written by Yoko Ono

I Don't Know Why

I dont know why, was getting so good with us
I dont know why, was getting so good with us
I dont know why, was getting so good
Was getting so good with us

I dont know why, was so good with us

The rooms so empty, the rooms empty without you
My bodys so empty, the worlds so empty without you

I dont know why
I dont know why
I dont know why
I dont know why, twas so good with us

You left me, you left me, you left me without words
You left me, you left me, you left me without words
You left me, you left me, you left me without words

You bastards!
Hate us! hate me! we had evrything you...

Written by Yoko Ono

Extension 33

Living at the y, extension 33
Nothing to care or to worry
Once i was in love with a blind man
But my auntie told me, "don't do it, it's not worth it."

Living at the y, 33 years
No one to call or to write to
Once i was in love with a married man
But my instincts told me, "don't tell him, it'll kill you."

I'm sad i didn't marry the blind man
But what's a life with three blind children?
I'm glad i never told the married man
It saved my pride and freedom

Living at the y, in 33 rooms
Nowhere to visit or write to
Once i was in love, it nearly killed me
But now i have my pride and freedom

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom and pride

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom and pride

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom and pride

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom and pride

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom and pride

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom

Written by Yoko Ono

No, No, No

No!!

Let me take my scarf off
No, no, no, yes, yes, yes
Don't help me, (help me)
I can do it and you know it
Don't touch me, (touch me)
I don't like it

Let me take my blouse off
No, no, no, yes, yes, yes
Don't help me, (help me)
I can do it and you know it
Don't touch me, (touch me)
I don't like it

You promised me, you promised me
You promised me, you promised me
I don't remember what you promised
I know you didn't keep it

Let me take my pants off
No, no, no, yes, yes, yes
Don't hold me, (hold me)
I don't want it
You're thinking of rock hudson when we do it. (let's do it!)

Let me take my ring off
No, no, no, yes, yes, yes
Don't do it, (do it!)
I can't do it
I'm seeing broken glass when we do it. (do it!)

You promised me, you promised me
You promised me, you promised me
I don't remember what we promised
But I know we didn't keep it

You promised me, you promised me
You promised me, you promised me
I don't remember what we promised
But I miss you!

Written by Yoko Ono

Will You Touch Me

Will you touch me, will you touch me
When my body's full of fear?
Will you reach me, will you reach me
When my body's so cold?

Nothing short of the softest word can reach me now
Nothing but the warmest heart can touch me now

Will you hold me, will you hold me
When my mind is full of fears?
Will you kiss me, will you kiss me
When my mind is so down?

All my life the doors kept closing on me
Nothing in the world can
Open my heart but some kindness

Will you touch me, will you touch me
When I'm shaking in fear
Will you reach me, will you reach me
When I'm trembling with tears

All my life the doors kept closing on me
And nothing in the world can open my heart
But your kindness

Written by Yoko Ono

She Gets Down On Her Knees

She gets down on her knees to throw up life
She gets down on her knees to throw up life
She gets down on her knees to throw up life
That's the only thing she does it good

Room to room, flushing away her memory
Bay to bay, washing out her history

She gets down on her knees to make up life
She gets down on her knees to make up life
She gets down on her knees to make up life
That's the only way she has it good

She's a mainliner who's never took a main line
She's a one liner who's never found the one line
She goes from one bay to another looking for a liner

Going down, down, down, down to feel the ground
Coming up, up, up, up to make the flight

She's a line thrower, dip it in a honey bowl
She's a line burner, rub it in with vinegar and oil
She goes from one sky to another looking for a liner

Going down, down, down, down to feel the ground
Coming up, up, up, up to make the flight
Going down, down, down, down to feel the ground
Coming up, up, up, up to make the flight

Blur patches in the clouded sky
Too high to catch her tears and sighs
Looking over tenderly

Written by Yoko Ono

Toyboat

I'm waiting for a boat to help me out of here - mm
Waiting for a boat to help me out
The boat that reached my shore was a toyboat - mm
Waiting for a boat to help me out

I'm dreaming of a lake I've never seen before - mm
I'm dreaming of a lake I've never seen
The lake I've seen last was a picture lake - mm
Dreaming of a lake I've never seen

You who are
You who are
Help me out, help me out, help me out of here

I'm thinking of a castle on a top a hill - mm
Thinking of a castle on a top a hill
The castle I've been to was full of flies - mm
Thinking of a castle on a top a hill

You who are
You who are
Help me out, help me out, help me out of here

You who are
You who are
Help me out, help me out, help me out of here

Written by Yoko Ono

Mother Of The Universe

Our mother who art of the universe
Hallow be thy name
Thy wisdom reign, thy will is done
As it is to be

You gave us life and protection
And see us through our confusion
Teach us love and freedom
As it is to be

For thy is our wisdom and power
Glory forever
For thy is our wisdom and power
Glory forever

For thy is our wisdom and power
Glory forever
For thy is our wisdom and power
Glory forever
For thy is our wisdom and power
Glory

Written by Yoko Ono

Walking On Thin Ice (extended version)

Walking on thin ice
I'm paying the price
For throwing the dice in the air
Why must we learn it the hard way
And play the game of life with your heart?

I gave you my knife
You gave me my life
Like a gush of wind in my hair
Why do we forget what's been said
And play the game of life with our hearts?
I may cry someday
But the tears will dry whichever way
And when our hearts return to ashes
It'll be just a story
It'll be just a story

I knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake
'Course it was winter when all this was ice
That's a hell of a thing to do, you know
They say the lake is as big as the ocean
I wonder if she knew about it?

Written by Yoko Ono

I Don't Why (demo)

I dont know why, was getting so good with us
I dont know why, was getting so good with us
I dont know why, was getting so good
Was getting so good with us

I dont know why, was so good with us

The rooms so empty, the rooms empty without you
My bodys so empty, the worlds so empty without you

I dont know why
I dont know why
I dont know why
I dont know why, twas so good with us

You left me, you left me, you left me without words
You left me, you left me, you left me without words
You left me, you left me, you left me without words

You bastards!
Hate us! hate me! we had evrything you...

Written by Yoko Ono