There's a Man

Were you watching TV?
Was the Monday ball-game on?
Did they interrupt the radio
To tell you what he'd done?
Were you just left starring
Your mind in disbelief?
Did some friends come over?
Did they hug you in your grief?

There's a man
Whose name we must not mention
There's a man
Whose name we cannot say
There's a man
Whose name has no existence
There's a man
Who brought this world pain

Don't tell me about his childhood
I don't care where he's from
Don't tell me about his environment
He probably blames it on his mom
Don't tell me what he looks like
The color of his eyes
Don't want to know about his jail-cell
Or what he dreams at night

There's a man
Whose name we must not mention
There's a man
Whose name we cannot say
There's a man
Whose name has no existence
There's a man
Who brought this world pain

Some lit candles
Some people cried
Some shook their fists and shouted
At the sky
Some played his music
They played it loud all day
So they could hear the voice
A man without a name
Took away

That was many years ago
You know how memories fade
But I remember the newspaper
And what it said about that day
"If they can kill John Lennon, then is anybody safe?"

There's a man
There's a man
There's a man