(91) John Lennon - 'Give Peace a chance'

 

 Setúbal, Avenida Manuel M Portela Acampamento pela Paz  'Dêem uma oportunidade à Paz' (Foto victor nogueira 2024 04 10 IMG_4375).

* Victor Nogueira / Gemini

A frase escrita na parede remete.nos para a um hino pacifista lançado em 1969 pela Plastic Ono Band, concebido por John Lennon e Yoko Ono durante o famoso protesto Bed-In for Peace em Montreal. A letra enumera de forma acelerada diversos temas sociais, políticos, religiosos e culturais da época para defender que, acima de todas as discussões e ideologias, a prioridade deve ser dar uma chance à paz.

A mensagem central traduz-se no seu célebre refrão:

"All we are saying is give peace a chance"

(Tudo o que dizemos é dêem uma oportunidade à paz)

 

— John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band

"Give Peace A Chance"
(from "Imagine: John Lennon" soundtrack)

Two
A-one, two, three four, ugh

Everybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(Come on)
Everybody's talking about
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, 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)
Everybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Everybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare Hare Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

(Come on, come on, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the hippies and the yippies)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the people, now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for Hare Krishna)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying (It won't [?] unless you want it and we want it now) is give peace a chance
All we are saying (Come together) is give peace a chance
(Come together, all together)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Can everybody hear me? Yes!)
All we are saying (We can get it tomorrow or today) is give peace a chance
(Unless you want it now, I'll get it now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Yes, yes)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Okay, beautiful, yes
We've made it!)