Sid Bradley – Elegy For The Walrus (John Lennon Tribute) lyrics

Sid Bradley – Elegy For The Walrus (John Lennon Tribute) lyrics

[Verse 1]
You were a friend I never met before
Though you never even knew my name
But we knew your life, your loves, your hopes
All just the same

[Verse 2]
It was some time ago one winter
In some half-forgotten dream
Yours was a face that we remember
By the songs you sang

[Chorus]
So long to my old friend, the Walrus
Your star will keep shining on
In the hearts and the minds of us all

[Verse 3]
You took us to a land of strawberry fields
And we never were quite the same
While Lucy's diamonds shined so bright
Down onto Penny Lane

[Verse 4]
You told us all we really need is love,
All we really need is love
To imagine everyone in peace tonight
All around the world

[Chorus]
So long to my old friend, the Walrus
Your star will keep shining on
In the hearts and the minds of us all

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sidbradley1 2018-05-03 14:25:42

John Lennon and the Beatles were my inspiration in the late 1960's to start writing songs and playing guitar. I was stunned when John was murdered on 12/8/1980. The next day, I sat down at my piano and started expressing my great sense of loss in music. I started weaving together some titles of the Beatles songs, especially the ones that John sang. The first song to come to mind was "I Am the Walrus", an allusion to Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Other songs streamed into my consciousness, including "We All Shine On", "Strawberry Fields', "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Penny Lane" (sung by Paul), "All You Need is Love", and "Imagine". Verse 2 alludes to the Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th, 1964 (some time ago one winter). I scribbled the chords and lyrics on a piece of notebook paper and completed the song in twenty minutes. I played the song for my producer and it impacted him immediately. He scheduled some time in Nashville at the Woodland Sound Studio and we booked some members of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and, a few days later, Elegy for the Walrus was birthed.

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