Loudon Wainwright Iii Not John
1. The limousine was waiting outside the studio.*
In stepped poor John Lennon and his wife Yoko.
Oh, no, not John.
2. On up 44th Street, left at 8th Avenue,**
Up to the Dakota, a man waits there for you.
Oh, no, yes, John.
3. The man's name it is Chapman, comes from Honolulu.
He really loved your music, John. He got a Japanese wife,
too.
Oh, no, poor Sean.
4. Five bullets in your body, that's what the experts
say.
They say you signed an autograph for him on that very
day.
Oh, no, not John.
5. There was a vigil at the Roosevelt***, at the Dakota
too.
Silence in Central Park. They had a riot in Liverpool.
Oh, no, not John.
6. Chapman's in the jailhouse. What's he doing there?
He went and he shot John Lennon. All you heroes best
beware.
Oh, no, not John.
REPEAT VERSE 1.
