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We're All Water Lyrics
There may not be much difference
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
If we strip them naked
There may not be much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
If we check their coffins
There may not be much difference
Between White House and Hall of People
If we count their windows
There may not be much difference
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
If we hear their heartbeat
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
There may not be much difference
Between Eldrige Cleaver and Queen of England
If we bottle their tears
There may not be much difference
Between Manson and the Pope
If we press their smile
There may not be much difference
Between Rockefeller and you
If we hear you sing
There may not be much difference
Between you and me
If we show our dreams
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
What's the difference?
What's the difference?
There's no difference!
There's no difference!
What's the difference?
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
If we strip them naked
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
If we check their coffins
Between White House and Hall of People
If we count their windows
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
If we hear their heartbeat
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
Between Eldrige Cleaver and Queen of England
If we bottle their tears
Between Manson and the Pope
If we press their smile
Between Rockefeller and you
If we hear you sing
Between you and me
If we show our dreams
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
What's the difference?
There's no difference!
What's the difference?
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I cannot believe that there are no comments on this. But that's not the part that really gets me. It's that this is listed as just a John Lennon song. What about Yoko Ono?! ugh. She's so wonderful on this track! I especially love the last time she asks, "What's the difference?" She sounds so vulnerable and I think it's the moment where the song's meaning is best conveyed. The meaning of course is simple; we're all the same when you think about it so what's the point of war?, but it's then that the emotion involved hits you the most. I love, love, love, love this song.
I never noticed or thought about it, but Yoko mentions Charlie Manson in this. That probablt freaked Charlie out. "They ARE talking about me."