THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND JOKO - JOHN LENNON / YOKO ONO

Standing in the dock at Southampton, Trying to get to Holland or France
The man in the mac said, You've got to go back
You now, they didn't even give us a chance

REFREIN / CHORUS
Christ, you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're going to crucify me

Finally made the plane into Paris, Honey mooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say, You can make it OK
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain

REFREIN / CHORUS
Christ, you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're going to crucify me

Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton, talking in our beds for a week
The newspaper said, Say what you doing in bed, I said,
Were only trying to get us some peace

REFREIN / CHORUS
Christ, you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're going to crucify me

BRIDGE
Saving up your money for a rainy day, Givin' all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said, "Oh boy, when you're dead
You don't take nothing with you but your soul, Think"

Made a lightning trip to Vienna, Eating chocolate cake in a bag
The newspapers said, She's gone to his head,
They look just like two gurus in drag"

REFREIN / CHORUS
Christ, you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're going to crucify me

Caught the early plane back to London, 50 acorns tied in a sack
The men from the press said, We wish you success,
It's good to have the both of you back"

REFREIN / CHORUS
Christ, you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're going to crucify me (2X)