Lyrics: John Lennon
Music: John Lennon
Recorded by Jerry Garcia with Merl Saunders on "Heavy Turbulence"
(re-released on the CD "Fire Up+") and played a few times live, always
as an instrumental.
More recently (2021) a version sung by Bob Weir with Bert Keely was released.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in piece
You, you may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
Nothing to kill or die for
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You, you may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
| Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
| Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
| 1972 | Heavy Turbulence | Merl Saunders/Jerry Garcia(note 1) | |||
| 2021 | Alive And Grateful | Bert Keely and Friends (with Bob Weir) | |||
�I�ll never forget when we [Legion Of Mary] played the Bottom Line in the spring of 1975. We did three shows in three days and the place was jampacked. We were playing and the audience was just freaking out, and all of a sudden we hear all the noise stop. We hear �oooh,� and we see a flash go by into the dressing room. We look at each other because we didn�t know who went in there. When we went into the dressing room John Lennon was sitting there. We were shocked. He came to thank us for doing his number �Imagine�, on my album Heavy Turbulence. I had done the first cover version of his song�.