I’ve been on a John Lennon kick (his solo post-Beatles stuff) lately. The song I currently have stuck in my head is “Instant Karma!”<\/p>\n
Instant karma’s gonna get you<\/span> You know, now that I think about it, the lyrics<\/a> of that song are a good start at summarizing my religious\/spiritual beliefs.<\/p>\n Why in the world are we here?<\/span> Interesting fact about “Instant Karma!”: John recorded it on January 27, 1970, and it was in the stores on February 6, a mere ten days later. Five days after that, John performed it on the British TV show Top of the Pops. He was still officially a Beatle at this point (their breakup was not announced until April), but nevertheless he released this single which more or less defined the kind of work he’d be doing during his solo career.<\/p>\n How in the world you gonna see<\/span> Well, we all shine on<\/span> Well, we all shine on…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been on a John Lennon kick (his solo post-Beatles stuff) lately. The song I currently have stuck in my head is “Instant Karma!” Instant karma’s gonna get youGonna knock you right off your feetBetter recognize your brothersEveryone you meet You know, now that I think about it, the lyrics of that song are a … Continue reading “Instant Karma’s gonna get you”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Gonna knock you right off your feet<\/span>
Better recognize your brothers<\/span>
Everyone you meet<\/span><\/p>\n
Surely not to live in pain and fear<\/span>
Why on earth are you there?<\/span>
When you’re everywhere<\/span>
Come and get your share<\/span><\/p>\n
Laughing at fools like me<\/span>
Who on earth do you think you are<\/span>
A superstar?<\/span>
Well, right you are<\/span><\/p>\n
Like the moon and the stars and the sun<\/span>
Well, we all shine on<\/span>
On and on and on, on and on<\/span><\/p>\n