"Imagine" (1971)

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]

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

Ah

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 peace

You

[Chorus]

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will be as one

[Verse 2]

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You

[Chorus]

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will live as one

This one is easily recognized as Lennon's most iconic song of his solo career. When people think of John Lennon, they easily recognize him by this song, for better or for worse. It speaks of dreaming about a Utopian world, wanting people to stop for even just one minute to think about how their lives would be there. Lennon wants to create the idea of a perfectly peaceful world, no matter how impossible it may seem to be. If people can come together and believe in this ideal, making it less impossible to one day achieve.