This is N OT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. "Mother" by John Lennon I first heard this on the 1975 John Lennon compilation album "Shaved Fish", but it was the opening track on the 1970 LP "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". It is haunting and a painful listen, being a cry to both his parents, who abandoned him in his childhood. His father, Alf, left the family when John was an infant. His mother, Julia, did not live with her son, although they had a good relationship; she was hit and killed in a car accident on 15 July 1958 by a drunk off-duty policeman named Eric Clague, when Lennon was 17. The vocal is heart wrenching. "Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I, I just got to tell you Goodbye" "Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you But you didn't need me" "Mother"
by John Lennon Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I, I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you But you didn't need me So I, I just got to tell you Goodbye Goodbye
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