三十年前，歌星列農在曼哈頓紐約住所門前倒下。雖然沒有濃烈的硝煙，但消息即出，全世界的歌迷為之動容。
列農像耀眼的流星在凜冽的夜空劃過，他的歌聲刻骨銘心，激動了全世界的聽眾，他生前享譽全球，而這一切都似發生在昨天。
昨天已成為凝固的歷史，儘管它是由情感的音符鑄就。揮之不去的記憶情懷縈繞牽動千萬人的思緒，人們也要無可奈何地與他告別。只是活著的人們不管代表著年邁的過去還是生機勃發的今天，都在繼續詠唱列農演出過的昨天。
列農是天生的詩人，這個莎士比亞和拜倫故鄉的演奏家，澎湃的激情和濃烈的威士忌一樣，沁人心脾，令人熱血沸騰，甚至淚流滿面。和所有詩人演奏家一樣，列農的歌聲歌詞極富想像力，這種幻想帶著濃烈浪漫色彩，追尋的是夢中奇妙的明天和世界。列農的世界充滿的其實是強烈的反叛精神，湧動在內心的是痛苦滾動的岩漿，隨時隨地都要以最強烈的方式噴發。
列農感情的強烈和藝術家童心般的純真，也表現在他的愛情和生活當中，人們至今能見到他全心身裸露到一絲不掛與愛人相擁的照片就是生活經歷的瞬間證明，那種想像完全是赤子之心的坦露。
近三十年前，一位來自英國的女孩，也在中國的大學英語課堂上教唱英文歌曲，她所選擇的恰好就是列農極富詩意極富哲理的二首歌曲，一首是昨天，另一首是以英文想像二字開頭的名曲，這是我第一次聽到學到列農的歌曲，從此再也不能忘懷。
列農的歌是浪漫的，情感是強烈的，但卻掩飾不了絲絲縷縷的感傷。歡樂的時候人們固然可以唱起列農的歌曲，但是悲傷的時候，它卻可以使人情不自禁，淚流滿面，滂沱如雨。
列農離開這個世界已經三十年了，而他的故事卻像發生在昨天一樣。列農生命的休止符隨著槍聲戛然而止，跌落在大西洋的另一端，消失在冬季的夜空之下。
這一切都像發生在昨天一樣。
二0一0年十二月八日
Yesterday歌詞
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half to man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, I yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know she woldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go I don't know she woldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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Imagine 歌詞
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 is'nt hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And not religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will lives as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
Not need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will lives as one
