三十年前，歌星列农在曼哈顿纽约住所门前倒下。虽然没有浓烈的硝烟，但消息即出，全世界的歌迷为之动容。
列农像耀眼的流星在凛冽的夜空划过，他的歌声刻骨铭心，激动了全世界的听众，他生前享誉全球，而这一切都似发生在昨天。
昨天已成为凝固的历史，尽管它是由情感的音符铸就。挥之不去的记忆情怀萦绕牵动千万人的思绪，人们也要无可奈何地与他告别。只是活着的人们不管代表着年迈的过去还是生机勃发的今天，都在继续咏唱列农演出过的昨天。
列农是天生的诗人，这个莎士比亚和拜伦故乡的演奏家，澎湃的激情和浓烈的威士忌一样，沁人心脾，令人热血沸腾，甚至泪流满面。和所有诗人演奏家一样，列农的歌声歌词极富想像力，这种幻想带着浓烈浪漫色彩，追寻的是梦中奇妙的明天和世界。列农的世界充满的其实是强烈的反叛精神，涌动在内心的是痛苦滚动的岩浆，随时随地都要以最强烈的方式喷发。
列农感情的强烈和艺术家童心般的纯真，也表现在他的爱情和生活当中，人们至今能见到他全心身裸露到一丝不挂与爱人相拥的照片就是生活经历的瞬间证明，那种想像完全是赤子之心的坦露。
近三十年前，一位来自英国的女孩，也在中国的大学英语课堂上教唱英文歌曲，她所选择的恰好就是列农极富诗意极富哲理的二首歌曲，一首是昨天，另一首是以英文想像二字开头的名曲，这是我第一次听到学到列农的歌曲，从此再也不能忘怀。
列农的歌是浪漫的，情感是强烈的，但却掩饰不了丝丝缕缕的感伤。欢乐的时候人们固然可以唱起列农的歌曲，但是悲伤的时候，它却可以使人情不自禁，泪流满面，滂沱如雨。
列农离开这个世界已经三十年了，而他的故事却像发生在昨天一样。列农生命的休止符随着枪声戛然而止，跌落在大西洋的另一端，消失在冬季的夜空之下。
这一切都像发生在昨天一样。
二0一0年十二月八日
Yesterday歌词
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.
Mm mm mm mm mm.
Imagine 歌词
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
