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By Yoko Ono
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SISTERS, DON'T BLAME MY MAN TOO MUCH,
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I KNOW HE'S DOING HIS BEST.
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I KNOW HIS FEAR AND LONELINESS,
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HE CAN DO NO MORE, NO LESS.
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HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY US WOMEN,
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AND THE WORLD THAT TOLD HIM TO BE A MAN.
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HE REACHED AND STRETCHED TO BE THE ONE
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WHILE MILLIONS MORE TRIED TO BE THAT ONE.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO REST TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN FACE THE WORLD TOMORROW.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO SLEEP TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN DEAL WITH TOMORROW.
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SISTERS, DON'T BLAME YOUR MAN TO MUCH,
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YOU KNOW HE'S DOING HIS BEST.
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YOU KNOW HIS FEAR AND LONELINESS,
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HE CAN DO NO MORE, NO LESS.
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HE WAS TOLD BY HIS MOTHERS TO NEVER TRUST GIRLS,
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HE WAS TOLD BY HIS FATHERS TO NEVER SHED TEARS.
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HE SEES GIRLS CHASING AFTER SUPERSTARS,
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WHILE THEIR MEN ARE SITTING BEHIND BARS.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO REST TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN FACE THE WORLD TOMORROW.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO SLEEP TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN DEAL WITH TOMORROW.
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SISTERS, DON'T BLAME OUR MEN TO MUCH,
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WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST.
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WE KNOW THEIR FEAR AND LONELINESS,
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THEY CAN DO NO MORE, NO LESS.
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THEY WERE TOLD BY US TO GET AHEAD,
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BE GENTLE AND TENDER, YET HARD AND STRONG.
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NOTHING SHORT OF A LIVING GOD,
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NOTHING SHORT OF JAMES BOND.
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IF WE ALL KNEW THAT NO ONE'S TO BE ASHAMED,
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BUT THAT THE SOCIETY IS TO BE BLAMED.
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WE COULD THEN COME TOGETHER AGAIN
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AND DIRECT OUR ENERGIES TOWARDS CHANGING THE WORLD.
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WE'RE ALL BLIND AND CRIPPLED MATES,
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FRUSTRATED WOULD-BE PRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES.
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WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH OURSELVES,
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OR TO LOVE OUR MATES FOR BEING THEMSELVES.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO REST TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN FACE THE WORLD TOMORROW.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO SLEEP TONIGHT
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SO HE CAN DEAL WITH TOMORROW.
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I WANT MY LOVE TO REST TONIGHT
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John Lennon |