The WAR IS OVER! campaign was originally launched by John and Yoko on 15th December, 1969. Billboards with the inscription “WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko” were placed in 11 cities worldwide: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with these billboards leaflets were distributed, posters plastered up, newspaper advertisements placed and radio announcements made.
When John was asked how much the billboards cost, he replied “I don’t know- but it is cheaper than someone’s life.”
The WAR IS OVER! campaign was originally launched by John and Yoko on 15th December, 1969. Billboards with the inscription “WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko” were placed in 11 cities worldwide: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with these billboards leaflets were distributed, posters plastered up, newspaper advertisements placed and radio announcements made.
When John was asked how much the billboards cost, he replied “I don’t know- but it is cheaper than someone’s life.”
Never meant you no harm
Never meant you no harm, yeh yeh
Never spun you no yarn
Never spun you no yarn, yeh yeh
And she’ll go yeh, where he goes, yeh
We all go where nobody knows our name
If I step out of line
I’ll step out of line, yeh yeh
Over land over sea
One step two to Ynys free
And she’ll go yeh, where he goes, yeh
We all go where nobody knows our name
And don’t cry if crying means you’re sorry
Whatever the case I always felt out of place
As a matter of fact I always felt like that around you
I’m disinclined to toe the line
Under your thumb where I’ve become unwanted
So pick your way down to the sea
Pick your way to the sea, yeh yeh
It’s not the tide you gotta watch it’s me
Not the tide you got it’s me, yeh yeh
And she’ll go yeh, where he goes, yeh
We all go where nobody knows our name
And she’ll go yeh, where he goes, yeh
We all go where nobody knows our name
