…just below the stairs.
The rather prophetic “Nobody Told Me” by John Lennon from 1980. Released posthumously.
In the middle of the video, you’ll see John and Yoko sitting at an all white chess board with all white pieces, which is an art piece called “Play it by Trust”. It was on display at the Whitney when I first saw it over a decade ago. Very funny. People sometimes fail to realize how completely ironic and funny Ono’s art can be. It can also be very sobering as well, to be sure. That ability to juxtapose and contrast ideas within a work of art was something that Ono shared with Lennon, as shown in the lyrics to this song.
Everybody’s talking and no one says a word
Everybody’s making love and no one really cares
There’s nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs
Always something happening and nothing going on
There’s always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They’re starving back in China so finish what you got
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Strange days indeed
Strange days indeed
Everybody’s runnin’ and no one makes a move
Everyone’s a winner
And no one seems to lose
There’s a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody’s flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody’s crying and no one makes a sound
There’s a place for us in movies you just gotta stay around
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Strange days indeed
Most peculiar Mama!
Everybody’s smoking and no one’s getting high
Everybody’s flying and never touch the sky
There’s ufo’s over New York and I ain’t too surprised
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Strange days indeed
Most peculiar Mama!
