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
ah-haaa ahhhh

imagine there's no country
it isn't hard to do
nothing to kill or die for
no religion too
imagine all the people
living life in peace
you-ooo-ooo

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 be as one

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 be as one
hey, hey



That same day, Tori Amos performed Imagine at a taping for CBS's The Saturday Early Show. "It's a song about sanity," she explains. "I usually stand on the non-violent side of things every time. But with this turn of events [September 11, 2001) in all of our lives, I can feel myself reaching my breaking point. Imagine is the one thing that can bring me to a place where I can get logical, think, breathe. Yes, the song is an anthem. But it's also oxygen."
-- Tori; Rolling Stone Magazine, December 27, 2001