Imagine: John Lennon
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Now you have a song and one of the lines,
and correct me if it isn't:

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"Christ, it ain't easy. Everywhere I go,
they're gonna crucify me."

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Rubbish. I didn't say it. The lyric goes:
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"Christ, you know it ain't easy.
You know how hard it can be.

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"The way things are going,
they're gonna crucify me." And you, baby.

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This isn't my song.
These don't express my...

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We are all together in this world.
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Let's face it. You and I are married
together in this world.

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You see, it's like being stuck in...
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That is a very unkind thought
to plant in my mind.

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I want to tell you
that this may stay with me...

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and I'll wake up screaming.
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This is not true.
You say that to him, not to me.

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That's your paranoia.
Everybody's married in this world...

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No, it's just a matter of taste.
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What do you want to know?
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In the lyric, you said
they were going to crucify you.

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- Yeah. If you take it literally.
- How did you mean it?

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- It means everything you want it to mean.
- What did you want it to mean?

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They're gonna crucify me
and you and everyone else.

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But you said,
"They're going to crucify me."

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- Lf you're gonna take it literally...
- Me is you.

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Me... And I say that we're all one.
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I didn't permit you to speak for me.
Who are you speaking for?

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I took that liberty, Mr. Capp.
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It's too much of a liberty...
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I was speaking on behalf
of the people in general...

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- in a poetic sense.
- You're speaking for yourselves...

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As a representative of the human race...
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I'm speaking for us all
whether you like it or not.

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Whatever race you're
the representative of, I ain't part of it.

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Maybe yours is the human race
and mine is something less hirsute.

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But whatever race, it's your race.
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- You belong to a race on your own.
- Everybody in this room...

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represents humanity.
Everybody in this room.

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No, you don't represent me, though.
You don't write songs for me.

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I want to make that clear to all of Canada.
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Especially for you.
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I'll let Kate Smith sing my songs.
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Who do you write your cartoons for?
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I write my cartoons for money.
Just as you sing your songs.

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Exactly the same reason.
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And exactly the same reason
much of this is happening, too...


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