| Gimme Some Truth | |
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| song by John Lennon | |
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| Released | 1971 |
| Recorded | 1971 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Writer | John Lennon |
| Producer(s) | John Lennon Yoko Ono Phil Spector |
| Duran Duran cover song | |
"Gimme Some Truth" is a protest song written and performed by John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine/
The song has been covered by Duran Duran.
About the song[]
Like several songs on the Imagine album, such as the title track "Imagine", "Gimme Some Truth" has blatant political references emerging from the time it was written, during the latter years of the Vietnam War. The song expresses Lennon's frustration with deceptive politicians and acts of military violence such as the My Lai massacre. The song encapsulates the general feeling of the time, when people were heavily participating in protest rallies against the government.
The song references the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard," using the rhyme's content (about a woman going to get her dog a bone, only to discover that her cupboard is empty) as a political parallel to the events of the day, a practice that goes all the way back to when the rhyme was originally printed in 1805. The song also alludes to "soft soap", using it as a slang term for liquid soap, likening its slippery qualities to a politician trying to quell public unrest with insincere praise.
Duran Duran performed the song during the UNICEF's Jerusalem for Reconciliation Concert, Royal Albert Hall in London, UK on 28 April 1991.
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Albums:
- Didn't Antbody Tell You?
- Money Or Reputation
- Make Some Noise - The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
Lyrics[]
I'm sick and tired of hearing things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth I've had enough of reading things By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of hope Money for dope Money for rope No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of soap Money for dope Money for rope I'm sick to death of seeing things From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth now I've had enough of watching scenes Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocketful of soap It's money for dope Money for rope Ah, I'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now I've had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth