Andy Roberts

It was 28 years ago today John Lennon got shot.This tribute song is by Loudon Wainwright IIINOT JOHN The limousine was waiting outside the studioIn stepped poor John Lennon and his wife YokoOh no, not JohnOn up 44th Street, left at 8th AvenueUp to the Dakota; a man waits there for youOh no, yes JohnThe man's name it is Chapman, come from HonoluluHe really loved your music, John, got a Japanese wife, tooOh no, poor SeanFive bullets in your body, that's what the experts sayThey say you signed an autograph for him on that very dayOh no, not JohnThere was a vigil at the Roosevelt, at the Dakota tooSilence in Central Park, they had a riot in LiverpoolNow Chapman's in the jailhouse - what's he doing there?He went and he shot John Lennon. All you heroes best bewareOh no, not JohnThe limousine was waiting outside the studioIn stepped poor John Lennon and his wife YokoOh no, not John