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Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	This one song shows more honesty about John’s state of mind than the complete Plastic Ono Band album. Plus it’s a very nice song. Again, I’m curious to hear it without the strings, which are becoming a bit too much at this point of the album. It particularly shows at the middle section, which is a nice piece of music and is well written, but the strings are a too much here.	Bobber	February 20, 2013
	Baldly confessing his fears and baring his vulnerabilities, John shows far more true honesty in this one song than in the POB album in its entirety, with all its puling and sniveling. I like the way he concludes each verse in this song with the wordplay device he has used before and is to use again: the coincidental homophone between the exclamation "Oh no" and his wife's name.	Bruce Beatlefan	November 25, 2011

Lyrics

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn?
How can I go forward into something I'm not sure of?
Oh no, oh no.

How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel?
How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied?
Oh no, oh no.

You know life can be long
And you got to be strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough.
Oh no, oh no.

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
How can I give love when I just don't know how to give?
How can I give love when love is something I ain't never had?
Oh no, oh no.

You know life can be long
And you got to be strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough.

How can we go forward when we don't know which way we're facing?
How can we go forward when we don't know which way to turn?
How can we go forward into something we're not sure of?
Oh no, oh no.

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