Born in a Prison

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	Here’s the WITNOTW-sax again. Yoko handles the lead vocals on this song and it doesn’t make it better. John takes the backing vocals in the chorus. As on the previous song, their timing differs too much to comfort. Plus the lyrics - Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken- are not written to be easily sung. Played as a ballad, but it is a pretty tough listen.	Bobber	September 11, 2013
	Unlike Lennon, who pretty much frittered away his school years (and then wrote the song "Working Class Hero"), Yoko was an excellent, industrious straight-A student so I'm more inclined to listen to what she has to say about her school experience. This is a nice waltzing melody which Yoko shoots in the foot with the repeated shrieks of "Born in a Prison!!" during the fadeout...but she shows that she has learned how to write a pop song as successfully as she learned her school subjects.	Bruce Beatlefan	August 31, 2006

Lyrics

We are born in a prison, raised in a prison
Send to a prison called school,

We cry in a prison,
We love in a prison,
We live in a prison, like fools.

Wood becomes a flut when it's loved,
Reach for your self and your battered mates.
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken,
Look in a mirror and see your shattered fate.

We live with no reason,
Kicked around for no reason,
Thrown out without reason like tools.

Work in a prison
And hate in a prison
And die in a prison as a rule.

We live in a prison
Among judges and wardens
And wait for no reason or use
We laugh in a prison,
Go through all four seasons
And die with no vision or truth

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