John LENNON


Mind Games

(1973)



1. Mind Games 4'13
(John Lennon)
2. Tight A$ 3'37
(John Lennon)
3. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) 4'44
(John Lennon)
4. One Day (At A Time) 3'10
(John Lennon)
5. Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple) 4'13
(John Lennon)
6. Nutopian International Anthem 0'05
(John Lennon)
7. Intuition 3'09
(John Lennon)
8. Out The Blue 3'22
(John Lennon)
9. Only People 3'22
(John Lennon)
10. I Know (I Know) 3'50
(John Lennon)
11. You Are Here 4'09
(John Lennon)
12. Meat City 2'48
(John Lennon)

Total Time: 40:42


  • John Lennon - Guitar, Clavinet, Extra Sensory Percussion, Vocals
  • David Spinozza - Guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel Guitar
  • Kenny Ascher - Organ, Piano, Mellotron
  • Gordon Edwards - Bass
  • Michael Brecker - Saxophone
  • Jim Keltner - Drums
  • Rick Marotta - Drums on "Meat City" & "Bring On The Lucie"
  • LES PARANOIAS - Background Chorus


    Desease by John Lennon
    Roy Cicala - Engineer
    Dan Barbiero - Engineer
    Tom Rabstanek - Mastering
    Mountain from Bob Green

    Special Thanks To:
    Sheeley, Jimmy, Greg, Kevin, May, John and All at 321

    Recorded and Remixed at RECORD PLANT, N.Y.


    DECLARATION Of NUTOPIA

    We announce the birth of a conceptual country NUTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of NUTOPIA.
    NUTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people.
    NUTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic. All people of NUTOPIA are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of NUTOPIA we ask for dimiomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and its people.



    1. Mind Games

      We're playing those mind games together
      Pushing the barriers planting seeds
      Playing the mind guerrilla
      Chanting the Mantra peace on earth
      We all been playing those mind games forever
      Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
      Doing the mind guerrilla
      Some call it magic the search for the grail

      Love is the answer and you know that for sure
      Love is a flower you got to let it grow

      So keep on playing those mind games together
      Faith in the future out of the now
      You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
      Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
      Yeah we're playing those mind games together
      Projecting our images in space and in time

      Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
      Yes is surrender you got to let it go

      So keep on playing those mind games together
      Doing the ritual dance in the sun
      Millions of mind guerrillas
      Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
      Keep on playing those mind games together
      Raising the spirit of peace and love
      ( I want you to make love, not war
      I know you've heard it before )

    2. Tight A$

      Just as tight a$ you can make it
      Hard and slow ain't hard enough
      Just as tight a$ you can shake it girl
      Git it on and do your stuff

      Tight a$ you can get it
      Tight a$ got it made
      Uptight's alright but if ya can't stand the heat
      You better get back in the shade

      Just as tight a$ an Indian rope trick
      Long and tough ain't hard enough
      Just as tight a$ a dope fiend's fix my friend
      Git it up and do your stuff

      Tight a$ you can boogie
      Tight a$ got it made
      Uptight's alright but if ya can't stand the heat
      you better get back in the shade

      Well tight a$ got me cornered
      Tight a$ got me laid
      Tight a$ strut your stuff so tough
      Just a sweating in the midnight shade

    3. Aisumasen ( I'm Sorry )

      When I'm down really yin
      And I don't know what I'm doing
      Aisumasen Yoko
      All I had to do was call your name

      And when I hurt you and cause you pain
      Darling I promise I won't do it again

      Aisumasen Yoko
      It's hard enough I know just to feel your own pain

      All that I know is just what you tell me
      All that I know is just what you show me

      When I'm down real sanpaku
      And I don't know what to do
      Aisumasen Yoko san
      All I had to do was call your name
      Yes, all I had to do was call your name

    4. One Day ( At A Time )

      You are my weakness, you are my strength
      Nothing I have in the world makes better sense
      Cause I'm the fish and you're the sea
      When we're together or when we're apart
      There's never a space in between the beat of our hearts
      Cause I'm the apple and you're the tree

      One day at a time is all we do
      One day at a time is good for you

      You are my woman, I am your man
      Nothing else matters at all, now I understand
      That I'm the door and you're the key
      And every morning I wake in your smile
      Feeling your breath on my face and the love in your eyes
      Cause you're the honey and I'm the bee

      One day at a time is all we do
      One day at a time is good for us two ( you too )

    5. Bring On The Lucie ( Freeda Peeple )

      We don't care what flag you're waving
      We don't even want to know your name
      We don't care where you're from or where you're going
      All we know is that you came
      You're making all our desicions
      We have just one request of you
      That while you're thinking things over
      Here's something you just better do

      Free the people now
      Do it do it do it now

      Well we were caught with our hands in the air
      Don't desapir paranoia is everywhere
      We can shake it with love when we're scared
      So let's shout it aloud like a prayer

      We understand your paranoia
      But we don't want to play your game
      You think you're cool and know what you are doing
      666 is your name
      So while you're jerking off each other
      You better bear this thought in mind
      Your time is up you better know it
      But maybe you don't read the signs

      Well you were caught with your hands in the kill
      And you still got to swallow your pill
      As you slip and you slide down the hill
      On the blood of the people you killed

      Stop the killing now
      Do it do it do it now
      Bring on the Lucie

    6. Nutopian International Anthem

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    7. Intuition

      My intentions are good, I use my intuition
      It takes me for a ride
      But I never understood other people's superstition
      It seemed like suicide
      And as I play the game of life
      I try to make it better each and every day
      And when I struggle in the night
      The magic of the music seems to light the way
      Intuition takes me there
      Intuition takes me everywhere

      Well my instincts are fine
      I had to learn to use them in order to survive
      And time after time confirmed an old suspicion
      It's good to be alive
      And when I'm deep down and out and lose communication
      With nothing left to say
      It's then I realize it's only a condition
      Of seeing things that way
      Intuition takes me there
      Intuition takes me everywhere

    8. Out The Blue

      Out the blue you came to me
      And blew away life's misery
      Out the blue life's energy
      Out the blue you came to me

      Every day I thank the Lord and Lady
      For the way that you came to me
      Anyway it had to be two minds
      One destiny

      All my life's been a long slow knife
      I was born just to get to you
      Anyway I survived long enough
      To make you my wife

      Like a U.F.O. you came to me
      And blew away life's misery
      Out the blue life's energy
      Out the blue you came to me

    9. Only People

      Only people just know how to talk to people
      Only people know just how to change the world
      Only people realize the power of people
      A million heads are better than one, so come on, get it on!

      Well I know how we tried and the millions of tears that we cried
      Now we are hipper we been thru the trip
      And we can't be denied with woman and man side by side
      Make no mistake it's our future we're making,
      bake the cake and eat it too!
      We don't want no pig brother scene

      Well it's long overdue there
      ain't nothing better to do
      Now we are hipper we been thru the trip
      We can fly right on thru, there's nothing on earth we can do
      Fish or cut bait it's our future
      e're making all together now pull the chain!
      We don't want no pig brother scene

    10. I Know (I Know)

      The years have passed so quickly
      One thing I've understood
      I am only learning
      To tell the trees from wood

      I know what's coming down
      And I know where it's coming from
      And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am)
      But I never could speak my mind

      And I know just how you feel
      And I know now what I have done
      And I know and I'm guilty
      But I never could speak my mind

      I know what I was missing
      But now my eyes can see
      I put myself in your place
      As you did for me

      Today I love you more than yesterday
      Right now I love you more right now

      Now I know what's coming down
      I can feel where it's coming from
      And I know it's getting better all the time
      As we share in each other's minds

    11. You Are Here

      From Liverpool to Tokyo
      What a way to go
      From distant lands one woman one man
      Let the four winds blow

      Three thousand miles over the ocean
      Three thousand light years from the land of the rising sun

      Love has opened my eyes
      Love has blown right through
      Wherever you are, you are here

      Three thousand miles over the ocean
      Three thousand light years from the land of surprising sun
      East is east and west is west
      The twain shall meet
      East is west and west is east
      Let it be complete

      Three thousand miles over the ocean
      Three thousand light years from the land of the morning star

    12. Meat City

      Well I been Meat City to see for myself
      Been Meat City been Meat City
      Just got to give me some rock 'n roll

      People were dancing like there's no tomorrow
      Fingerlickin chickinpickin Meat City
      Shookdown U.S.A. Pig Meat City

      Well I been the mountain to see for myself
      Been the mountain been the mountain
      Got to give me some rock 'n roll

      Snake doctors shaking like there's no tomorrow
      Chickkinsuckin mothertruckin Freak City shookdown U.S.A.

      Well I'm gonna China to see for myself
      Gonna China gonna China
      Just got to give me some rock 'n roll

      Well the people were jumping like there's no tomorrow
      Chickinsuckin mothertruckin Meat City shookdown U.S.A