It was the fearful night of December 8th He was returning home from the studio late He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice Because in nineteen eighty, he paid the price John Lennon died, John Lennon died, John Lennon died John Lennon died, John Lennon died, John Lennon died With a Smith and Wesson .38 John Lennon's life was no longer a debate He should have stayed at home He should have never cared And the man who took his life declared, he said "I just shot John Lennon!" He said "I just shot John Lennon!" What a sad and sorry and sickening sight It was a sad and sorry and sickening night Oh a sad and sorry and sickening sight It was a sad and sorry and sickening night Ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah "I just shot John Lennon!" He said, "I just shot John Lennon!" What a sad and sorry and sickening sight It was a sad and sorry and sickening night Oh a sad and sorry and sickening sight It was a sad and sorry and sickening night Ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah