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John Sinclair Lyrics

Artist: John Lennon
Album: John Lennon Anthology

It ain't fair, John Sinclair
In the stir for breathing air
Won't you care for John Sinclair?
In the stir for breathing air
Let him be, set him free
Let him be like you and me

They gave him ten for two
What else can the judges do?
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta set him free

If he'd been a soldier man
Shooting gooks in Vietnam
If he was the CIA
Selling dope and making hay
He'd be free, they'd let him be
Breathing air, like you and me

They gave him ten for two
What else can the judges do?
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta set him free

They gave him ten for two
They got Ali Otis too.
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta set him free

Was he jailed for what he done?
Or representing everyone
Free John now, if we can
From the clutches of the man
Let him be, lift the lid
Bring him to his wife and kids

They gave him ten for two
What else can the bastards do?
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
gotta, gotta, gotta set him free

Comments/Interpretations

by John on 5/27/2008 9:53am
sick song

by John Sinclair on 5/29/2008 1:08pm
my name is john sinclair

by iggy on 6/19/2008 9:11pm
great song man

by Laura on 7/7/2008 7:05pm
I know John Sinclair...the guy in this song! :)

by eliotheo on 7/15/2008 1:48pm
WHAT ELSE CAN THE BASTARDS DO?

by Jack on 10/10/2008 12:01pm
gotta let everyone free! grass should be legalized world wide!

by Dave on 10/17/2008 1:37am
December 1971, I was 20. The emotions and passions of that time are what's missing today - gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta set OURSELVES free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by lucas on 3/4/2009 8:27am
GRANDE JOHN, POR SIEMPRE EN NUESTROS CORAZONES

by Florencia on 12/3/2009 11:23am
Este mundo necesita inspiradores como John lennon; Pero empecemos haciendo lo que nosotros podamos. porque john no esta en este mundo, porque es demasiado grande para este peque�o mundo, que nos sirva de algo su mensaje. PAZ

by Tina on 11/22/2010 8:21pm
@John, it is NOT a sick song! You're an idiot. The guy was given 10 years for 2 joints, dumbass!

by Bradley Greene on 11/23/2010 10:38am
they gave him 10 for 2... what else can JUDGE COLUMBO do.... no biggie just pisses Detroiters off.

by Jack on 12/10/2010 10:52am
I was a freshman at Michigan when the the concert for Sinclair was held. I listened to Lennon's performance on the campus radio station and recorded it. Listening to it many times I always heard Lennon say "they got Pun Plamondon too". This reference makes sense since Plamondon founded the White Panther Party with Sinclair in Ann Arbor and was also in prison at the time of the rally. I don't know who Ali Otis is though.

by Pete on 5/15/2012 4:26am
Great song done by a great man who never left his roots!

by blingy on 3/27/2014 6:31am
Could reference to Ali be Muhamad Ali? Although he wasn't jailed he was stripped of his heavyweight title over refusing to enter the draft. Just a thought

by Beatlenez on 3/29/2017 11:14am
No one could write songs (or sing them) like John Lennon