John Lennon's childhood shaped his indictment of 99% of all parents. Lennon's late Beatles & post-Beatles, Yoko Ono encouraged, songwriting were often cries for parents, whom he wanted, but never had.
Contrast Lennon's feelings with Jonathan David Helser's reality: God, His Father.
John Lennon's cry
Mother, you had me but I never had you
I wanted you, you didn't want me
So I, I just gotta tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Julia Lennon, mother
Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you, you didn't need me
So I, I just gotta tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Mother, John Lennon, father
Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk and I tried to run
So I, I just gotta tell you
Alfred 'Freddie' Lennon, father
Goodbye, goodbye
[4x]
Mamma, don't go
Daddy, come home
Daddy's always been home
You're more real than
The ground I'm standing on
You're more real than
The wind in my lungs
Your thoughts define me
You're inside me
You're my reality
Abba, I belong to You
Abba, I belong to You
Abba, Jonathan David Helser
You're closer than the
Skin on my bones
You're closer than the
Song on my tongue
Your thoughts define me
You're inside me
You're my reality
Be There lithograph by Ken Helser, Jonathan David Helser's father.
Abba, I belong to You
Abba, I belong to You
Abba, I belong to You
Abba
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “[a]Abba! Father!”
Rom 8:15 AMP
