Cover art for We’re All Water by Yoko Ono

We’re All Water

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We’re All Water Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There may be not much difference
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
We strip them naked

[Verse 2]
There may be not much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
We check their coffins

[Verse 3]
There may be not much difference
Between White House and Hall of People
We count their windows

[Verse 4]
There may be not much difference
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
We hear their heartbeat

[Chorus]
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
[Instrumental Break]
[Yoko Ono scatting]

[Verse 5]
There may be not much difference
Between Eldridge Cleaver and Queen of England
We bottle their tears

[Verse 6]
There may be not much difference
Between Manson and the Pope
We press their smile

[Verse 7]
There may be not much difference
Between Rockefeller and you
We hear you sing

[Verse 8]
There may not be much difference
Between you and me
We show our dreams

[Chorus]
We're all water from different rivers
And that's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
[Outro]
Hey! There's no difference!
[Yoko Ono scatting]
What's the difference? What's the difference?
What? What?
[Yoko Ono scatting]
There's no difference! There's no difference!
What's the difference?
[Yoko Ono scatting]
What's the difference?

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