Let's Hope It's a Good One

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31 December 2012

None of us are as young
as we were. So what?
Friendship never ages.
~ W. H. Auden ~
Another year older . . . another year over. John and Yoko's Christmas song is also one of the most hopeful New Year song's that I know . . .

Happy Xmas (War is Over)
by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1971

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear [emphasis added]

And so this is Christmas (war is over)
For weak and for strong (if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (war is over)
The world is so wrong* (if you want it)
And so happy Christmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let's stop all the fight (now)

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas (war is over)
And what have we done (if you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (if you want it)
And so happy Christmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear one (war is over)
The old and the young (now)

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

War is over over
If you want it
War is over

*or "the road is so long"
or "the war is so wrong"
or "the war is so long"