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Artist: Yoko Ono
Canonical path: /yoko-ono/born-in-a-prison
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Born In a Prison
Read Born In a Prison lyrics by Yoko Ono on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Born In a Prison
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Were born in a prison
Raised in a prison
Sent to a prison called school
We cry in a prison
We love in a prison
We dream in a prison like fools
Chorus
Wood become a flute when its loved
Reached for yourself and your battered mates
Mirror becomes a razor when its broken
Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
We live with no reason Kicked around for no reason
Thrown out without reason like tools
We work in a prison
And hate in a prison
And die in a prison as a rule
Chorus
We live in a prison
Among judges and wardens
And wait for no reason or use
We laugh in a prison
Go through all four seasons
And die with no vision of truth
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Yoko Ono performs "Born In a Prison", and this lyric page sits inside the Yoko Ono catalog on LyroVerse.
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