Released: January 8, 1973
Songwriter: Yoko Ono
Producer: Yoko Ono John Lennon
We were waiting for peter, the dealer
He comes in the evening when were fussing in bed
He says, "good morning, heres your breakfast"
And give us plates of stone
Take a pinta blood each from us to give to the poor
We count the windows in the cities and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
And leave it in the cupboard when youre out
We were waiting for peter, the wheeler
He comes in the morning when were fast asleep
Gives us a trip thats spending hundred years in a day
And takes a bone each from us to give to the dogs
We count the wrinkles on the globe and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
And leave it on the shelf when you rap
We were waiting for peter, the blower
He comes in when were fixing snow on rock
Gives us orange juice laced with sunshine and spring
And takes a heart each from us to give to the world
We count the memories that are lost and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
Throw it in the ocean when you go
We were waiting for peter, the weaver
He comes in a flash when we're wide awake
Says the world can't give us answers
Cause its stuttering in its mind
Takes a head each off us to give us some peace
We count the lights in the universe and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
He comes in the evening when were fussing in bed
He says, "good morning, heres your breakfast"
And give us plates of stone
Take a pinta blood each from us to give to the poor
We count the windows in the cities and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
And leave it in the cupboard when youre out
We were waiting for peter, the wheeler
He comes in the morning when were fast asleep
Gives us a trip thats spending hundred years in a day
And takes a bone each from us to give to the dogs
We count the wrinkles on the globe and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
And leave it on the shelf when you rap
We were waiting for peter, the blower
He comes in when were fixing snow on rock
Gives us orange juice laced with sunshine and spring
And takes a heart each from us to give to the world
We count the memories that are lost and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
Our minds are objects of constipation
Our bodies are subject to dissipation
So keep your intentions in a clear bottle
Throw it in the ocean when you go
We were waiting for peter, the weaver
He comes in a flash when we're wide awake
Says the world can't give us answers
Cause its stuttering in its mind
Takes a head each off us to give us some peace
We count the lights in the universe and tell each other
Yes, life is a helluva lot of waiting time
more tracks from the album
Approximately Infinite Universe
- I Want My Love to Rest Tonight
- Peter the Dealer
- What a Mess
- I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window
- Yang Yang
- What Did I Do!
- Now or Never
- Move on Fast
- Approximately Infinite Universe
- Have You Seen a Horizon Lately
- Is Winter Here to Stay?
- Catman (The Rosies Are Coming)
- Shiranakatta (I Didn’t Know)
- Kite Song
- Death of Samantha
- Air Talk
- Winter Song
- Waiting for the Sunrise
- What a Bastard the World Is
- Looking Over from My Hotel Window
- I Have a Woman Inside My Soul
- Song For John
From the album
Yoko Ono popular songs
- Kiss Kiss Kiss
- A Thousand Times Yes
- Looking Over from My Hotel Window
- I Have a Woman Inside My Soul
- Mind Train
- Don’t Count the Waves
- Catman (The Rosies Are Coming)
- Who Has Seen the Wind?
- Sisters, O Sisters
- Don’t Be Scared
- Is Winter Here to Stay?
- O’ Sanity
- Sleepless Night
- Peter the Dealer
- What a Mess
- Open Your Box (Bonus Track)
- I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window
- Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow)
- Why
- Yang Yang
- What Did I Do!
- Now or Never
- Move on Fast
- Approximately Infinite Universe