Jack’s Mannequin

Released: June 12, 2007

Featuring: Mick Fleetwood

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: Robert Anderson Andrew McMahon Jim Wirt

God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain

I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I-ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that's reality

The dream is over
What can I say?
The dream is over
Yesterday
I was the Dreamweaver
But now I'm reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I'm John
And so dear friends
You'll just have to carry on
The dream is over

Exhausted after months of touring in summer 2004, Something Corporate’s frontman Andrew McMahon began penning his own songs, which diverged from the feel of many SoCo songs, and conflicted with the ideas of the band’s other songwriter, Josh Partington. Following the announcement of Something Corporate’s disbandment, Andrew officially announced his solo project.

Initially, the project was considered to be called The Mannequins, but the idea was discouraged due to the surplus of band names beginning with “the.” The project picked up its eventual name of Jack’s Mannequin from McMahon’s song “Dear Jack,” which ended up on the Dear Jack EP accompanying the 2009 documentary of the same name chronicling McMahon’s battle with leukemia. While many believe Jack’s Mannequin’s first album, Everything in Transit, addresses his battle with leukemia, in fact he learned of his illness while mastering the album.

After his diagnosis, McMahon later stated that “the band name became ironic–considering the Jack I wrote the song for & ultimately named the project after, suffered from childhood leukemia.”

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