Credit to: Dr. Mark Skousen

In honor of John Lennon’s 30th anniversary of his death, here’s the libertarian version of “Imagine” that was played by the Beatles band “Yesterday” at FreedomFest 2009. Everybody sang along, and the band loved the new lyrics.

Imagine there’s no taxation
It’s easy if you try
No IRS below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living to be free.

Imagine no politicians.
Telling us what to do.
No forms to fill out for.
And no inflation too
Imagine all the people
Living without Social Security.

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday they’ll join us
And liberty will have won.

Imagine no regulations.
I wonder if you can
No need for laws to control us
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Competing in the world

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday they’ll join us
And liberty will have won.