"Yes, I'm a Witch" is a song written and recorded by Yoko Ono for her fifth album solo album "A Story".nnRecorded in 1974, during the "lost ...
"Yes, I'm a Witch" is a song written and recorded by Yoko Ono for her fifth album solo album "A Story".nnRecorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which John Lennon produced "Walls and Bridges", "A Story" is the most intimate album of Yoko. It deftly weaves haunting confessionals with radiant, elegant melodies. nnUnfortunately, "A Story" went unreleased when John and Yoko reconciled in january 1975. It was unreleased until the 1992 box set "Onobox", which featured material from "A Story" on disc six. It was only properly released as an individual album in 1997, with the reissuing of Yoko's back catalogue by Rykodisc.nnn"This is the album I made in '74 when John and I were separated. It was already in a finished state, though the mixes were not that great and it had always bothered me. I remixed them all for this disc (AIU editor's note: Onobox's A Story). Then John came back from L.A., we got back together again and I felt it was not important to release this album. Who wants to remember a Lost Weekend, anyway?" (Yoko Ono, in the Onobox booklet in 1992)nnnnWritten by : Yoko OnonProduced by : Yoko Ono and David SpinozzanArrangement : Yoko OnonRecorded : July 1974, The Record Plant, New York CitynnnPersonnel :nnYoko Ono : vocals, background vocalsnKen Ascher : keyboardsnLeon Pendarvis : keyboards nGordon Edwards : bassnArthur Jenkins : percussionnRick Marotta : drumsnHugh McCracken : guitarsnDavid Spinozza : guitars, horn sectionnMichael Brecker : tenor saxnRandy Brecker : trumpetnLewis Del Gatto : baritone sax, bass clarinetnAlan Rubin : trumpetnGeorge Young : flutes, clarinet, background vocalsnErin Dickens, Gail Kantor, Louise Messina, Ann E. Sutton (Heartburn Stew, Hard Times Are Over & Tomorrow May Never Come) with Something Different (Tomorrow May Never Come)nJoseth DeChristopher, Peter Eggers, Edward Fox, R. Kenneth Price, Michael Robison, David Thoreau Rosestring : section on (She Gets Down On Her Knees)nnn"Yes, I'm a Witch" [1974] :nnOh, please dont give me that!nnYes, I'm a witchnI'm a bitchnI don't care what you saynMy voice is realnMy voice speaks truthnI don't fit in your waysnnI'm not gonna die for younYou might as well face the truthnI'm gonna stick around for quite awhilennWere gonna saynWere gonna trynWere gonna try it our waynWeve been repressednWeve been depressednSuppression all the waynnWere not gonna die for younWere not seeking vengeancenBut were not gonna kill ourselves for your conveniencennEach time we dont say what we wanna say, were dyingnEach time we close our minds to how we feel, were dyingnEach time we gotta do what we wanna do, were livingnEach time were open to what we see and hear, were livingnnWell free you from the ghettos of your mindsnWell free you from your fears and bindsnWe know you want things to stay as it isnIt's gonna change, babynnIt's gonna change, baby dollnIt's gonna change, honey ballnIt's gonna change, sugar canenIt's gonna change, sweetie legsnSo don't try to make cock-pecked people out of us Less
