Imagine

**Imagine** by *John Lennon* is featured in Hairography, the eleventh episode of Season One. It is sung by one of the members of the Haverbrook School for the Deaf glee club, with the rest performing in sign language, along with the New Directions. Artie, Ash, Finn and Rachel also have solos.

About halfway through, touched by the choir's performance, Ash joins in, followed by Artie and then the rest of the New Directions. They each stand next to a student from the choir, then begin singing along with them, while copying their sign language motions of the lyrics of the song.

## Lyrics

* LLM Version
* Studio Version
* Glee Episode Version

**Haverbrook Deaf Choir:**

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try,

No hell below us,

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people

Living life for today

**Ash and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do,

Nothing to kill or die for,

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace, you

**Artie:**

You may say I'm a dreamer,

**Artie, Ash, and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

But I'm not the only one

**Artie and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

I hope someday you will join us

**Artie, Ash, and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

And the world will be as one

**Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

Imagine no possessions,

I wonder if you can

**Finn, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

**Finn, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead with New Directions and Haverbrook Deaf Choir:**

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You

**Ash and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

You may say I'm a dreamer (**New Directions:** You...)

**Ash, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

But I'm not the only one

**Artie, Ash and the Haverbrook Male lead with New Directions and Haverbrook Deaf choir:**

I hope someday you will join us (**New Directions:** You...)

And the world will live as one

**Mercedes:**

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do,

Nothing to kill or die for,

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace, you-hoo-hoo

**Artie (and Mercedes):**

You may say I'm a dreamer,

(But I'm not the only one)

I hope someday you will join us

(And the world will be as one)

**Rachel:**

Imagine no possessions,

I wonder if you can

**Finn and Rachel (with New Directions):**

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

(Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You)

**Mercedes (and Rachel):**

You may say I'm a dreamer (**New Directions:** You...)

(But I'm not the only one)

**Artie and Mercedes (with New Directions):**

I hope someday you will join us (**New Directions:** You...)

(And the world will live as one)

**Haverbrook Deaf Choir:**

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try,

No hell below us,

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people

Living life for today

**Mercedes and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do,

Nothing to kill or die for,

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace, you

**Artie:**

You may say I'm a dreamer,

**Artie, Mercedes, and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

But I'm not the only one

**Artie and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

I hope someday you will join us

**Artie, Mercedes, and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

And the world will be as one

**Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

Imagine no possessions,

I wonder if you can

**Finn, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

**Finn, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead with New Directions and Haverbrook Deaf Choir:**

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You

**Mercedes and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

You may say I'm a dreamer (**New Directions:** You...)

**Mercedes, Rachel and the Haverbrook Male lead:**

But I'm not the only one

**Artie, Mercedes and the Haverbrook Male lead with New Directions and Haverbrook Deaf choir:**

I hope someday you will join us (**New Directions:** You...)

And the world will live as one

## Trivia

* Yoko Ono was hesitant about allowing *Glee* the rights to *Imagine*. Series music supervisor P.J. Bloom explained: "It was very difficult to convince Yoko Ono that it was the right thing to do. She needed to truly understand how the music was going to be used. The added component of us wanting to have a deaf choir signing the song made for this incredibly poignant moment... it really took a lot of convincing to get her on board and realise that it was a great, great moment, and a tribute to John and his song."
* Although the performance by the deaf choir was well received by critics, many felt that New Directions joining in (without invitation) ruined what was shaping up to be the highlight of the episode.
* After filming this scene, Lea, Kevin and Jenna all got tattoo's saying *Imagine*.
* This is the first song to be sung between two shoir choirs, the second time not occurring for two entire seasons, being *Bad* between the Warblers and New Directions.
* The beginning of the song is not in the studio version for unknown reasons.
* According to Glee Encore, Jenna Ushkowitz and Chris Colfer recorded background vocals for this song.