I was reading this article from 1970 and he’s obviously a complicated dude: https://archive.is/POtvB

The lyrics are a little haunting and I’ve never heard it before.

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    11 months ago

    There’s an early demo version out there that’s actually better than the album version. It’s more raw and emotional, which works very well for the song

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      11 months ago

      It was on a compilation called “Accoustic John Lennon”…so amazing, i haven’t heard it in over a decade but think of it all the time … " a working class hero is something to be"… thanks for inspiring me to find a way out of that mess, John