Great tune! Never heard it before....
I particularly like the use of 'doomsdayin'' as a verb and the lyric 'the business of what's going on between these thighs' lol.
Thanks for sharing it.....might slip in into the mix at the Brother-in-laws next church member BBQ.

Powerful....especially with the vid. imagery.

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973)

Hey Magic Man, Bob Darin

Hey Magic Man
Come when you can
I’ve got a plan
If you’re willing

Come show your face
Any old place
You can’t erase
All this killing

Some thundered word
Spoken and heard
Keeping the third
From your children

Some little sign
If you don’t mind
Help us define
What we’re building

You know lunacy lives
And nobody gives
And vegetable sieves
Win elections

So if you exist
How have you missed
Making a list
Of corrections

Hey Magic Man
Come when you can
I’ve got a plan
If you’re willing

Come show your face
Any old place
You can’t erase
All this killing

Sunday, Bob Darin

Sunday - 
Where has what you stood for gone 

Sunday 
- Have you been asleep 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

Sunday - 
Master of a dyin' breed 

Sunday 
- Lyin' in a heap 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

Sunday - 
Virgin child who can't wear white 

Sunday 
- Much too late to weep 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

Sunday - 
Tellin' lies on history 

Sunday - 
Ain't you in too deep 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

Sunday - 
Bow down to the blood you've shed 

Sunday 
- Bodies piled so steep 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

Sunday 
- Build your house of solid gold 

Sunday - 
Let the people sleep 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep. 

You say keep the faith but there's no faith to keep.

The haters gunna hate. The brilliance of the song IMHO is that it only asks you to 'imagine'..... Imagine there's no heaven.....no hell below us.....Imagine no religion....etc. It doesn't ask you do anything, or believe anything.....other than join us to live our lives in peace....that's a long way from a cult following and quite the opposite of most music rooted in theology. The song also suggests....living for today.....without the escatological discourse....of course.

I'm thinking Kris was actually pretty religious when he wrote those songs, but a lot of his songs offered some pretty good philosophical food for thought back in the day. I was one of his biggest fans.

@Julie808 His Song Why Me Lord and how he came to compose it is hilarious especially to hear him relate it. I'm sure he was probably hung over at the time and was more personally reflecting about his past life then being actually religious. Likewise the Beatles did numerous forms of Drugs and other experiences that promoted and produced Imagine which is a great song. I don't care if it rains or freezes sung by Paul Neuman in Cool Hand Luke is another scenario song that provokes a moment when a person can existentially portray a moment with their feelings.

@Nevermind345 "I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus sitting upon the dashboard of my car.."?

Agreed... but some of the lyrics clearly are confrontational of religious dogma...and go beyond the mere promotion of the tenets of humanism?
Imagine there's no heaven...above us only sky,
No hell below us.
Imagine no religion.....etc.