Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood performed John Lennon‘s “Imagine” during President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington D.C. on Thursday (Jan. 9). Few criticized the actual performance. In fact,

Garth Brooks just started singing “Imagine” (“Imagine there’s no Heaven…”) at Jimmy Carter’s memorial service. In the National Cathedral. A service, mind you, that started with the invocation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and a prayer that He might receive Carter among His saints.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are signing a country-infused rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon. The lyrics are at odds with several of the eulogies that preceded it, speaking of Carter's deep Christian faith and imagining him being reunited with his wife Rosalynn in heaven.