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SONG LYRICS

I AM THE WALRUS

Recorded in September,1967.
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Mellotron, & Percussion: John Lennon Bass & Piano: Paul McCartney Guitar: George Harrison Drums: Ringo Starr Violins: Sidney Sax, Jack Rothstein, Ralph Elman, Andrew Mc Gree, Jack Greene, Louis Stevens, John Jezzard & Jack Richards Cellos: Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Bram Martin & Terry Weil Clarinet: Gorden Lewin Horns: Neil Sanders, Tony Tunstall, Mo Miller Backing Talking inc. 'Hoo-hoo-hee-hee-ha-ha", etc.: The Mike Sammes Singers

I AM THE WALRUS
(Lennon & McCartney)

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy you let your face grow long

I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus, Goo goo g' joob

Mr. city policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying

Yellow matter custard
Dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down

I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus, Goo goo g' joob

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't shine you get a tan from standing in the English rain

I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus, Goo goo g' joob

Expert, texpert choking smokers don't you think the joker laughs at you
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snide
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe

I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo g' goo
Goo goo g' joob goo
juba juba juba
juba juba juba
juba juba juba juba
juba juba

(Everybodys got one, everybody got one)

[Spoken] (from Shakespeare's King Lear):

Slave, thou hast slain me:--Villain take my purse:
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body:
And five the letters which thou fid'st about me
To Edmund Earl of Gloster: seek him out
Upon the British party:--O untimely death!
I know thee well: a serviceable villain:
As duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As badness would desire.
What, is he dead?
Sit you down, father; rest you.

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