I Am The Walrus



(Lennon/McCartney)
Recorded: 5 Sep 1967, Abbey Road Studios
Length: 4:35
Version: Take 17
John: double-tracked vocal, electric piano
Paul: backing vocal, bass
George: backing vocal, lead guitar
Ringo: drums
Sidney Sax, Jack Rothstein, Ralph Elman, Andrew McGee, Jack Greene, Luis Stevens, John Jezzard
Jack Richards: violins
Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Bram Martin, Terry Weil: cellos
Gordon Lewin: clarinet
Neil Sanders, Tony Tunstall, Morris Miller: horns
The Mike Sammers Singers: backing vocals

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 tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you 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

Mister 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, I'm crying

Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you 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 come, 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, g'goo goo g'joob

Expert textpert choking smokers
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snied
I'm crying

Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hari 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, g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob, g'goo


®1967 Northern Songs

 

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