Lyrics for I Am The Walrus as interpreted by Ice

I Am The Walrus Lyrics
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 teeshirt, stupid bloody
Tuesday man you been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long.
I am the eggman oh, they are the eggman -
Oh I am the walrus GOO GOO G’JOOB.
Mr. City policeman sitting pretty little policeman 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 been a naughty girl,
You let your knickers down.
I am the eggman oh, they are the eggmen -
Oh 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, oh, they are the eggmen -
Oh I am the walrus. G’JOOB, G’GOO, G’JOOB.
Expert texpert choking smokers
Don’t you think the joker laughs at you? Ha ha ha!
See how they smile,
Like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied. I’m crying.
Semoline pilchards climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hare Khrishna
Man you should have seen them
Kicking Edgar Allen Poe.
I am the eggman oh, they are they eggmen -
Oh I am the walrus GOO GOO GOO JOOB
GOO GOO GOO JOOB GOO GOO
GOOOOOOOOOOOJOOOOOB.


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magicnudiesuit
12-13-2001

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a philosophy for life: everyone in their lifetime is at one point the walrus, the eggman, and even.. the goo goo goo joob. so i suppose the walrus is the leader, the eggman is the follower, and the goo goo goo joob is just undecided. this song holds all the answers.

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0cool
01-06-2002

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I read in a book once that this song was John's answer to all the people interpreting his songs because "it doesn't mean anything".

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weezerific:cutlery
01-09-2002

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yeah, i would say this is a product of john randomness. funky little song..it's cooool.

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song4julia
01-21-2002

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John wrote this song and said," If Bob Dylan can write this crap, so can I." Just if anyone was wondering.

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song4julia
01-21-2002

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It contains made up words like crabalocker and Semolina Pilchards.

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Ferthuko
01-25-2002

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I don't know how true it is, but I've heard that Paul McCartney wrote everything that John Lennon said during an acid trip and the result was.........
I AM THE WALRUS. Sounds logical. Can anyone verify?


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jabbadatut
03-15-2002

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The song was written after the Beatles were going through fan mail, and they picked one out at random, which turned out to be from a school John had attended when he was young. And, the letter said that they were analyzing the lyrics of his songs in class. So, John wrote the nonsensical I Am The Walrus, largely based on The Walrus & The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. It has been said that some of the lines were written by John under the influence of LSD, but Paul had nothing to do with it. It was John scribbling on scrap paper (I believe some of the handwritten lyrics to this song were auctioned off a couple years back). Semolina Pilchard, by the way, was a combination of two names of nasty foods John remembers eating as a child.

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mazzauk
03-18-2002

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A lot of the lines in this song come from old liverpool playground songs eg, "yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye". I think this is just a mixture of all john's experiences through life totally meshed together in a dream-like way through the use of LSD. Maybe it doesn't mean anything at all but i'm sure that it meant something to john, even if it was only that nothing really makes any sense. ? ?

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MetaLuna
04-26-2002

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I wish John were alive to see this site.

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Bite Me
04-30-2002

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If you listen closely at the end of this song, the chanting behind all the noise is supposed to be a hidden message that says, "Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot."

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nikkileemn
05-02-2002

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Ok, and Paul was supposedly dead because he wasn't wearing shoes on the cover of an album, and Come Together was supposed to mean at his funeral. MAybe people should stop trying so hard to find 'hidden meanings' and stop playing their music backwards looking for little things that really aren't there. I realize they were heavy into drugs, but I really don't think they tried to push them on anyone, and their music was too important to them to do that.

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Bite Me
05-09-2002

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To nikkileemn: "Smoke pot..." is really there, you bitch! Did you even bother to look for it? Everyone knows the band were potheads, and yes, sometimes bands DO put hidden messages in music, even backwards ( Some, like the thing at the end of Prince's "Darling Nikki" are obviously intentional because they sound like gibberish forward). The Beatles wrote the book on weird stuff like this (The "Paul is dead" thing was wonderful!) The ex-singer of Judas Priest even admitted to putting clues that he is gay is their songs. People like you, nikkileemn, are such ignorant assholes!

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roger wilco
05-14-2002

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it is true that the Beatles deliberately put hidden messages and meanings in their album covers and lyrics and recordings just to keep their fans frothing at the mouth.

the Beatles never took themselves seriously. their music may have taken a serious tone by the time Sgt Pepper was done, but the Beatles never took themselves seriously as a band.

John, for one, resented all the hype and worked feverishly toward the end of the Beatles' career (along with Yoko) to destroy any little box the media and the fans tried to put them in.

"I Am the Walrus" was based on Carroll's "The Walrus & The Carpenter" as Jabbatut pointed out, but was more along the lines of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" in terms of nonsense.

the lyrics all have some foundation in Lennon's childhood and early adult life pre-Beatles.

the lyric about the Eggman is supposedly about Eric Burdon, of fellow Brit band the Animals (House of the Rising Sun). Eric Burdon apparently liked to involve eggs in the bedroom, and John was taking the piss out of him. the Eggmen would be the rest of the Animals.

and yes, tho debatable, it does sound as if there is a crowd chanting "Smoke pot, Smoke Pot, Everybody Smoke pot" in the background.

also amidst the flurry of voices in the end of the song you can hear the Beatles singing the lyrics from their past hits, which is something they did quite often!

John actually wrote the song after he found out a class at an English University was started for the sole purpose of deciphering the Beatles' lyrics.

reportedly, after recording the song, Lennon smiled to producer George Martin and said, "There, let those buggers figure that one out."



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HubCap1438
05-22-2002

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this is the best of what i consider the "new school" or "hippy" beatles. great song.

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HubCap1438
05-30-2002

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i've heard that john wrote this song to screw up people that always try to analyze songs. did a pretty good job so far.

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pkjun
06-02-2002

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LOL@BWoodmeyer

Best thing I've seen all day

LOL

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*Lady_Elvenhair*
06-03-2002

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Stop it, I have to die laughing... :)

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pkjun
06-03-2002

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By the way, the words in the middle are (with times)

Osw. Slave, (3:53) Thou hast slain me:- villian, take my purse. If ever thou wilt thrive, (4:02) bury my body, and give the (4:05) letters which thous findest about me to (4:08) Edmund Earl of Gloster. (4:10) Seek him out upon the British party. :- O, (4:14) Untimely Death!
Edg. (4:23) I know thee well, a (4:25) serviceable villain. As duteous to the (4:27) vices of thy mistress as badness would desire.
Glo. What, is he dead?
Edg. (4:31) Sit you down father, rest you. (Ends) Let's see these pockets, the letters that he speaks of may be my friends.. He's dead. I am only sorry he had no other deaths man.

King Lear :)

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wishiwasemo
06-06-2002

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i've heard this is related to the paul is dead theory (i'm very interested in it if anyone wishes to share clues). supposedly when humpty dumpty fell off the wall he said "goo goo g'joob" in some version. paul is the walrus on the cover on magical mystery tour so he is the one cracking his head like humpty dumpty...i know its weird and i don't entirely believe it but i thought it was interesting

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PRETTYlittlePIGGIES
06-08-2002

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Who cares what you heard or what this song is "supposed to mean," what difference would it make, either you like the song or not.... Im pretty sure that John didnt write this song and think *this song is only gonna have one significant meaning*... In my opinion, anyway you guys interperate this song, if it makes you happy or it depresses you or it just gave you the meaning of life, its all right ... :)

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sammy4770
06-12-2002

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they are almost definitely saying "everybody smoke pot" at the end of the song- some brilliant shit, whatever the song means

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sammy4770
06-12-2002

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they are almost definitely saying "everybody smoke pot" at the end of the song- some brilliant shit, whatever the song means

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butterfingersbeck
06-14-2002

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Sorry to disappoint you but (according to George Martin's original hand-written score) the voices are actually singing "Got one, got one, ev'rybody's got one!" and "Oompah, oompah, stick it up yer jumpah!" They were professional singers hired in for the session, and also did the "wooooh!"s and the various "hee-hee-hee, ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho" bits. Also, the lines from Shakespeare's "King Lear" were mixed in live from a BBC radio broadcast - it was just a coincidence that it was on air at the time.

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MetaLuna
06-15-2002

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Thank you, butterfingers. I was about to go ballistic on these people for saying "Everybody smoke pot." Argh.

When being interviewed once, John was asked "Everybody's got one what?" and he said "One asshole, one penis, one vagina, you name it."

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Lem
06-20-2002

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The story I heard about this song was that it was written at a time when people were over-analysing The Beatles songs looking for hidden meanings. To make up an imaginary egsample: "When John says 'I wnt to hold your hand', what is he really saying about the socio-economic impact on south-east asia as a progressive result of amazonian logging?" when what he actually means is "I want to hold your hand." So john wrote this one which makes no sense whatsoever and said to Paul: "There you go. Lets see the fuckers try to work this one out."

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