Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 5, 6, 27, 29 September 1967
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott

Released: 24 November 1967 (UK)

Available on:
Magical Mystery Tour
Anthology 2
Love

 

John Lennon: vocals, electric piano
Paul McCartney: bass guitar
George Harrison: electric guitar
Ringo Starr: drums

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 teashirt, 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 goo 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.
Grab a locker 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 goo 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 goo joob, goo goo goo joob.

Expert texpert choking smokers don’t you think the joker at you?
Ha, ha, ha!
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 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 goo joob, goo goo goo joob goo
Googoojoob…