I Am the Walrus

The Beatles * Track #6 On Magical Mystery Tour

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Album Magical Mystery Tour

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The Beatles

1967

I Am the Walrus by The Beatles

Release Date

Fri Nov 24 1967

Performed by

The Beatles

Produced by

George Martin

Writed by

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

About

“I Am the Walrus” was made up of three distinctly different songs–the first is the beginning of the song, which John was given the idea of by hearing a distant police siren. The second song was about John sitting in his garden at home (“sitting in an English garden…”). The third was a song which was...

I Am the Walrus Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 cryin'

[Verse 2]
Sitting on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you've been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long

[Chorus]
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo a'joob

[Verse 3]
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 cryin', I'm cryin'
I'm cryin', I'm cryin'

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus]
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo a'joob

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
I am the egg man (Now good sir, what are you?)
They are the egg men (A poor man, made tame to fortune's blows)
I am the walrus
Goo goo goo joob (Good pity)
G'goo goo g'joob

[Verse 5]
Expert, textpert, choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
(Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, ha ha ha)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snied
I'm cryin'

[Verse 6]
Semolina pilchard
Climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking
Edgar Allan Poe

[Chorus]
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo a'joob g'goo goo g'joob, g'goo
Joob! Joob! Joob!

[Bridge]
Joob! Joob! Joob!
Joob! Joob! Joob! Joob! Joob!
Joob! Joob!
Joob! Joob!

[Outro]
Umpa, umpa, stick it up your jumper
Everybody's got one, everybody's got one
“Villain, take my Purse
If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my Body
And give the Letters which thou findst about me
To Edmund Earl of Gloucester: seek him out upon the English Party
Oh, untimely death, 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”

I Am the Walrus Q&A

Who wrote I Am the Walrus's ?

I Am the Walrus was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney.

Who produced I Am the Walrus's ?

I Am the Walrus was produced by George Martin.

When did The Beatles release I Am the Walrus?

The Beatles released I Am the Walrus on Fri Nov 24 1967.

Was this released as a single?

Lennon wanted it to be released as an A-side, but George Martin considered “Hello, Goodbye” to be more commercially viable. “I Am The Walrus” ended up on the B-side of “Hello, Goodbye” and on the Magical Mystery Tour EP. Lennon complained about becoming “Paul’s backup band”, even though their previo...

How is Giles Martin's "Love" remix different?

“I Am The Walrus” is one of the more conservative Love remixes. Studio chatter is added to the intro and a screaming crowd is cross-faded in the outro to assist a smooth transition into “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. No elements from other songs are added.

What did The Beatles say about "I Am the Walrus"?

John Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank High School, which he had attended. The writer mentioned that the English master was making his class analyse Beatles' lyrics. (Lennon wrote an answer, dated 1 September 1967, which was auctioned by Christie’s of London in 1992.) Lennon, amus...

Were drugs used in the making of this song?

Yes—the first two lines of the song were written on LSD. Also, consider the lyrical reference to the group’s own ode to LSD:

See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run