I love song lyrics and without the ability to write them, I'd be in a constant stupor of depression. When I was about 12 years old, I heard the Beatles song I am the Walrus for the first time. It was then that I realized that both music and lyrics could be far more than what I had previously considered. The lyrics still take me back to being a boy in my room staring at my boom box, fixated on the odd sounds, lyrics, imagery and textures this song gave me. It changed me forever: "I Am The Walrus" 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, they are the eggmen
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See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
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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 goo 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
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Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ha ha ha! He he he! 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 Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
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