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Excerpt from Shakespeare | Lyrical Interpretation
This
excerpt is from Pete Shotton's excellent book 'The Beatles,
(If
you're not familiar, Pete Shotton was Lennon's closest boyhood pal, an
"One
afternoon, while taking "lucky dips" into the day's sack of
fan
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"John
and I howled in laughter over the absurdity of it all.
"Pete,"
Yellow matter custard, green slop pie,
All mixed together with a dead dog's eye,
Slap it on a butty, ten foot thick,
Then wash it all down with a cup of cold sick.
"That's
it!" said John. "Fantastic!"
He found a pen, commenced
He
turned to me, smiling. "let
the f*ckers work THAT one out, Pete."
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King
Lear Act Four, Scene 6, lines 249-259:
Oswald:
Slave, thou hast slain me. Villain, take my purse.
If
ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body
And
give the letters which you find'st about me
To
Edmund, Earl of Gloucester. Seek him out
Upon
the English party. O, untimely death!
Death!
[He dies]
Edgar:
I know thee well: a serviceable villain,
As
duteous to the vices of thy mistress
As
badness would desire.
Gloucester:
What, is he dead?
Edgar:
Sit you down, father. Rest you. [Gloucester sits.]
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I
AM THE WALRUS
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INTERPRETATION
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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
t-shirt, stupid bloody
Tuesday man
you been a naughty boy you
let your face grow long I
am the eggman They
are eggmen I
am the Walrus Goo
goo ga 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, 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 eggmen I
am the Walrus Goo
goo ga 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 eggmen I
am the Walrus Goo
goo ga joob Expert
texpert 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 snide I'm
crying Semolina
pilchards climbing
up the Eiffel Tower Elementary
penguin singing
Hare Krishna man
you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe I
am the eggman They
are eggmen I
am the Walrus Goo goo ga joob |
We
are all spirits of the same God therefore
we are all the same Man
on earth today for the most part denys
this simple beautiful truth That
they do is a sad thing Cookie-cutter
conformist capitalists that
take carpools to work all
dressed the same, in their boring day-to-day
jobs and
criticize people like John Lennon who
don't look like they do I
am a spirit of God And
so are you I
am God (and therefore so are you) Isn't
that Wonderful? The
policemen (the establishment) look
pretty and officious in their
uniforms But
when it comes down to doing the right
thing and helping people They
just sell out That
they do is a sad thing Very
sad Man's
inhumanity to man gets worse and
more ludicrous and disgusting every
day And
those that are not corrupt monetarily
are corrupt morally I
am a spirit of God And
so are you I
am God (and therefore so are you) Isn't
that Wonderful? If
you just relax and get into a calm
state you can see the simple
beauty of life And
the world goes on if you do or
not I
am a spirit of God And
so are you I
am God (and therefore so are you) Isn't
that Wonderful? The
morally corrupt think they're cheating
fate And
don't realize that they're going to have to pay in the end But
they just go innocently on not
caring about the world ----- That
they do is a sad thing Some
people try to reach God in the
strangest ways But
even the lowly animals know know
how to be one with God And
even if you're a good person you
shouldn't expect praise
I am a spirit of God And
so are you I
am God (and therefore so are you) Isn't that Wonderful? |