I am the walrus
("No, you are not!" said little Nicora)


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 tee-shirt, 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 g'joob.

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 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 the eggmen.
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, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
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 hari 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 g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.


というわけで、色々な事がありながらも、
今年も無事にこの日を迎えることが出来た事に感謝。

毎年このページの選曲には悩むんだけど、
今年は俺が一番好きなThe Beatles時代の彼の代表曲。

毎年この時期には彼や彼のバンドの曲を選んでは
ヘビーローテーションするんですけど、今年はカバーバージョンを
好んで聴いてます。

歌詞に意味を求めてしまうのが俺の悪い癖なんだろうけど、
単語の響きをただ単に楽しめるほど、今の俺のEnglish skillsは十分じゃない訳で…
それがちょっと残念ではあります。


 あと2年で彼が逝ってしまってから30年も経つなんて、
やっぱり全然実感が湧かないんですが、
1日1日を重ねつつ、これからもきっと生きて行くんだろうな…

きっと、ぼちぼちと(笑)


2008.12.08.
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