Track 09: I am the eggman
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I am the eggman
My Beatles tribute. The Maharishi’s decaying ashram at Rishikesh was a hoot and yes, his bathroom was a beautiful blue (apart from the cowpats on the floor). I loved all the giant egg meditation cells, too, and strangely enough egg-shaped water towers, too).
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I made a youtube video of this, using my own photgraphs and some old beatles clips from Rishikesh.
words and music by Martin Stirrup 2006
Went up to Rishikesh from Haridwar
Just on a whim it didn’t seem so far
We crossed the Ganges at a quarter to two
I am the eggman, goo goo ga joob
Went to the Ashram where the Beatles had been
Though it was wasted there was much to be seen
The maharishi’s bathroom was a beautiful blue
I am the eggman, goo goo ga joob
The architecture owed a lot to Dali
But mother nature was now running free
Where once the Beatles now the monkeys chewed
I am the eggman, goo goo ga joob
Sat in the lotus in an egg-shaped cell
As a photo opportunity it went down well
Where once the yogic flyers numbered 42
I am the eggman, goo goo ga joob
I believe the Mahesh Yogi now has a Dutch abode
And his transcendental presence here has started to implode
The good folks of Haridwar have got a new guru
I am the eggman, goo goo ga joob