The Three Most Psychedelic Popular Rock Songs of the Sixties
White Rabbit, Purple Haze, I Am The Walrus
White Rabbit
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall
Tell ’em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call
He called Alice, when she was just small
When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you’ve just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice, I think she’ll know
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen’s off with her head
Remember what the Dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Grace Wing Slick
White Rabbit lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Purple Haze
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately, things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny but I don’t know why
‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze all around
Don’t know if I’m comin’ up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Help me (help me)
Help me
Oh, no, no, no
Uhh, ahh
Uhh, ahh
Uhh, ahh
Uhh, ahh
Yeah
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don’t know if it’s day or night
You got me blowin’, blow my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
No, help me
Ah, yeah, purple haze
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Tell me, girl, tell me (help me)
I can’t go on like this
You’re makin’ me blow my mind (help me)
No, no (help me)
No, no (help me)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze lyrics © Experience Hendrix Llc.
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 tee shirt,
Stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you been a naughty boy,
You let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, (Ooh)
They are the eggmen, (Ooh)
I am the walrus,
Goo goo g’ joob.
Mister city p’liceman sitting pretty
Little p’licemen 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, (Ooh)
They are the eggmen, (Ooh)
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 texpert choking smokers,
Don’t you think the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile,
Like pigs in a sty, see how they snied.
I’m crying.
Semolina pilchards
Climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Element’ry penguin singing Hare Krishna,
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, (Ooh)
They are the eggmen, (Ooh)
I am the walrus,
Goo goo g’ joob..
Goo goo g’ joob,
G’ goo goo g’ joob,
Goo goo g’ joob, goo goo g’ goo g’ goo goo g’ joob joob
Note: I could have as easily gone with Strawberry Fields Forever, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, or a A Day in the Life. The Beatles were definitely the most psychedelic band — sorry, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane!
