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I Yam What I Yam (Popeye's Declaration of Self)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Doug Dillard
Doug Dillard
Performer
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Performer
Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson
Performer
Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann
Performer
The Mysterious Karsten
The Mysterious Karsten
Performer
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks
Performer
Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson
Composer

Lyrics

You don't have to be no fish to tell when you're flounderin'
What am I? Some kind of barnacles on the dinghy of life?
I ain't no doctors but I knows when I'm losin' me patiensk
What am I? Some kind of judge, or a lawyers?
Aw, maybe not; but I knows what laws suits me
So what am I? I ain't no physciscisk, but I knows what matters
What am I? I'm Popeye, the sailor
And I yam what I yam what I yam and I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam 'cause I yam what I yam
And I gots a lot of muskle and I only gots one eye
And I never hurts nobodys and I'll never tell a lie
Tops to me bottoms and me bottoms to me top
And that's the way it is 'till the day that I drop
What am I?
I yam what I yam!
I yam what I yam what I yam what I yam what I yam
I can open up an ockean I can take a lot of sail
I can lose a lot of waters and I'll never have to bail
I can pushk up Madagascar grab a whale by the tail
What am I?
What am I?
I yam what I yam!
I'm Popeye, the sailor
I'm Popeye, the sailor
I'm Popeye, the sailor
I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam
I yam what I yam what I yam what I yam
I'm Popeye the sailor man!
Written by: Harry Nilsson
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