B i o g r a p h y (by William Ruhlmann & Richie Unterberger)
The Doors, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morrison, vocals; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics. The group signed to Elektra Records in 1966 and released its first album, The Doors, featuring the hit "Light My Fire," in 1967. Like "Light My Fire," the debut album was a massive hit, and endures as one of the most exciting, groundbreaking recordings of the psychedelic era. Blending blues, classical, Eastern music, and pop into sinister but beguiling melodies, the band sounded like no other. With his rich, chilling vocals and somber poetic visions, Morrison explored the depths of the darkest and most thrilling aspects of the psychedelic experience. Their first effort was so stellar, in fact, that the Doors were hard-pressed to match it, and although their next few albums contained a wealth of first-rate material, the group also began running up against the limitations of their recklessly disturbing visions. By their third album, they had exhausted their initial reservoir of compositions, and some of the tracks they hurriedly devised to meet public demand were clearly inferior to, and imitative of, their best early work.
On The Soft Parade, the group experimented with brass sections, with mixed results. Accused (without much merit) by much of the rock underground as pop sellouts, the group charged back hard with the final two albums they recorded with Morrison, on which they drew upon stone-cold blues for much of their inspiration, especially on 1971's L.A. Woman. From the start, the Doors' focus was the charismatic Morrison, who proved increasingly unstable over the group's brief career. In 1969, Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure during a concert in Miami, an incident that nearly derailed the band. Nevertheless, the Doors managed to turn out a series of successful albums and singles through 1971, when, upon the completion of L.A. Woman, Morrison decamped for Paris. He died there, apparently of a drug overdose. The three surviving Doors tried to carry on without him, but ultimately disbanded. Yet the Doors' music and Morrison's legend continued to fascinate succeeding generations of rock fans: In the mid-'80s, Morrison was as big a star as he'd been in the mid-'60s, and Elektra has sold numerous quantities of the Doors' original albums plus reissues and releases of live material over the years, while publishers have flooded bookstores with Doors and Morrison biographies. In 1991, director Oliver Stone made The Doors, a feature film about the group starring Val Kilmer as Morrison.
The Doors - 1967-01-04 -
Break on through Soul Kitchen The crystal ship Twentieth century fox Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) Light my fire Back door man I looked at you End of the night Take it as it comes The end
Strange Days - 1967-09-25 -
Strange days You're lost little girl Love me two times Unhappy girl Horse latitudes Moonlight drive People are strange My eyes have seen you I can't see your face in my mind When the music's over
Waiting for the sun - 1968-07-03 -
Hello, I love you Love street Not to touch the earth Summer's almost gone Wintertime love The unknown soldier Spanish caravan My wild love We could be so good together Yes, the river knows Five to one
Morrison Hotel - 1970-02-09 -
Roadhouse blues Waiting for the sun You make me real Peace frog Blue sunday Ship of fools Land Ho! The spy Queen of the highway Indian summer Maggie M'Gill
Get Up And Dance 4 Billion Souls Verdilac Hardwood Floor Good Rockin' The Mosquito The Piano Bird It Slipped My Mind The Peking King And The New York Queen
An American Prayer - 1978-11-17 -
American Night The World on Fire Lament The Hitchhiker An American Prayer Hour for magic Freedom Exists A feast of friends Babylon Fading Bird of Prey The Ghost Song
Orange County Suite Paris Blues Radio dark night Rock Is Dead Rock me Search on, man She Smells So Nice Someday Soon Stoned immaculate Texas Radio and The Big Beat #1 The Celebration of the lizard The end (live) The holy shah Under waterfall Universal mind Whiskey, Mystics And Men Who do you love Who scared you Winter Photography Woman in the window Woman Is A Devil
The doors Break on through You know the day destroys the night Night divides the day Tried to run Tried to hide Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side, yeah We chased our pleasures here Dug our treasures there But can you still recall The time we cried Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Everybody loves my baby Everybody loves my baby She gets, she gets, she gets She gets high I found an island in your arms A country in your eyes Arms that chain us Eyes that lied Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Break on through, oh, oh yeah ! Made the scene from week to week Day to day, hour to hour The gate is straight Deep and wide Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Break on through, break on through Break on through, break on through Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Soul kitchen Well, the clock says it's time to close now I guess I'd better go now I'd really like to stay here all night The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes Street lights share their hollow glow Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise Still one place to go Still one place to go Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen Warm my mind near your gentle stove Turn me out and I'll wander, baby Stumbling in the neon groves Your fingers weave quick minarets Speak in secret alphabets I light another cigarette Learn to forget, learn to forget Learn to forget, learn to forget Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen Warm my mind near your gentle stove Turn me out and I'll wander, baby Stumbling in the neon groves Well the clock says it's time to close now I know I have to go now I really want to stay here all night All night All night The crystal ship Before you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss Another kiss The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane We'll meet again We'll meet again Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why You'd rather cry I'd rather fly The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back I'll drop a line
Twentieth century fox Well, she's fashionably lean And she's fashionably late She'll never rank a scene She'll never break a date But she's no drag Just watch the way she walks She's a twentieth century fox She's a twentieth century fox No tears, no fears No ruined years No clocks She's a twentieth century fox She's the queen of cool And she's the lady who waits Since her mind left school It never hesitates She won't waste time On elementary talk 'Cause she's a twentieth century fox She's a twentieth century fox Got the world locked up Inside a plastic box She's a twentieth century fox, oh yeah Twentieth century fox, oh yeah Twentieth century fox She's a twentieth century fox
*** Thanx a lot to Hank who updated this one *** Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) ( Brecht )
Well, show me the way To the next whiskey bar Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why Show me the way To the next whiskey bar Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why For if we don't find The next whiskey bar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey, oh, you know why Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey, oh, you know why Well, show me the way To the next little girl Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why Show me the way To the next little girl Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why For if we don't find The next little girl I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die Oh, moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey, oh, you know why
Light my fire You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire, yeah The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Back door man Whoa, yeah! C'mon, yeah Yeah, c'mon, yeah Yeah, c'mon Oh, yeah, ma Yeah, I'm a back door man I'm a back door man The men don't know But the little girls understand Hey, all you people that tryin' to sleep I'm out to make it with my midnight dream, yeah 'Cause I'm a back door man The men don't know But the little girls understand All right, yeah You men eat your dinner Eat your pork and beans I eat more chicken Than any man ever seen, yeah, yeah I'm a back door man, what The men don't know But the little girls understand Well, I'm a back door man I'm a back door man Whoa, baby, I'm a back door man The men don't know But the little girls understand
I looked at you I looked at you You looked me I smiled at you You smiled at me And we're on our way No we can't turn back Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back 'Cause it's too late Too late, too late Too late, too late And we're on our way No we can't turn back Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back I walked with you You walked with me I talked to you You talked to me And we're on our way No, we can't turn back Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back 'Cause it's too late Too late, too late Too late, too late And we're on our way No, we can't turn back Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back 'Cause it's too late Too late, too late Too late, too late
End of the night Take the highway to the end of the night End of the night End of the night Take a journey to the bright midnight End of the night End of the night Realms of bliss Realms of light Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night End of the night End of the night End of the night End of the night Realms of bliss Realms of light Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night End of the night End of the night End of the night End of the night Take it as it comes Time to live Time to lie Time to laugh Time to die Take it easy, baby Take it as it comes Don't move too fast if you want your love to last You've been movin' much too fast Time to walk Time to run Time to aim your arrows At the sun Take it easy, baby Take it as it comes Don't move too fast if you want your love to last You've been movin' much too fast Go real slow You like it more and more Take it as it comes Specialize in havin' fun Take it easy, baby Take it as it comes Don't move too fast if you want your love to last You've been movin' much too fast Movin' much too fast Movin' much too fast The End This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of everything that stands The end No safety or surprise The end I'll never look into your eyes again Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain And all the children are insane All the children are insane Waiting for the summer rain There's danger on the edge of town Ride the King's highway Weird scenes inside the gold mine Ride the highway West, baby Ride the snake Ride the snake To the lake To the lake The ancient lake, baby The snake is long Seven miles Ride the snake He's old And his skin is cold The West is the best The West is the best Get here and we'll do the rest The blue bus is calling us The blue bus is calling us Driver, where are you taking us? The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived And then he paid a visit to his brother And then he walked on down the hall And he came to a door And he looked inside Father Yes son? I want to kill you Mother, I want to. . . C'mon baby, take a chance with us C'mon baby, take a chance with us C'mon baby, take a chance with us And meet me at the back of the blue bus Doin' a blue rock on a blue bus Doin' a blue rock C'mon, yeah Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end It hurts to set you free But you'll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of nights we tried to die This is the end
Strange days Strange days Strange days have found us Strange days have tracked us down They're going to destroy our casual joys We shall go on playing or find a new town Strange eyes fill strange rooms Voices will signal their tired end The hostess is grinning Her guests sleep from sinning Hear me talk of sin and you know this is it Strange days have found us And through their strange hours We linger alone Bodies confused Memories misused As we run from the day To a strange night of stone You're lost little girl You're lost, little girl You're lost, little girl You're lost Tell me who are you? Think that you know what to do Impossible yes But it's true I think that you know what to do Yeah Sure that you know what to do You're lost, little girl You're lost, little girl You're lost Tell me who are you? Think that you know what to do Impossible yes But it's true I think that you know what to do Girl Sure that you know what to do You're lost, little girl You're lost, little girl You're lost Love me two times Love me two times, baby Love me twice today Love me two times, girl I'm goin' away Love me two times, girl One for tomorrow One just for today Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me one time I could not speak Love me one time Yeah, my knees got weak Love me two times, girl Last me all through the week Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me one time I could not speak Love me one time Yeah, my knees got weak Love me two times, girl Last me all through the week Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times, baby Love me twice today Love me two times, girl I'm goin' away Love me two times, girl One for tomorrow One just for today Love me two times I'm goin' away Love me two times, baby Love me twice today Love me two times, girl I'm goin' away
Unhappy girl Unhappy girl Left all alone Playing solitaire Playing warden to your soul You are locked in a prison of your own device And you can't believe what it does to me To see you cryin' Unhappy girl Tear your web away Saw thru all your bars Melt your cell today You are caught in a prison of your own device Unhappy girl Fly fast away Don't miss your chance To swim in mystery You are dying in a prison of your own device
Horse latitudes When the still sea conspires an armor And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over Moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Uh-huh Let's climb thru the tide Penetrate the evenin' that the city sleeps to hide Let's swim out tonight, love It's our turn to try Parked beside the ocean On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Uh-huh Let's climb thru the tide Surrender to the waiting worlds that lap against our side Nothin' left open And no time to decide We've stepped into a river On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Let's climb thru the tide You reach a hand to hold me But I can't be your guide Easy to love you as I watch you glide Falling through wet forests On our moonlight drive Moonlight drive C'mon, baby, gonna take a little ride Goin' down by the ocean side Gonna get real close Get real tight Baby gonna drown tonight Goin' down, down, down
*** Thanx a lot to Kalynnn who corrected a mistake *** People are strange People are strange when you're a stranger Faces look ugly when you're alone Women seem wicked when you're unwanted Streets are uneven when you're down When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange People are strange when you're a stranger Faces look ugly when you're alone Women seem wicked when you're unwanted Streets are uneven when you're down When you're strange Faces come out of the rain When you're strange No one remembers your name When you're strange When you're strange When you're strange
My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Stand in your door Meet inside Show me some more Show me some more Show me some more My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Turn and stare Fix your hair Move upstairs Move upstairs Move upstairs My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Free from disguise Gazing on a city Under television skies Television skies Television skies My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Eyes have seen you Let them photograph your soul Memorize your alleys On an endless roll Endless roll Endless roll Endless roll
I can't see your face in my mind I can't see your face in my mind I can't see your face in my mind Carnival dogs consume the lines Can't see your face in my mind Don't you cry Baby Please don't cry And don't look at me with your eyes I can't seem to find the right lie I can't seem to find the right lie Insanity's horse adorns the sky Can't seem to find the right lie Carnival dogs consume the lines Can't see your face in my mind Don't you cry Baby Please don't cry I won't need your picture Until we say goodbye When the music's over Yeah, c'mon When the music's over When the music's over here When the music's over Turn out the lights Turn out the lights Turn out the lights When the music's over When the music's over When the music's over Turn out the lights Turn out the lights Turn out the lights For the music is your special friend Dance on fire as it intends Music is your only friend Until the end Until the end Until the end Cancel my subscription to the resurrection Send my credentials to the house of detention I got some friends inside The face in the mirror won't stop The girl in the window won't drop A feast of friends alive she cried Waiting for me outside Before I sink into the big sleep I want to hear I want to hear The scream of the butterfly Come back, baby Back into my arms We're getting tired of hangin' around Waitin' around With our heads to the ground I hear a very gentle sound Very near Yet very far Very soft Yet very clear Come today Come today What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister? Ravaged and plundered And ripped her And bit her Stuck her with knives In the side of the dawn And tied her with fences And dragged her down I hear a very gentle sound With your ear down to the ground— We want the world and we want it, We want the world and we want it, now Now? Now! Persian night! babe See the light! babe Save us! Jesus! Save us! So when the music's over When the music's over, yeah When the music's over Turn out the light Turn out the light For the music is your special friend Dance on fire as it intends Music is your only friend Until the end Until the end Until the end So when the music's over When the music's over, yeah When the music's over Turn out the light Turn out the light
Waiting for the sun
Hello, I love you Hello, I love you Won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you Let me jump in your game Hello, I love you Won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you Let me jump in your game She's walking down the street Blind to every eye she meets Do you think you'll be the guy To make the queen of the angels sigh? Hello, I love you Won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you Let me jump in your game Hello, I love you Won't you tell me your name? Hello, I love you Let me jump in your game She holds her head so high Like a statue in the sky Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long When she moves my brain screams out this song Sidewalk crouches at her feet Like a dog that begs for something sweet Do you hope to make her see, you fool? Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel? Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello I want you Hello I need my baby Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello Love street She lives on Love Street Lingers long on Love Street She has a house and garden I would like to see what happens She has robes and she has monkeys Lazy diamond studded flunkies She has wisdom and knows what to do She has me and she has you She has wisdom and knows what to do She has me and she has you I see you live on Love Street There's this store where the creatures meet I wonder what they do in there Summer Sunday and a year I guess I like it fine, so far She lives on Love Street Lingers long on Love Street She has a house and garden I would like to see what happens La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la Not to touch the earth Not to touch the earth Not to see the sun Nothing left to do, but Run, run, run Let's run Let's run House upon the hill Moon is lying still Shadows of the trees Witnessing the wild breeze C'mon baby run with me Let's run Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill Rich are the rooms and the comforts there Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs And you won't know a thing till you get inside Dead president's corpse in the driver's car The engine runs on glue and tar Come on along, not goin' very far To the East to meet the Czar Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run Whoa! Some outlaws lived by the side of a lake The minister's daughter's in love with the snake Who lives in a well by the side of the road Wake up, girl, we're almost home Ya, c'mon! We should see the gates by mornin' We should be inside the evenin' Sun, sun, sun Burn, burn, burn Soon, soon, soon Moon, moon, moon I will get you Soon! Soon! Soon! I am the Lizard King I can do anything
Summer's almost gone Summer's almost gone Summer's almost gone Almost gone Yeah, it's almost gone Where will we be When the summer's gone? Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burn gold into our hair At night, we swim the laughin' sea When summer's gone Where will we be Where will we be Where will we be Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burn gold into our hair At night, we swim the laughin' sea When summer's gone Where will we be Summer's almost gone Summer's almost gone We had some good times But they're gone The winter's comin' on Summer's almost gone Wintertime love Wintertime winds blow cold the season Fallen in love, I'm hopin' to be Wind is so cold, is that the reason? Keeping you warm, your hands touching me Come with me dance, my dear Winter's so cold this year You are so warm My wintertime love to be Winter time winds blue and freezin' Comin' from northern storms in the sea Love has been lost, is that the reason? Trying desperately to be free Come with me dance, my dear Winter's so cold this year And you are so warm My wintertime love to be La, la, la, la Come with me dance, my dear Winter's so cold this year You are so warm My wintertime love to be The unknown soldier Wait until the war is over And we're both a little older The unknown soldier Breakfast where the news is read Television children fed Unborn living, living, dead Bullet strikes the helmet's head And it's all over For the unknown soldier It's all over For the unknown soldier Hut Hut Hut ho hee up Hut Hut Hut ho hee up Hut Hut Hut ho hee up Comp'nee Halt Preeee-zent! Arms! Make a grave for the unknown soldier Nestled in your hollow shoulder The unknown soldier Breakfast where the news is read Television children fed Bullet strikes the helmet's head And, it's all over The war is over It's all over The war is over Well, all over, baby All over, baby Oh, over, yeah All over, baby Wooooo, hah-hah All over All over, baby Oh, woa-yeah All over All over Heeeeyyyy Spanish caravan Carry me Caravan take me away Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain Andalusia with fields full of grain I have to see you again and again Take me, Spanish Caravan Yes, I know you can Trade winds find Galleons lost in the sea I know where treasure is waiting for me Silver and gold in the mountains of Spain I have to see you again and again Take me, Spanish Caravan Yes, I know you can My wild love My wild love went ridin' She rode all the day She wrote to the devil And asked him to pay The devil was wiser It's time to repent He asked her to give back The money she spent My wild love went ridin' She rode to the sea She gathered together Some shells for her head She rode and she rode on She rode for a while Then stopped for an evenin' And lay her head down She rode on to Christmas She rode to the farm She rode to Japan And we entered a town By this time the river Had changed one degree She asked for the people To let her go free My wild love is crazy She screams like a bird She moans like a cat When she wants to be heard My wild love went ridin' She rode for an hour She rode and she rested And then she rode on Ride, c'mon
*** Thanx a lot to Kalynnn who corrected a mistake *** We could be so good together We could be so good together Ya, so good together We could be so good together Ya, we could, I know we could Tell you lies I tell you wicked lies Tell you lies Tell you wicked lies Tell you 'bout the world that we'll invent Wanton world without lament Enterprise, expedition Invitation and invention Ya, so good together Ah, so good together We could be so good together Ya, we could, know we could Alright! Do da do do do do do bup bup de day We could be so good together Ya, so good together We could be so good together Ya, we could, know we could Tell you lies Tell you wicked lies Tell you lies Tell you wicked lies The time you wait subtracts the joy Beheads the angels you destroy Angels fight, angels cry Angels dance and angels die Ya, so good together Ah, but so good together We could be so good together Ya, we could, know we could Yes, the river knows Please believe me The river told me Very softly Want you to hold me, ooo Free fall flow, river flow On and on it goes Breath under water 'till the end Free fall flow, river flow On and on it goes Breath under water 'till the end Yes, the river knows Please believe me If you don't need me I'm going, but I need a little time I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine Please believe me The river told me Very softly Want you to hold me, ooo I'm going, but I need a little time I promised I would drown myself in mystic heated wine Free fall flow, river flow On and on it goes Breath under water 'till the end Free fall flow, river flow On and on it goes Breath under water 'till the end
*** Thanx a lot to Amanda & Kalynnn & Jason who corrected a mistake *** Five to one Yeah, c'mon Love my girl She lookin' good C'mon One more Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive, now You get yours, baby I'll get mine Gonna make it, baby If we try The old get old And the young get stronger May take a week And it may take longer They got the guns But we got the numbers Gonna win, yeah We're takin' over Come on! Yeah! Your ballroom days are over, baby Night is drawing near Shadows of the evening crawl across the years You walk across the floor with a flower in your hand Trying to tell me no one understands Trade in your hours for a handful dimes Gonna' make it, baby, in our prime Come together one more time Get together one more time Get together one more time Get together, aha Get together one more time! Get together one more time! Get together one more time Get together one more time Get together, gotta, get together Ohhhhhhhh! Hey, c'mon, honey You won't have along wait for me, baby I'll be there in just a little while You see, I gotta go out in this car with these people and... Get together one more time Get together one more time Get together, got to Get together, got to Get together, got to Take you up in my room and... Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah Love my girl She lookin' good, lookin' real good Love ya, c'mon
The soft parade
Tell all the people
Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Set them free Follow me down You tell them they don't have to run We're gonna pick up everyone Come on, take me by the hand Gonna bury all our troubles in the sand, Oh yeah Can't you see the wonder at your feet Your life's complete Follow me down Can't you see me growing, get your guns The time has come To follow me down Follow me across the sea Where milky babies seem to be Molded, flowing revelry With the one that set them free Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down Tell all the people that you see It's just me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Follow me Follow me down Follow me down You got to follow me down Follow me down Tell all the people that you see We'll be free Follow me down Touch me Yeah!, C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now Touch me, babe Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that she made? Now, I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky For you and I C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now Now touch me, baby Can't you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won't you tell me what she said? What was that promise that she made? I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I I'm gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I'm gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky For you and I Shaman's blues There will never be Another one like you There will never be Another one who can Do the things you do, Oh Will you give another chance? Will you try a little try? Please stop and you'll remember We were together Aanyway All right! Now, if you have a certain evening You could lend to me I'd give it all right back to you Know how it has to be, with you I know your moods And your mind And your mind And your mind And your mind And you're mine Will you stop and think and wonder? Just what you'll see Out on the train-yard Nursing penitentiary It's gone I cry out long Go head, brother Did you stop to consider How it will feel, Cold grinding grizzly bear jaws Hot on your heels Do you often stop and whisper It's Saturday's shore The whole world's a savior, Who could ever ever ever ever, ever, ever Ask for more? Do you remember? Will you stop? Will you stop, the pain? There will never be another one Like you There will never be Another one who can Do the things you do, Oh Will you give another chance? Will you try, a little try? Please stop and you'll remember We were together Anyway All right How you must think and wonder How I must feel Out on the meadows While you're on the field I'm alone for you And I cry "He's sweatin', look at him... optical promise... you'll be dead and in hell before I'm born... Sure thing...bridesmaid... The only solution... Isn't it amazing?" Do it Yuppa tuppa ta ta, Yuppa tuppa chic ta Do thang, do thang, Do tuppa thang cho Rikki te tatar, Te teen tar De dow dow, Ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha Yeah Please me, yeah Please baby Please, please Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children You are the ones who will rule the world Listen to me children Listen to me children Please, please, listen to me children Please, please, listen to me children You are the ones who will rule the world You gotta please me All night Please, please listen to me children Said please, please, listen to me children Please, yeah, please me I'm askin' you Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, please listen to me children Please, my children Please, children Please Children Easy ride And I know It will be An easy ride, all right And I know It will be An easy ride, okay The mask that you wore My fingers would explore The costume of control Excitement soon unfolds And I know It will be An easy ride, yeah Joy, fought vaguely With your pride With your pride Like polished stone Like polished stone I see your eyes Like burnin' glass Like burnin' glass I hear you smile, Smile, babe The mask that you wore My fingers would explore The costume of control Excitement soon unfolds Easy, baby Coda queen--be my bride Rage in darkness by my side Seize the summer in your pride Take the winter in your stride Let's ride Easy, easy... All right Wild child All right Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Natural child, terrible child Not your mother's or your father's child Your our child, screamin' wild An ancient lunatic reigns in the trees of the night Ha, ha, ha, ha With hunger at her heels And freedom in her eyes She dances on her knees Pirate prince at her side Staring into the hollow idol's eye Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Your cool face Your cool face You remember when we were in Africa?
*** Thanx a lot to Carol & Kalynnn who corrected a mistake *** Runnin' blue Poor Otis dead and gone Left me here to sing his song Pretty little girl with the red dress on Poor Otis dead and gone Back down, turn around slowly Try it again, remembering when It was easy, try it again Much too easy, remembering when All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues Well, I've got the runnin' blues Runnin' away, back to L.A. Got to find the dock on the bay Maybe find it back in L.A. Runnin' scared Runnin' blue Goin' so fast What'll I do Well, I've got the runnin' blues Runnin' away, back to L.A. Got to find the dock on the bay Maybe find it back in L.A. All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues All right, look at my shoes Not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the runnin' blues Wishful sinful Wishful crystal Water covers everything in blue Cooling water Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue Magic rising Sun is shining deep beneath the sea But not enough for you and me and sunshine Love to hear the wind cry Wishful sinful Our love is beautiful to see I know where I would like to be Right back where I came Wishful, sinful, wicked blue Water covers you Wishful, sinful, wicked you Can't escape the blue Love to hear the wind cry Love to hear you cry, yeah, yeah The soft parade When I was back there in seminary school There was a person there Who put forth the proposition That you can petition the Lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer You cannot petition the lord with prayer! Can you give me sanctuary I must find a place to hide A place for me to hide Can you find me soft asylum I can't make it anymore The Man is at the door Peppermint miniskirts, chocolate candy Champion sax and a girl named Sandy There's only four ways to get unraveled One is to sleep and the other is travel One is a bandit up in the hills One is to love your neighbor till His wife gets home Catacombs Nursery bones Winter women Growing stones (Carrying babies to the river) Streets and shoes, Avenues Leather riders selling news (The monk bought lunch) Successful hills are here to stay Everything must be this way Gentle streets where people play Welcome to the Soft Parade All our lives we sweat and save Building for a shallow grave Must be something else we say Somehow to defend this place (Everything must be this way Everything must be this way) The Soft Parade has now begun Listen to the engines hum People out to have some fun A cobra on my left Leopard on my right, yeah Deer woman in a silk dress Girls with beads about their necks Kiss the hunter of the green vest Who has wrestled before With lions in the night Out of sight! The lights are getting brighter The radio is moaning Calling to the dogs There are still a few animals Left out in the yard But it's getting harder To describe sailors To the underfed Tropic corridor Tropic treasure What got us this far To this mild equator We need someone or something new Something else to get us through Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling on the dogs Calling in the dogs Calling all the dogs Calling on the gods Meet me at the crossroads Meet me at the edge of town Outskirts of the city Just you and I And the evening sky You'd better come alone You'd better bring your gun We're gonna have some fun When all else fails We can whip the horses' eyes And make them sleep And cry....
Morrison Hotel
Roadhouse blues
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse Gonna have a real Good time Yeah, in back of the Roadhouse they got some bungalows Yeah, in back of the Roadhouse they got some bungalows And that's for the people Who like to go down slow Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, all night long Ashen lady, Ashen lady Give up your vows, give up your vows Save our city, save our city Right now Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer Yeah, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer The future's uncertain, and the end is always near Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, all night long
*** Thanx a lot to Andy & Barbara who corrected a mistake *** Waiting for the sun At first flash of Eden We race down to the sea. Standing there on freedom's shore. Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun. Can you feel it, now that spring has come? That it's time to live In the scattered sun. Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun. Waiting for the sun. Waiting... Waiting for you to Come along. Waiting for you to Hear my song. Waiting for you to come along. Waiting for you to tell me what went wrong. This is the strangest life I've ever known. Can't you feel it, now that spring has come? That it's time to live In the scattered sun. Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun Waiting for the sun. Waiting for the sun. You make me real I really want you, really do. Really need you baby, God knows I do. 'Cause I'm not real enough without you; Oh, what can I do? You make me real. You make me feel like lovers feel. You make me throw away mistake and misery. Make me free, love, make me free. I really want you, really do. Really need you baby, really do. Well I'm not real enough without you; Oh, what can I do? You make me real. Only you, baby have that appeal. So let me slide in your tender sunken sea. Make me free, love, make me free. Roll now, baby, roll Well, roll now, baby, roll You gotta roll now, baby, roll Roll now, honey, roll You gotta roll now, baby, roll Make me free You make me real. You make me feel like lovers feel. You make me throw away mistake and misery. Make me free, love, make me free. Make me free, You make me free.
Peace frog There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles There's blood on the streets, it's up to my knee Blood on the streets in the town of Chicago Blood on the rise, it's following me She came... Just about the break of day She came, then she drove away Sunlight in her hair Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh The river runs red down the legs of the city The women are crying red rivers of weeping She came into town and then she drove away Sunlight in her hair Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile egg-shell mind Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice Blood in my love in the terrible summer Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A. Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers Blood will be born in the birth of a nation Blood is the rose of mysterious union There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee Blood in the streets of the town of Chicago Blood on the rise, it's following me
*** Thanx a lot to Kalynnn who corrected a mistake *** Blue sunday I found my own true love was on a blue Sunday. She looked at me and told me I was the only one in the world. Now I have found my girl. My girl awaits for me in tender time. My girl is mine, She is the world, She is my girl. My girl awaits for me in tender time. My girl is mine, She is the world,She is my girl.
Ship of fools The human race was dying out. No one left to scream and shout. People walking on the moon. Smog will get you pretty soon. Everyone was hangin' out. Hangin' up and hangin' down. Hangin' in and holdin' fast. Hope our little world will last. Along came Mr. Goodtrips Looking for a new a ship. Come on, people, better climb on board. Come on, baby, now we're going home. Ship of fools, ship of fools. The human race was dying out. No one left to scream and shout. People walking on the moon. Smog gonna get you pretty soon. Ship of fools, ship of fools. Ship of fools, ship of fools. Ship of fools, ship of fools. Ship of fools. Yeah, climb on board Ship's gonna leave ya far behind Climb on board Ship of fools Ship of fool Land Ho! Grandma loved a sailor who sailed the frozen sea. Grandpa was that whaler and he took me on his knee. He said, "Son, I'm goin' crazy From livin' on the land. Got to find my shipmates and walk on foreign sands." This old man was graceful, with silver in his smile. He smoked a briar pipe and He walked for country miles. Singing songs of shady sisters and old time liberty. Songs of love and songs of death and songs to set men free. I've got three ships and sixty men, a course for ports unread. I'll stand at mast, let north winds blow 'till half of us are dead. Land ho! Well, if I get my hands on a dollar bill Gonna buy a bottle and drink my fill. If I get my hands on a number five Gonna skin that litlle girl alive. If I get my hands on a number two Come back home and marry you, marry you, marry you. All right! Land ho! Yeah, land ho Yeah, land ho Well, if I get back home And I feel all right You know I'm gonna love you tonight Love tonight Love tonight Yeah, land ho! The spy I'm a spy in the house of love. I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of. I know the words that you long to hear. I know your deepest, secret fear. I'm a spy in the house of love. I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of. I know the words that you long to hear. I know your deepest, secret fear. I know ev'rything. Ev'rything you do. Ev'rywhere you go. Ev'ryone you know. I'm a spy in the house of love. I know the dreams, that you're dreamin' of. I know the words that you long to hear. I know your deepest, secret fear. I know your deepest, secret fear. I know your deepest, secret fear. I'm a spy, I can see you What you do. And I know. Queen of the highway She was a princess, Queen of the highway Sign on the road said: "Take us to Madre" No one could save her, save the blind tiger He was a monster, black dressed in leather She was a princess, Queen of the highway Now they are wedded, She is a good girl Naked as children out in the meadow, Naked as children, wild as can be, Soon to have offspring, start it all over Start at all over American boy, American girl, Most beautiful people in the world Son of a frontier Indian swirl, Dancing through the midnight whirl-pool Formless Hope it can continue a little while longer Indian summer I love you, the best. Better than all the rest. I love you, the best. Better than all the rest, That I meet in the summer. Indian summer. That I meet in the summer. Indian summer. I love you, the best. Better than all the rest. Maggie M'Gill Miss Maggie M'Gill she lived on a hill. Her daddy got drunk and left her the will. So she went down down to "Tangie Town." People down there Really like to get it on. Now if you're sad, And you're feeling blue. Go out and buy a Brand new pair of shoes. And you go down, Down to "Tangie Town." The people down there really like to get it on. Get it on. Illegitimate son Of a rock n' roll star. Illegitimate son of a rock n' roll star. Mom met dad in the back f a rock n' roll car. Well, I'm an old blues man and I think that you understand. I've been singing the blues ever since the world began. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie M'Gill. Roll on, roll on, Maggie M'Gill. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie M'Gill. Roll on, roll on, Maggie M'Gill.
L.A Woman
The changeling Uh! Uha! Gedu! I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, and I had none I had money, and I had none But I never been so broke That I couldn't leave town I'm a Changeling See me change I'm a Changelin' See me change I'm the air you breath Food you eat Friends your greet In the sullen street, wow See me change See me change, you I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, yeah, and I had none I had money, yeah, and I had none But I never been so broke That I couldn't leave town Well, I'm the air you breath Food you eat Friends your greet In the sullen street, wow Ew ma! Uh, ah! You gotta see me change See me change Yeah, I'm leavin' town On a midnight train Gotta see me change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Woa, change, change, change
Love her madly Don't you love her madly Don't you need her badly Don't you love her ways Tell me what you say Don't you love her madly Wanna be her daddy Don't you love her face Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door Like she did one thousand times before Don't you love her ways Tell me what you say Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door All your love All your love All your love All your love All your love is gone So sing a lonely song Of a deep blue dream Seven horses seem to be on the mark Yeah, don't you love her Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door All your love All your love All your love Yeah, all your love is gone So sing a lonely song Of a deep blue dream Seven horses seem to be on the mark Well, don't you love her madly Don't you love her madly Don't you love her madly Been down so long Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people C'mon and set me free I said, warden, warden, warden Won't you break your lock and key I said, warden, warden, warden Won't ya break your lock and key Yeah, come along here, mister C'mon and let the poor boy be Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees C'mon little darlin' C'mon and give your love to me, oh yeah Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free
Cars hiss by my window The cars hiss by my window Like the waves down on the beach The cars hiss by my window Like the waves down on the beach I got this girl beside me But she's out of reach Headlight through my window Shinin' on the wall Headlight through my window Shinin' on the wall Can't hear my baby Though I called and called Yeah, right Woo! Windows started tremblin' With a sonic boom Windows started tremblin' With a sonic boom, boom A cold girl'll kill you In a darkened room Yeah, woo Ride Ride on Weooooo! Wawa, eooo! Oooo, owa, owaaa! Wa, waaaaea! Ooo, wa, wa, wa, wa, waa! Uh-huh
L.A Woman Well, I took a little downer 'bout an hour ago (*) Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light Or just another lost angel...City of Night City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woo, c'mon L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon Drive thru your suburbs Into your blues, into your blues, yeah Into your blue-blue Blues Into your blues, ohh, yeah I see your hair is burnin' Hills are filled with fire If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar Drivin' down your freeways Midnite alleys roam Cops in cars, the topless bars Never saw a woman... So alone, so alone So alone, so alone Motel Money Murder Madness Let's change the mood from glad to sadness Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin' Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin' Got to keep on risin' Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin' Mojo Risin', gotta Mojo Risin' Mr. Mojo Risin', gotta keep on risin' Risin', risin' Gone risin', risin' I'm gone risin', risin' I gotta risin', risin' Well, risin', risin' I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin' Woah, ohh yeah Well, I took a little downer 'bout an hour ago (*) Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light Or just another lost angel...City of Night City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woah, c'mon L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman L.A. Woman, your my woman Little L.A. Woman, Little L.A. Woman L.A. L.A. Woman Woman L.A. Woman c'mon
(*) : Officially it is : "Well, I just got into town about an hour ago" but in fact it is really : "Well, I took a little downer 'bout an hour ago" It was the first way in their printed lyrics because of the overt drug reference.
L'America Yeeeaahh I took a trip down to L'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold I took a trip down to L'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold L'America, L'America, L'America L'America, L'America, L'America C'mon people, don't ya look so down You know the rain man's comin' ta town Change the weather, change your luck And then he'll teach ya how ta...find yourself L'America Friendly strangers came to town All the people put them down But, the women loved their ways Come again some other day Like the gentle rain Like the gentle rain that falls I took a trip down to L'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold I took a trip down to L'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold L'America, L'America, L'America L'America, L'America, L'America L'America Hyacinth house What are they doing in the Hyacinth House? What are they doing in the Hyacinth House? To please the lions in this day I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me I need someone and who doesn't need me I see the bathroom is clear I think that somebody's near I'm sure that someone is following me, oh yeah Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away? Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away? It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend, the end Crawling king snake ( John Lee Hooker )
Well, I'm the Crawlin' King Snake And I rule my den I'm the Crawlin' King Snake And I rule my den Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate Gonna use her for myself Caught me crawlin', baby, window Grass is very high Keep on crawlin' till the day I die Crawlin' King Snake And I rule my den You better give me what I want Gonna crawl no more Caught me crawlin', baby Crawlin' 'round your door Seein' everything I want I'm gonna crawl on your floor Let's crawl And I rule my den C'mon, give me what I want Ain't gonna crawl no more Alright, crawl a while C'mon crawl C'mon crawl Get on out there on your hands and knees, baby Crawl all over me Just like the spider on the wall Ooo, we gonn' crawl, one more Well, I'm the Crawlin' King Snake And I rule my den Call me the Crawlin' King Snake And I rule my den Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate Gonna use her for myself
The wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps Cool and slow with plenty of precision With a back beat narrow and hard to master Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance Others, mean and ruthful of the Western dream I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping This is the land where the Pharaoh died The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered They are saying, "Forget the night. Live with us in forests of azure. Out here on the perimeter there are no stars Out here we is stoned - immaculate." Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the lose of God I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night The meager food for souls forgot I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with raw iron soul I'll tell you this No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat Soft drivin', slow and mad, like some new language Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas I'll tell you 'bout the Texas Radio I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night Wandering the Western dream Tell you 'bout the maiden with raw iron soul
*** Thanx a lot to Kalynnn & Craig & Alex who corrected a mistake ***
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm There's a killer on the road His brain is squirmin' like a toad Take a long holiday Let your children play If you give this man a ride Sweet family will die Killer on the road, yeah Girl you gotta love your man Girl you gotta love your man Take him by the hand Make him understand The world on you depends Our life will never end Gotta love your man, yeah Wow! Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Riders on the storm
*** Thanx a lot to Kalynnn who corrected a mistake ***
Other voices
In The Eye Of The Sun In the eye of the sun before the world had begun Takin' it easy, I was havin' some fun Loafin' anda jokin' it was all energy No such thing as you and or me No time, you are mine In the eye of the sun before the world had begun It had been alot of work the last time around Needed a rest, a chance to just lie down Always on the go, no time to kill Alot of runnin' to and fro hard working in the mill So it blew up and I threw up Into the eye of the sun before the world had begun Well I hung around, don't know how many years No more troubles, no more fears Had alot of rest w/nothing to do But I got kinda bored with nothin' to do I wanted flesh and blood, skin and bones Multidimensional, universal home I was space and time up and down Live and dead, blood all around I knew there'd be trouble, but I could pull through So I thought of the world and humans too. Variety Is The Spice Of Life Well variety is the spice of life Thats what the judge is gonna tell my wife She said why did you have to do it?, why you such a fool? I can't resist to try something new Well the judge said guilty in the first degree I said can I help it if I take all the publicity All these pretty women, with nothing to do C'mon and help me try to find something new You gotta try everything once You better take out some insurance You gotta try everything once You better build up your endurance Well variety is the spice of life Thats what the judge is gonna tell my wife She said why did you have to do it?, why you such a fool? I can't resist to try something new You got a full house babe, I got four of a kind I'm watching six different televisions all at one time You know I love you baby, sad but it's true You gotta try everything once You better take out some insurance You gotta try everything once You better build up your endurance Well variety is the spice of life Thats what the judge is gonna tell my wife She said why did you have to do it?, why you such a fool? I can't resist to try something new Ships W/ Sails Well you asked how much I love you Why do ships with sails love the wind? And will I be thinking of you Will I ever pass this way again I'll be returning some day Until then, please don't ask me my direction Let my tracks be buried in the sea 'Cause to wander is my infection 'Till the four winds bring you back to me Don't count your memories Think of me as just a dream Just like this melody, I sing
*** Thanx a lot to Cornelious who corrected a mistake *** Tightrope Ride You're on a tightrope ride Nobody by your side Well, you're all alone Gotta find a new home Don't go over the line You better keep on time Or you'll lose your mind On your tightrope ride Watch out don't fall Careful don't slip You better get your balance You have to feel the weight There are no more questions Or no answers today There are no reasons There are no more rhymes But if you can feel it, you can fly next time You can fly next time Or maybe this time Did you think we were all together Did you think we were all the same Did you think I could help you remember your name Remember the pain What's the name of the game It's a very good game Never stays the same From the mud to the sun You're on a tightrope ride We're all by your side But you're all alone and we're going home And we're by you side But you're all alone like a rolling stone Like Brian Jones On a tightrope ride On a tightrope ride On a tightrope ride On a tightrope ride On a tightrope ride On a tightrope ride Down On The Farm Don't need none today His mind has gone astray 'Cause we don't need none today Did you hear what I say? Don't need none today Gonna run a rainbow ragged City life's a real bad habit All the boys are down on the farm Gonna run a rainbow ragged City life's a real bad habit C'mon along it won't do you no harm We're goin' down on the farm Don't need none today His mind has gone astray 'Cause we don't need none today Did you hear what I say? Don't need none today Gonna run a rainbow ragged City life's a real bad habit All the boys are down on the farm Gonna run a rainbow Gonna run a rainbow Gonna run a rainbow Gonna run a rainbow Gonna run a rainbow ragged City life's a real bad habit C'mon along it won't do you no harm All the boys are down on the farm I'm Horny, I'm Stoned Well I'm tired, I'm nervous, I'm bored, I'm stoned Don't you know life aint so easy when you're on your own I'm lonely, I'm ugly, I'm horny, I'm cold Don't you know life aint so easy when you're on your own Leaving home Well I got ripped off, wiped out, I got burned Don't you know life aint so easy when you're on your own I feel my mind is shaking out of place I look like a truck ran over my face The doctor says I'm not a hopeless case I really want to join the human race Well I got ripped off, wiped out, I got burned Don't you know life aint so easy when you're on your own Well I'm tired, I'm nervous, I'm bored, I'm stoned Don't you know life aint so easy when you're on your own Leaving home, on your own On your own Wandering Musician Please don't tell me what to do 'Cause even if I wanted to I couldn't throw my life away By listenening to what you say I'm telling you, aint nothing you can do to change my way Hey, hey, hey Aint no way gonna make me think like you do No matter if the sun or stars say I'm wrong It's just a song of the lonely wandering musician I'm telling you, aint nothing you can do to change my way No, no, no, no, no Aint no way gonna make me think like you do It's just a song of a lonely wandering musician I'm telling you, aint nothing you can do to change my way Hey, hey, hey Aint no way Hey, hey, hey Aint no way Hey, hey, hey Aint no way Hang On To Your Life Sweet bird of prey you've gone below All soft and black it's time to grow Don't be afraid to touch the light Don't run from love in the starless night Hang on to your life it's begun now Hang on paradise here we come now Life is like the wind, where does it begin? Time come again, where's your day now? Bring me your sunlight, it's the way now Just spread your wings and taste the sky It's time to laugh, it's time to fly The mountain air is clear and bright Your shadow world is endless night Hang on to your life it's begun now Hang on paradise here we come now Hang on to your life it's begun now Hang on paradise here we come now Life is like the wind, where's it gonna end?
Full Circle
Get Up And Dance Oh people, get up and dance The new days comin', it's the end of a chance No need to worry, no need to hide Everybody is on the same side Oh people, get up and dance The future's ours if we just take a chance No need to hurry, but no time to waste The year 2000 is the time of hate Oh people, get up and dance Like walkin' along an electric beam It's the old crystal palace dream Oh people, get up and dance The new days comin', it's the end of a chance The future's ours if we just take a chance No need to hurry, but no time to waste So come on people, get up and dance Yeah, get up and dance C'mon, lets get up and dance Golden days Get up and dance We'll have diamond nights Get up and dance We got sweet light shinin' Get up and dance Golden days Get up and dance We'll have diamond nights C'mon people, get up and dance C'mon, get up and dance Let's dance Get up and dance 4 Billion Souls One, two, three, four billion souls are gonna rest If all our friends don't try their best To change the way this world is headed for We can find our hapiness It aint so hard to find Just look a little further up the line Just a little further up in time Don't you see that we could be the first in history Leavin' all that we don't need behind We could clean it up and make it shine Verdilac I'm gonna hang on your neck just like a verdilac Take you for a ride in my cadillac Well I tried, I tried but I can't make you understand Baby can't you see I'm more than just a man If you don't bring me coffee in my favourite cup You're make it necessary for me to conjure up Spirits Spirits I'm gonna hang on your neck just like good luck Take you for a ride in my cadillac Well I tried, I tried but I can't make you understand If you don't bring me coffee in my favourite cup You're make it necessary for me to conjure up Spirits Spirits Spirits Spirits Hardwood Floor Gonna tell your daddy that we need some dough We're gonna get married down in Mexico We got love, don't need no more But all we got to live on is a hardwood floor You know all we got to live on is a hardwood floor We got love don't need no more All we got to live on is a hardwood floor All we got to live on is a hardwood floor All we got to live on All we got to live on All we got to live on is a hardwood floor Like I said before Well I had a lot of money about a year ago Spent all my money on a rock 'n' roll show I got a lot to tell, aint got nothing to show All we got to live on is a hardwood floor On this hardwood floor On this hardwood floor Well I went to see your daddy but he sure got sore He said you oughta be out there fighting the war I asked him for some money, he said what for I told him all we got to live on is a hardwood floor You know all we got to live on is a hardwood floor We got love don't need no more All we got to live on is a hardwood floor On this hardwood floor On this hardwood floor On this hardwood floor All we got to live on is this hardwood floor All we got to live on is this hardwood floor Good Rockin' Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Hold my baby tight as a pin Tonight she'll know how my mind might have been Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well meet me in a hurry, behind the barn Don't you be afraid 'cause I'll do you no harm Want you to bring along your rockin' shoes Tonight we're gonna rock away all of our blues Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well I heard the news Well I heard the news Well it's good news Everyone's rockin, it's good news Got to keep on rockin' Have you heard the news? There's good rockin' tonight Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well meet me in a hurry, behind the barn Don't you be afraid 'cause I'll do you no harm Want you to bring along your rockin' shoes Tonight we're gonna rock away all of our blues Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well I heard the news Well I heard the news Yes, I heard the news Well it's good news The world is rockin' It's good news All of Russia is rockin' It's good news Argentina is rockin' Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Rock 'n' roll Have you heard the news? Good news Have you heard the news Rock 'n' roll is taking over Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Rock 'n' roll Feels good Love my baby Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Yes I heard the news Well I heard the news Yes I heard the news Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight Well it's good news Everybody's rockin' Good news Keep on rockin' Good news The world is rockin' Rock 'n' roll I heard the news Well I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight The Mosquito No me moleste mosquito Why don't you go home? No me moleste mosquito Let me eat my burrito The Piano Bird The bird sings outside my piano Lark of sweet love singing low The more I play, the more he sings He lives right up there in the green tree Singing to me melodies And in return, I play for him I played him a song on my piano Well I played real good, I played what I could And in return, he sang for me He lives right there in the tree Giving me his melodies A bird sings outside my piano Well I played real good, I played what I could And in return, he sang for me He lives right there in the tree Giving me his melodies A bird sings outside my piano A bird sings outside my piano Lark of sweet love singing low He lives right there in the tree Singing the melodies The more I play, the more he sings The bird sings outside my piano It Slipped My Mind You know it just done slipped my mind Just done slipped my mind Just so hard to find You know it just done slipped my mind I left my body somewhere down the line It's just so easy to lose track of time You know it just done slipped my mind You know it just done slipped my mind It wouldn't matter but it's time to meditate You know it just done slipped my mind My memories undefined They must haved spiked my wine Because it just done slipped my mind My mind and body are still out of tune I hope they run into each other real soon You know it just done slipped my mind You know it just done slipped my mind I wouldn't mind but it's cold here on the moon You know it just done slipped my mind You know it just done slipped my mind My memories undefined You know it just done slipped my mind They must have spiked my wine My mind and body are still out of tune I hope they run into each other real soon You know it just done slipped my mind You know it just done slipped my mind I wouldn't mind but it's cold here on the moon You know it just done slipped my mind You know it just done slipped my mind The Peking King And The New York Queen Well I heard a story, you can judge it's worth About the sun and the moon the time they came down to earth They pass in the heavens each day up above Time after time they soon became old They could not touch, they could not kiss They had no flesh, no earthly bliss So they made a scheme, they made a plan They would come down to earth as a woman and a man And took human forms to live out a dream The most beautiful people that I've ever seen They were the Peking king and the New York queen I said the Peking king and the New York queen As fate would have it it was a toss of a dice They went to opposite ends of this world with our lives Opposite eyes, opposite minds Such things matter in these troubled times "We read a book from right to left" "You read a book from the left to the right!" "We see a rabbit in the moon" "When you look at the moon, It's a man on the moon" "Raw fish is very tasty, thank you" "Eating raw fish is disgusting" "Buddah is the only way" "Jesus is the fun way" "Communism!" "Democracy!" "East is red" "Better dead than red!" Peking in the east, New York in the west Each say that they are the best About the sun and the moon and their earthly quest Knew without a doubt that it was all the best They said what does it matter how you read a book It's all the same no matter how it looks Well the only thing important to the Peking king Was feeding in the arms of his New York queen Thousands of miles, they were so far apart How to get together, where to start On the California zipper and the Shanghai express He headed to Hong Kong, she headed out west No passports, no visas, no government quotas No red tape no red guard could stop the dream of the Peking king and the New York Queen I said the Peking king and the New York queen So the found a little lot in the field of dreams It was a perfect little place to live our dream East is east, west is west 'Cause you're invited to the wedding to share a dream Of the Peking king and the New York queen Peking king and the New York queen You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream Of the Peking king and his New York queen You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream Of the sun and the moon Peking king and New York queen
An American Prayer
Awake Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. WAKE UP! You can't remember where it was had this dream stopped?
Ghost song
Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet one. Choose the day and choose the sign of your day The day's divinity First thing you see. A vast radiant beach in a cool jeweled moon Couples naked race down by it's quiet side And we laugh like soft, mad children Smug in the wooly cotton brains of infancy The music and voices are all around us. Choose they croon the Ancient Ones The time has come again Choose now, they croon Beneath the moon Beside an ancient lake Enter again the sweet forest Enter the hot dream Come with us Everything is broken up and dances Indians scattered On dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child’s Fragile eggshell mind
Dawn's Highway Me and my -ah- mother and father - and a Grandmother and a grandfather - were driving through the desert, at dawn, and a truck load of Indian workers had either hit another car, or just - I don't know what happened - but there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So the car pulls up and stops. That was the first time I tasted fear. I musta' been about four - like a child is like a flower, his head is just floating in the breeze, man. The reaction I get now thinking about it, looking back - is that the souls of the ghosts of those dead Indians...maybe one or two of 'em...were just running around freaking out, and just leaped into my soul. And they're still in there. Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind. Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice Blood in my love in the terrible summer Bloody red sun of Phantastic L.A. Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers Blood will be born in the birth if a nation Blood is the rose of mysterious union Blood on the rise, it's following me. Indian, Indian what did you die for? Indian says, nothing at all. Newborn Awakening Gently they stir, gently rise The dead are newborn awakening With ravaged limbs and wet souls Gently they sigh in rapt funeral amazement Who called these dead to dance? Was it the young woman learning to play the ghost song on her baby grand? Was it the wilderness children? Was it the ghost god himself, stuttering, cheering, chatting blindly? I called you up to anoint the earth I called you to announce sadness falling like burned skin I called you to wish you well To glory in self like a new monster And now I call you to pray To Come of Age A military station in the desert. Can we resolve the past Lurking jaws, joints of time? The Base To come of age in a dry place Holes and caves. My friend drove and hour each day from the mountains The bus gives you a hard-on with books in your lap Someone shot the bird in the afternoon dance show They gave out free records to the best couple Spades dance best, from the hip. Black Polished Chrome The music was new Black polished chrome And came over the summer Like liquid night. The DJ's took pills to stay awake And play for seven days They went to the studio And someone knew him Someone knew the TV showman He came to our homeroom party And played records And when he left in the hot noon sun And walked to his car We saw the chooks had written F-U-C-K on his windshield He wiped it off with a rag And smiling cooly drove away He's rich. Got a big car
Latino Chrome My gang will get you Scenes of rape in the arroyo Seduction in cars, abandoned buildings Fights at the food stand The dust The shoes Open shirts and raised collars Bright sculptured hair. Hey man, you want girls, pills, grass? C'mon... I show you good time. This place has everything. C'mon... I show you. Angels and Sailors Angels and sailors Rich girls Backyard fences Tents Dreams watching each other narrowly Soft luxuriant cars Girls in garages, stripped Out to get liquor and clothes Half gallons of wine and six-packs of beer Jumped, humped, born to suffer Made to undress in the wilderness. I will never treat you mean Never start no kind of scene I'll tell you every place and person that I've been. Always a playground instructor, never a killer Always a bridesmaid on the verge of fame or over He manouvered two girls into his hotel room One a friend, the other, the young one, a newer stranger Vaguely Mexican or Puerto Rican Poor boys thighs and buttock scarred by a father's belt She's trying to rie Story of her boyfriend, of teenage stoned death games Handsome lad, dead in a car Confusion No connections Come 'ere I love you Peace on earth Will you die for me? Eat me This way The end I'll always be true Never go out, sneaking out on you, babe If you'll only show me Far Arden again. I'm surprised you could get it up He whips her lightly, sardonically, with belt Haven't I been through enough? she asks Now dressed and leaving The Spanish girl begins to bleed She says her period It's Catholic heaven I have an ancient Indian crucifix around my neck My chest is hard and brown Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin We could plan a murder Or start a religion. Stoned Immaculate I'll tell you this... No eternal reward will forgive us now For wasting the dawn. Back in those days everything was simpler and more confused One summer night, going to the pier I ran into two young girls The blonde one was called Freedom The dark one, Enterprise We talked and they told me this story Now listen to this... I'll tell you about Texas radio and the big beat Soft driven, slow and mad Like some new language Reaching your head with the cold, sudden fury of a divine messenger Let me tell you about heartache and the loss of god Wandering, wandering in hopeless night Out here in the perimeter there are no stars Out here we is stoned Immaculate. The movie
The movie will begin in five moments The mindless voice announced All those unseated will await the next show. We filed slowly, languidly into the hall The auditorium was vast and silent As we seated and were darkened, the voice continued. The program for this evening is not new You've seen this entertainment through and through You've seen your birth your life and death you might recall all of the rest Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on?. I'm getting out of here Where are you going? To the other side of morning Please don't chase the clouds, pagodas Her cunt gripped him like a warm, friendly hand. It's alright, all your friends are here When can I meet them? After you've eaten I'm not hungry Uh, we meant beaten Silver stream, silvery scream Oooooh, impossible concentration.
Curses, Invocations
Curses, Invocations Weird bate-headed mongrels I keep expecting one of you to rise Large buxom obese queen Garden hogs and cunt veterans Quaint cabbage saints Shit hoarders and individualists Drag strip officials Tight lipped losers and Lustful fuck salesman My militant dandies All strange orders of monsters Hot on the tail of the woodvine We welcome you to our procession Here come the Comedians Look at them smile Watch them dance an Indian mile Look at them gesture How aplomb So to gesture everyone Words dissemble Words be quick Words resemble walking sticks Plant them they will grow Watch them waver so I'll always be a word man Better then a bird man American Night All hail the American night! What was that? I don't know Sounds like guns...thunder. (Roadhouse Blues cuts in here with Jim doing a little audience participation section at the end.) Alright! Alright! Alright! Hey, listen! Listen! Listen, man! listen, man! I don't know how many you people believe in astrology... Yeah, that's right...that's right, baby, I...I am a Sagittarius The most philosophical of all the signs But anyway, I don't believe in it I think it's a bunch of bullshit, myself But I tell you this, man, I tell you this I don't know what's gonna happen, man, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames Alright! The World on Fire The World on Fire...Taxi from Africa...The Grand Hotel... He was drunk a big party last night back going back in all directions sleeping these insane hours I'll never wake up in a good mood again I'm sick of these stinky boots Lament Lament for my cock Sore and crucified I seek to know you Aquiring soulful wisdom You can open walls of mystery Stripshow How to aquire death in the morning show TV death which the child absorbs Deathwell mystery which makes me write Slow train, the death of my cock gives life Forgive the poor old people who gave us entry Taught us god in the child's praye in the night Guitar player Ancient wise satyr Sing your ode to my cock Caress it's lament Stiffen and guide us, we frozen Lost cells The knowledge of cancer To speak to the heart And give the great gift Words Power Trance This stable friend and the beast of his zoo Wild haired chicks Women flowering in their summit Monsters of skin Each color connects To create the boat Which rocks the race Could any hell be more horrible Than now And real? I pressed her thigh and death smiled Death, old friend Death and my cock are the world I can forgive my injuries in the name of Wisdom Luxury Romance Sentence upon sentence Words are the healing lament For the death of my cock's spirit Has no meaning in the soft fire Words got me the wound and will get me well I you believe it All join now and lament the death of my cock A tounge of knowledge in the feathered night Boys get crazy in the head and suffer I sacrifice my cock on the alter of silence The Hitchhiker Thoughts in time and out of season The Hitchhiker Stood by the side of the road And leveled his thumb In the calm calculus of reason Hi. How you doin'? I just got back into town L.A. I was out on the desert for awhile "Riders on the storm" Yeah. In the middle of it "Riders on the storm" Right... "Into this world we're born" Hey, listen, man, I really got a problem "Into this world we're thrown" When I was out on the desert, ya know "Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan" I don't know how to tell you "Riders on the storm" but, ah, I killed somebody "There's a killer on the road" No... "His brain is squirming like a toad" It's no big deal, ya know I don't think anybody will find out about it, but... " take a long holiday" Just, ah... "Let your children play" This guy gave me a ride, and ah... "If you give this man a ride" Started giving me a lot of trouble "Sweet family will die" And I just couldn't take it, ya know "Killer on the road" And I wasted him Yeah
An American prayer Do you know the warm progress under the stars? Do you know we exist? Have you forgotten the keys to the Kingdom? Have you been borne yet & are you alive? Let's reinvent the gods, all the myths of the ages Celebrate symbols from deep elder forests [Have you forgotten the lessons of the ancient war] We need great golden copulations The fathers are cackling in trees of the forest Our mother is dead in the sea Do you know we are being led to slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by T.V. The moon is a dry blood beast Guerilla bands are rolling numbers in the next block of green vine amassing for warfare on innocent herdsmen who are just dying O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art & perfect our lives The moths & atheists are doubly divine & dying We live, we die & death not ends it Journey we more into the Nightmare Cling to life our passion'd flower Cling to cunts & cocks of despair We got our final vision by clap Columbus' groin got filled w/ green death (I touched her thigh & death smiled) We have assembled inside this ancient & insane theatre To propagate our lust for life & flee the swarming wisdom of the streets The barns are stormed The windows kept & only one of all the rest To dance & save us W/ the divine mockery of words Music inflames temperament (When the true King's murderers are allowed to roam free a 1000 magicians arise in the land) Where are the feasts we were promised Where is the wine The New Wine Dying on the vine Hour for magic Resident mockery give us an hour for magic We of the purple glove We of the starling flight & velvet hour We of arabic pleasure's breed We of sundome and the night Give us a creed To believe A night of Lust Give us trust in The Night Give of color hundred hues a rich Mandala For me and you and for your silky pillowed house a head, wisdom and a bed Troubled decree Resident mockery has claimed thee We used to believe in the good old days We still receive In little ways The Things of Kindness and unsporting brow Forget and allow
Freedom exists Did you know freedom exists in a school book Did you know madmen are running our prison within a jail, within a gaol, within a white free protestant Maelstrom We're perched headlong on the edge of boredom We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us
A feast of friends
Wow, I'm sick of doubt Live in the light of certain South Cruel bindings The servants have the power Dog-men and their mean women Pulling poor blankets over our sailors I'm sick of dour faces Staring at me from the T.V. Tower I want roses in my garden bower; dig Royal babies, rubies must now replace Aborted strangers in the mud These mutants, blood-meal for the plant that's plowed They are waiting to take us into the severed garden Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful comes death on strange hour Unannounced, unplanned for Like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed Death makes angels of us all And gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws No more money, no more fancy dress This other Kingdom seems by far the best Until its other jaw reveals incest And lloose obedience to a vegetable law I will not go Prefer a Feast of Friends To the Giant family
Babylon Fading Then we hear a whistle like a bison's pipe And the carnival immediately begins Gradually mixing rain, Thunder Bullfight Football Playground War Penny-arcade Babylon Fading
Bird of Prey Bird of Prey Bird of Prey Flying high Flying high In the summer sky Bird of Prey Bird of Prey Flying high Flying high Gently pass on by Bird of Prey Bird of Prey Flying high Flying high Am I going to die Bird of Prey Bird of Prey Flying high Flying high Take me on your flight
The Ghost Song
Awake Shake dreams from your hair My pretty child, my sweet one Choose the day and choose the sign of your day The day's divinity First thing you see A vast radiant beach and cooled jeweled moon Couples naked race down by it's quiet side And we laugh like soft, mad children Smug in the wooly cotton brains of infancy The music and voices are all around us Choose they croon the Ancient Ones The time has come again Choose now, they croon Beneath the moon Beside an ancient lake Enter again the sweet forest Enter the hot dream Come with us Everything is broken up and dances Indians scattered, On dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child’s Fragile eggshell mind We have assembled inside This ancient and insane theater To propagate our lust for our life And flee the swarming wisdom of the streets The barns have stormed The windows kept And only one of all the rest To dance and save us From the divine mockery of words Music inflames temperament Ooh great creator of being Grant us one more hour To perform our art And perfect our lives We need great golden copulations When the true kings murders Are allowed to roam free A thousand magicians arise in the land Where are the feast we are promised One more thing Thank you oh lord For the white blind light Thank you oh lord For the white blind light A city rises from the sea I had a splitting headache From which the future's made
Non Albums Tracks
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler is still alive Ooooogh - sssssh I slept with her last night yeah Come out from behind that false mustache, Adolf I know your’re in there ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha You favor life He sides with Death I straddle the fence And my balls hurt
An American prayer Do you know the warm progress under the stars? Do you know we exist? Have you forgotten the keys to the Kingdom? Have you been borne yet & are you alive? Let's reinvent the gods, all the myths of the ages Celebrate symbols from deep elder forests [Have you forgotten the lessons of the ancient war] We need great golden copulations The fathers are cackling in trees of the forest Our mother is dead in the sea Do you know we are being led to slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by T.V. The moon is a dry blood beast Guerilla bands are rolling numbers in the next block of green vine amassing for warfare on innocent herdsmen who are just dying O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art & perfect our lives The moths & atheists are doubly divine & dying We live, we die & death not ends it Journey we more into the Nightmare Cling to life our passion'd flower Cling to cunts & cocks of despair We got our final vision by clap Columbus' groin got filled w/ green death (I touched her thigh & death smiled) We have assembled inside this ancient & insane theatre To propagate our lust for life & flee the swarming wisdom of the streets The barns are stormed The windows kept & only one of all the rest To dance & save us W/ the divine mockery of words Music inflames temperament (When the true King's murderers are allowed to roam free a 1000 magicians arise in the land) Where are the feasts we were promised Where is the wine The New Wine (dying on the vine) resident mockery give us an hour for magic We of the purple glove We of the starling flight & velvet hour We of arabic pleasure's breed We of sundome & the night Give us a creed To believe A night of Lust Give us trust in The Night Give of color hundred hues a rich Mandala for me & you & for your silky pillowed house a head, wisdom & a bed Troubled decree Resident mockery has claimed thee We used to believe in the good old days We still receive In little ways The Things of Kindness & unsporting brow Forget & allow Did you know freedom exists in a school book Did you know madmen are running our prison w/in a jail, w/in a gaol, w/in a white free protestant Maelstrom We're perched headlong on the edge of boredom We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something That's already found us We can invent Kingdoms of our own grand purple thrones, those chairs of lust & love we must, in beds of rust Steel doors lock in prisoner's screams & muzak, AM, rocks their dreams No black men's pride to hoist the beams while mocking angels sift what seems To be a collage of magazine dust Scratched on foreheads of walls of trust This is just jail for those who must get up in the morning & fight for such unusable standards while weeping maidens show-off penury & pout ravings for a mad staff Wow, I'm sick of doubt Live in the light of certain South Cruel bindings The servants have the power dog-men & their mean women pulling poor blankets over our sailors (& where were you in our lean hour) Milking your moustache? or grinding a flower? I'm sick of dour faces Staring at me from the T.V. Tower. I want roses in my garden bower; dig? Royal babies, rubies must now replace aborted Strangers in the mud These mutants, blood-meal for the plant that's plowed They are waiting to take us into the severed garden Do you know how pale & wanton thrillful comes death on strange hour unannounced, unplanned for like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws No more money, no more fancy dress This other Kingdom seems by far the best until its other jaw reveals incest & loose obedience to a vegetable law I will not go Prefer a Feast of Friends To the Giant family II
Great screaming Christ Upsy-daisy Lazy Mary will get you up upon a Sunday morning "The movie will begin in 5 moments" The mindless Voice announced "All those unseated, will await The next show" We filed slowly, languidly into the hall. The auditorium was vast, & silent. As we seated & were darkened The Voice continued: "The program for this evening is not new. You have seen This entertainment thru & thru. You've seen your birth, your life & death; you might recall all of the rest -- (did you have a good world when you died?) -- enough to base a movie on?" An iron chuckle rapped our minds like a fist. I'm getting out of here Where're you going? To the other side of the morning Please don't chase the clouds pagodas, temples Her cunt gripped him like a warm friendly hand. "It's all right. All your friends are here." When can I meet them? "After you've eaten" I'm not hungry "O, we meant beaten" Silver stream, silvery scream, impossible concentration Here come the comedians look at them smile Watch them dance an indian mile Look at them gesture How aplomb So to gesture everyone Words dissemble Words be quick Words resemble walking sticks Plant them They will grow Watch them waver so I'll always be a word-man Better than a birdman But I'll charge Won't get away w/out lodging a dollar Shall I say it again aloud, you get the point No food w/out fuel's gain I'll be, the irish loud unleashed my beak at peak of powers O girl, unleash your worried comb O worried mind Sin in the fallen Backwoods by the blind She smells debt on my new collar Arrogant prose Tied in a network of fast quest Hence the obsession Its quick to admit Fats borrowed rhythm Woman came between them Women of the world unite Make the world safe For a scandalous life Hee Heee Cut your throat Life is a joke Your wife's in a moat The same boat Here comes the goat Blood Blood Blood Blood They're making a joke of our universe III
Matchbox Are you more real than me I'll burn you, & set you free Wept bitter tears Excessive courtesy I won't forget IV
A hot sick lava flowed up, Rustling & bubbling. The paper-face. Mirror-mask, I love you mirror. He had been brainwashed for 4 hrs. The LT. puzzled in again "ready to talk" "No sir" -- was all he'd say. Go back to the gym. Very peaceful Meditation Air base in the desert looking out venetian blinds a plane a desert flower cool cartoon The rest of the World is reckless & dangerous Look at the brothels Stag films Exploration
V
A ship leaves port mean horse of another thicket wishbone of desire decry the metal fox
A Vision of America She selling news in the market, time in the hall The girls of the factory, rolling cigars They haven't invented music yet so I read to them from the Book of Days; A horror story from the gothic age A gruesome romance from the L.A. plague I have a vision of America seen from the air 28,000 feet and going fast A one armed man and a Texas parking library A burnt tree like a giant primeval bird In an empty lot in Fresno And elevators filled with citizens And miles and miles of hotel corridors
Black train song
( Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia, 1970 ) People get ready There's a train-a-coming You don't need a ticket Climb on board Train-a-ride Sixteen coatches long Train-a-ride Sixteen coatches long Where there be no train Took my baby, he's gone Train, train Comin' round the bend Train, train Comin' round the bend Yeah, there be no evil train Took my one and only friend Train, train Comin' down the line Train, train Comin' down the line Well, there be no rock train Took the only friend of mine Train, train Comin' down the track Train, train Comin' down the track Yeah, he took my baby And he never bring her back Allright Away, away, away in India Away, away, away in India Away, away, away in India That's right Away, away, away in India Away, away, away in India Away, away, away in India That's right Away in India That's right Well, I woke up a morning Got the crossroads on my mind Well, I woke up a morning Got the crossroads on my mind Take a walk with me Everything gonna work out fine Well, I woke up a morning Got the junk hangin' on my mind Well, I woke up a morning Got the junk hangin' on my mind Take a walk with me Everything gonna work out fine Well, I woke up a morning Got the eight ball on my mind Well, I woke up a morning Got the eight ball on my mind Take a walk with me Everything gonna work out fine Well, I woke up a morning Got the crossroads on my mind Well, I woke up a morning Got the crossroads on my mind Take a walk with me Everything gonna work out fine Train, train Come and gone Took my baby Took my baby Away Well, I woke up a morning Nothing on my mind
*** Thanx a lot to Bruno for these lyrics ***
Break on through (Part 2)
When I was back there in seminary school There was a person there who put forth the proposition That you can petition the Lord with prayer Petition the Lord with prayer Petition the Lord with prayer You cannot petition the Lord with prayer Dead cats, dead rats, did you see what they were at, alright Dead cat in a tophat Sucking on a young man's blood Wishing he would come, yeah Sucking on a soldier's brain Wishing it would be the same Dead cat, dead rat, did you see what they were at Fat cat in a tophat Thinks he's an aristocrat Thinks he can kill and slaughter Thinks he can shoot my daughter Yeah, right...oh yeah...alright...yeah Dead cats, dead rats, think you're an aristocrat Crap...ah, that's crap
*** Thanx a lot to Muriel for this one ***
Build me a woman Give me a witness, darling. I need a witness, babe. I got the poontang blues. I got the poontang blues. From the top of my head to the bottom of my cowboy shoes. Build me a woman, Make her ten feet tall. You got to build me a woman, Make her ten feet tall. Don't make her worthless, Don't make her small. Build me a woman, Make her ten feet tall. You got to build me a woman, Make her ten feet tall. Don't make her worthless, Don't make her small. Build me someone I can ball All night long.
Carol Oh, Carol! Don't let him steal your heart away. Yeah I've got to love you darling If it takes me all night and day. Beat cool down, Over cool down, I can hear that highway sound. Carol! Don't let him steal your heart away. Well I'm gonna love you darling If it takes me all night and day. Whoa, Carol! Oh, Carol! Don't let him steal your heart away. Yeah I'm gonna love you darling If it takes me all night and day. One more time! Whoa, Carol! Come on, Carol! Oh yeah! Oh right! Well I'm gonna love you darling If it takes me all night and day. Close to you
( Willie Dixon )
(I want to get) Close to you like black on white, Close to you like the coldest of ice, Close to you like a siamese twin, Close to you like I'm feeling all right. (I want to get) Close to you baby, X3 I don't know what to say or do. (I want to get) Close to you like the sight of your eye? Close to you like the heat is to fire, Close to you baby as close as I can get, Close to you like water is wet. (I want to get) Close to you till I'm feeling all right, Close to you--gonna love you all night, Close to you in New York City, I love you so much you know it's a pity. Closer and closer baby. Closer and closer baby.
Discovery
Discovery Angels and sailors, Rich girls, Backyard fences, Tents, Dreams watching each other narrowly, Soft luxuriant cars. Girls in garages, stripped Out to get liquor and clothes Half gallons of wine and six-packs of beer. Tender coral Jumped, humped, born to suffer, Made to undress in the wilderness.
Don't go no farther
(Willie Dixon)
You need meat Go to the market You need bread Try the bakery You need lovin' Look here, baby I got just what you need I gotta love somebody I gotta love somebody I gotta love somebody Somebody gonna love me You need money Go to the bank, dear You need honey Look to the bees You need lovin' Come on here, woman Well, I got just what you need I wanna love somebody I gotta love somebody I gotta love somebody Somebody gonna love me Oh, play it now You need meat Go to the market You need bread Try the bakery If you need lovin' Come on here, baby Well, I got just what you need I wanna love somebody Yeah, love somebody I gotta love somebody Somebody got to love me Play your guitar You need money Go to the bank, dear If you need honey Go find a bee If need lovin' Well I'm your doctor I've got people sick On what you need I gotta love somebody Whoa, love I wanna love somebody Somebody gonna love me
Earth, air, fire, water Earth, air, fire, water Mother, father, sons and daughters Airplane in the starry night First fright, forest follow free I love thee, watch how I love thee
Far Arden Poem And so I say to you The silk handkerchief was embroidered in China or Japan behind the steel curtain And no one can cross the borderline w/out proper credentials. This is to say that we are all sensate & occasionally sad & if every partner in crime were to incorporate promises in his program the dance might end & all our fiends would follow. Who are our friends? Are they sullen & slow? Do they have great desire? Or are they one of the multitude who walk doubting their impossible regret. Certainly things happen & reoccur in continuous promise; All of us have found a safe niche where we can store up riches & talk to our fellows on the same premise of disaster. But this will not do. No, this will never do. There are continents & shores which beseech our understanding. Seldom have we been so slow. Seldom have we been so far. My only wish is to see Far Arden again.
(This next part will be done in a woman's voice)
Frozen moment by a lake Frozen moment by a lake A Knife has been stolen The death of the snake I know the impossible sea when the dogs bark I am a death bird Naughty night bird
Get Out Of My Life, Woman
( Live at the Matrix in San Francisco, 1967 ) Get out my life woman You don’t love me no more Get out my life woman And you don’t love me no more Get out my life, yeah You don’t love me, Yeah Get out my life woman, Got to climb up to the top Get out my life woman Gotta, climb up to the top Get out my life, yeah You don’t love me, yeah Don’t plan, to drop Yo see you a round Don’t plan, to drop You can’t beat your way ‘round Get out my life woman, Yeah Get out, Get out, You don’t love me, I don’t want you hangin’ ‘round, Yeah I don’t want you no more, Get out my life woman, ah Ah ha Get out my life woman, yeah I don’t want you no more Get out my life, I don’t want you no more Get out my life woman I don’t want you no more
*** Thanx a lot to Chad for this one *** Gloria
( Van Morrison ) Yeah, right. Did you hear about my baby? She come around, She come round here, her head to the ground? Come round here just about midnight, She makes me feel so good, make me feel all right. She come round my street, now She come to my house Knock upon my door Climbing up my stairs--one, two, three Come on baby Here she is in my room, oh boy Hey what's your name? How old are you? Where'd you go to school? Well, now that we know each other a little bit better, Why don't you come over here and make me feel all right! Chorus: Gloria--g-l-o-r-i-a Gloria--g-l-o-r-i-a Gloria--g-l-o-r-i-a Gloria--g-l-o-r-i-a You were my queen and I was your fool, Riding home after school. You took me home To your house. Your father's at work, Your mama's out shopping around. Check me into your room. Show me your thing. Why'd you do it baby? Getting softer--slow it down, etc. Now you show me your thing. Wrap your legs around my neck, Wrap your arms around my feet, Wrap your hair around my skin. I'm gonna huh--all right, ok, yeah. It's getting harder--It's getting too darn fast, etc. Come on, now, let's get it on. Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late, Make me feel all right! Chorus Keep the whole thing going, baby!
Graveyard Poem It was the greatest night of my life. Although I still had not found a wife I had my friends Right there beside me. We were close together. We tripped the wall and we scaled the graveyard Ancient shapes were all around us. The wet dew felt fresh beside the fog. Two made love in an ancient spot One chased a rabbit into the dark A girl got drunk and balled the dead And I gave empty sermons to my head. Cemetary, cool and quiet Hate to leave your sacred lay Dread the milky coming of the day.
I'm a king bee
( Live Detroit )
Well I'm a king bee, want you to be my queen Well I'm a king bee baby, want you to be my queen Together we can make honey, the world ever never seen I'm young and able to buzz all night long I'm young and able to buzz all night long Well when you hear me buzzin' baby, some stinging is going on Well I'm a king bee, buzzing around your hive Well I'm a king bee, buzzing around your hive Well I can make honey baby, let me come inside Well I'm a king bee, can buzz all night long Well I'm a king bee, can buzz all night long Well I can buzz better baby, when your man is gone
I Will Never Be Untrue I will never be untrue Do anything you would want me to Never stay out drinking no later than two (two thirty...) I will never treat you mean And I won't cause no kind of scene Tell you all the people all the places I have been I will always treat you kind try to give you peace of mind Only you tell me that you love me one more time Now darling please don't be sad Don't run off like that when you get mad Cause if you do you gonna lose the best friend that you ever had That's no lie... I will never be untrue Do everything you want me to do Bring all my loving all my money bring it all home to you
I never be untrue
Little red rooster
( Willie Dixon ) I'm the little red rooster Too lazy to crow the day. I'm the little red rooster Too lazy to crow the day. Keep everything in the barnyard Upset in every way. Dogs begin to bark The hounds begin to howl. Dogs begin to bark The hounds begin to howl. Look out strange cat people The rooster's on the prowl. If you see my little red rooster Please drive him home. If you see my little red rooster Please drive him home. Ain't been no peace in the barnyard Since my little red rooster been gone. Love hides Love hides in the strangest places. Love hides in familiar faces. Love comes when you least expect it. Love hides in narrow corners. Love comes to those who seek it. Love hides inside the rainbow. Love hides in molecular structures. Love is the answer.
Mental Floss All deserters will be shot at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning so get yourselves together and quit messing around No more nonsense! The assassination occurred at 3.30 No one was there to witness it Even the breviaries had left their tapestries on the window And we were all silenced by the sad mildew cloud that followed around I wish I was back in the land of the... of the... Aaahm uhm... You can't pin that one on me I didn't do a goddamn thing I was just standing there Then a bunch of guys came up and started laying all this shit on me Now what am I supposed to do? I'm an American! You can't touch me! Did you know all nuns are 42? And their eyes are blue? Did you know all table clothes are white in France? Did you know women wear underpants? Well, they do! How does a musician imitate the sound of underpants sliding over a woman's thighs, down over her ankles, and over her little toes? And the rings on her toes? And her unquipped toe nails? Lightning struck the magic purse I didn't do a damn thing, man! I was just standing there in front of the 'Delicatessen' and all these rabbies ran up and a bunch of Indians and freaks and monsters and f.... just started ... mhmh... talking in all these weird languages... What aah ... what ... could I say? Hey, I'm tired of being a freaky musician I wanna be Napoleon! Let's have some more wars around here! What a stinking, shitty little war we have running over there Let's get a big one! A real big one! With a lotta killings and bombs and blood! Schooldays... Schooldays... Good old-fashioned rule days... Schooldays... Schooldays... Good old-fashioned rule days...
Moonshine night
Moonshine night Mt. Village Insane in the woods In the deep trees Under the moon Beneath the stars They reel & dance The young folk Led to the Lake By a King and Queen O, I want to be there I want us to be there Beside the lake Beneath the moon Cool & swollen Dripping its hot Liquor
Motel, money, murder, madness Motel, money, murder, madness Change the mood from glad to sadness Play the ghostsong baby (Then we hear the ghostsong)
Orange County Suite Well I used to know someone fair She had orange ribbons in her hair She was such a trip She was hardly there But I loved her Just the same. There was rain in our window, The FM set was ragged But she could talk, yeah, We learned to speak And one year has gone by Such a long long road to seek it All we did was break and freak it We had all That lovers ever had We just blew it And I'm not sad Well I'm mad And I'm bad And two years have gone by Now her world was bright orange And the fire glowed And her friend had a baby And she lived with us Yeah, we broke through the window Yeah, we knocked on the door Her phone would not answer, Yeah, but she's still home Now her father has passed over and her sister is a star and her mother smokes diamonds and she sleeps out in the car Yeah, but she remembers Chicago The musicians and guitars and grass by the lake and people who laugh'd and made her poor heart ache Now we live down in the valley We work out on the farm We climb up to the mountains and everything's fine and I'm still here and you're still there and we're still around
Paris Blues I wish I was a girl of sixteen Be the queen of the magazine I’d drive around in a great big car I’d have a chauffeur like a movie star And all night long you could hear me scream! When you look all around, can you believe the shape she’s in? When you look all around, can you believe the shape she’s in? Look all around, can you believe the shape she’s in? Know where I’m goin’, can’t remember where I’ve been Know right where I’m goin’, can’t remember where I’ve been Goin’ to the city of love, gonna start my life all over again Once I was young now I’m gettin’ old Once I was warm, now I feel cold Well, I’m goin’ overseas, gonna grab me some of that gold
Radio dark night
In that year we had an intense visitation of energy When radio dark night existed and assumed control And we rolled in it's web Consumed by static and stroked with fear We were drawn down long from a deep sleep And awakened at dayfall by a worried gardener And made to be led through dew wet jungle To the swift summits 'Or looking the sea.
Rock Is Dead Hi you lady… alright babe… gonna love ya… When I was just a little boy, ‘bout the age of five I went to sleep, I heard my mama and papa talking - She said We got to stop that boy, he’s gettin too far out, He’s goin’ wild, we gotta stop that child. And I lay there listening, feeling bad - You know, people, I was feeling bad. Mama didn’t like the way I did my thing. The old lady, she didn’t get with that thing. But my daddy was a sailor, get his head around, And he said Boy you got to do it son, get yourself intact, You gotta love love love love love my baby tonight. Let me tell you baby ‘bout the death of rock, I used to be a boy in my home block, Used to feel alone then I heard some news, Bunch o’cats got the rockin’ news. You know I love my rock’n’roll people, You know we got some fun, We gonna rock tonight, yeah c’mon… Rock and roll is dead. Rock and roll is dead, Must be something else instead. You got to lay right down and Die, die, die, die yeah… It’s all over baby That’s it We gotta go We had some good times But it’s gone It’s all over. I got a few things on my chest, I got to get ‘em off… Now listen listen listen listen listen… Now I don’t want to hear no talk about no revolution, And I swear to God I don’t want to hear No talk about no constitution. And in my frame of mind I am in no mood for No talk about no… cremation. The only thing I’m interested in… I wanna have a good time. I don’t wanna hear no talk about no riots, No demonstrations, no cacitritions, no impablermations. There’s only one thing I want to see… That’s some dancin’ ! We’re gonna have some fun ! We’re gonna have a good time! Let’s roll ! O boogie… all night long… yeah… Rocky little woman be my pal, Gonna be the fool, gotta deep-dap-doo, You gotta love, love, love ya baby little lotta-gita-do. Yeah c’mon… Yeah, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute Wait a minute ! Now listen here people ! I’m talkin’ about the death of rock and roll, And who killed it. I’m talkin’ about the blues. I’m talkin’ about the news. Have you heard, have you heard, Have you heard the word ? Rock is dead. Rock is dead. Now I didn’t want to be the one to lay it on ya sweetheart, But I used to be a little fellow traveller. I used to think we had the whole thing sewed up, mama. Then I realised, Rock and roll is dying, baby. I wanna see some fun ! I wanna see some hanging out ! I wanna see my people Non-political Arithmetical Transcendental Irathamadental Coolambindang bupalookanimbo… ! Are you ready ? Are you ready ? Are you ready to sing the blues my baby ? Yeah, I like it real slow, I like it real bad, I like to get myself together I love to hear you get undressed - Naked woman, out of doors, I don’t care how loud you snore. Sun goin’ down, way out on the sea, Here she comes, little girl, gonna set me free. Alright c’mon, now… one more time… Yeah… Train a’ride - - - sixteen coaches long Train a’ride - - - sixteen coaches long Well I got my baby, Gonna get on the train and run, yeah… Well that big black train gonna get my baby, Big black train, Yeah the big black train gonna get my love, Gonna take her, gonna hug her, gonna… whoa !! Gonna love, love, love, love a dingo yeah… Big black train. Now when I got home, I heard my daddy say, You want a little piece ? Do you want a little peace ? Do you want a little soul ? Do you want a little soul ? I could not help myself, I could not help myself, I could not help ! Help ! Help ! I’m dyin’ ! I’m dyin’ ! I’m dyin’ ! I’m die - die - digadigadoohdah whoa ! It’s over ! It’s over ! Have mercy ! Have mercy ! Have mercy on your poor son ! We had some good times. We had a few good times. But Those good little times - you know where they are ? They’re absolutely, positively under the ground. And As long as I got breath, the death of rock Is the death of me, And rock is dead Well, we’re dead… alright… yeah !… Rock is dead
Rock Me
(Live At The PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, 1970) Want you to rock me Rock me all night long Rock me baby Rock me all night long Want you to rock me 'Till I sing my song See the sun goin' down Moon begin to rise See the sun goin' down Moon begin to rise Want you to rock me 'Till I'm satisfied Let's rock awhile Sun goin' down Little moon begin to rise Sun goin' down Little moon begin to rise Want you to rock me, little darlin' 'Till I'm satisfied Let's rock awhile See me comin', mama Bring out that old rockin' chair See me comin', mama Bring out your rocking chair No one's watching us And god knows, no one cares One more time Want you to rock me, baby Rock me all night long Rock me baby Rock me all night long You gotta rock me, little woman Rock me all night long
Search on, man
There's a belief by the children of man Which states all will be well Search on, man Calm saviour Veteran of wars and calculable greed Search on, man Calm saviour God speed and forgive you Morning star Fragrant meadow Person Girl
She Smells So Nice ( L.A Woman LP 40th Anniversary Edition ) Yeah the man's first woman know she smells so nice Well she looks so good I gotta sniff her once or twice Alright Well I've been down I've been up I've been down And I've been up but I love my woman like a sunday drug (?!) She's the sweetest sweetest woman When she wakes up come on, alright Now you walk around and you think that you're so tough I see you walking around you think that you're so tough Well you got something momma but it's not enough Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I'm going home I'm going home and lay down I'm going home, baby I'm going home and lay down Gonna switch on the television I'm gonna drown, yeah, alright Well it's a long time coming Long time coming Long time coming Long time coming But when you find it baby You know you've got some good When you find somebody now Don't leave it no good Come on Someday Soon (Live At The Seattle Center, Seattle, 1970) Someday soon Someday soon Familiar freaks will fill your living room Rugs lash out their lizard tongues Your not getting young Your not getting young But your going to die And your going to be needing all of your eyes You’ll be all alone When the animals cry All by your self In some infancy’s lie Someday soon Someday soon Television bleeding like a harvest moon Flush the scissors down the hole Your getting old Your getting old And I hate to remind you but your going to die And your going to be needing all of your lies You’ll be all alone When the animals cry All by yourself In some infancy's lie Someday soon Someday soon Someday soon Someday soon
Stoned immaculate
The negros in the forest, brightly feathered Let me show you the maiden with wrath iron soul Out here in the perimeter there are no stars, Out here we is stoned immaculate (And the carnival immediately begins Gradually mixing rain, thunder, bullfight football, playground, war, penny arcade Babylon fading) (One more thing)
Texas Radio and The Big Beat #1
The truth is on his chest The cellular excitement has Totally inspired our magic Veteran. And now for an old trip. I'm tired of thinking. I want the old forms to reassert their sexual cool. My mind is just-you know. And this morning before I sign off I would like to tell you about Texas Radio & the Big Beat. It moves into the perimeter of your sacred sincere & dedicated Smile like a calm survivor of the psychic war. He was no general for he was not old. He was no private for he could not be sold. He was only a man & his dedication extended to the last degree. Poor pretentious soldier, come home. The dark Los Angeles evening is steaming the Church that we attended & I miss my boy. Stupid in green- What the color green? When I watch the T.V. & I see helicopters swirling their brutal & bountiful sensation over the fields & the comic walls I can only smile & fix a meal & think about the child who will one day own you. In conclusion, darling, let me repeat: your home is still here, inviolate & certain and I open the wide smile of my remembrance of your lunging thighs. This to you on the anniversary of our first night. I know you love me to talk this way. I hope no one sees this message written in the calm lonely far out languid afternoon W/my total love, Shirley
The Celebration of the Lizard
Lions in the street and roaming Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming A beast caged in the heart of a city The body of his mother Rotting in the summer ground He fled the town He went down South and crossed the border Left the chaos and disorder Back there over his shoulder One morning he awoke in a green hotel With a strange creature groaning beside him Sweat oozed from its shiny skin Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin Wake up! You can't remember where it was Had this dream stopped? The snake was pale gold Glazed and shrunken We were afraid to touch it The sheets were hot dead prisons Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom Look! I can't live thru each slow century of her moving I let my cheek slide down The cool smooth tile Feel the good cold stinging blood The smooth hissing snakes of rain . . . Once I had, a little game I liked to crawl back into my brain I think you know the game I mean I mean the game called 'go insane' Now you should try this little game Just close your eyes forget your name Forget the world forget the people And we'll erect a different steeple This little game is fun to do Just close your eyes no way to lose And I'm right there I'm going too Release control we're breaking through Way back deep into the brain Back where there's never any pain And the rain falls gently on the town And in the labyrinth of streams Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of Nervous hill dwellers in the gentle hills around Reptiles abounding Fossils, caves, cool air heights Each house repeats a mold Windows rolled Beast car locked in against morning All now sleeping Rugs silent, mirrors vacant Dust blind under the beds of lawful couples Wound in sheets And daughters, smug With semen eyes in their nipples Wait There's been a slaughter here (Don't stop to speak or look around Your gloves and fan are on the ground We're getting out of town We're going on the run And you're the one I want to come Not to touch the earth Not to see the sun Nothing left to do, but Run, run, run Let's run House upon the hill Moon is lying still Shadows of the trees Witnessing the wild breeze C'mon baby run with me Let's run Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill Rich are the rooms and the comforts there Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs And you won't know a thing till you get inside Dead president's corpse in the driver's car The engine runs on glue and tar C'mon along, we're not going very far To the East to meet the Czar Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake The minister's daughter's in love with the snake Who lives in a well by the side of the road Wake up, girl! We're almost home Sun, sun, sun Burn, burn, burn Soon, soon, soon Moon, moon, moon I will get you Soon!, Soon!, Soon! Let the carnival bells ring Let the serpent sing Let everything We came down The rivers and highways We came down from Forests and falls We came down from Carson and Springfield We came down from Phoenix enthralled And I can tell you The names of the Kingdom I can tell you The things that you know Listening for a fistful of silence Climbing valleys into the shade I am the Lizard King I can do anything I can make the earth stop in its tracks I made the blue cars go away For seven years I dwelt In the loose palace of exile Playing strange games With the girls of the island Now I have come again To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise Brothers and sisters of the pale forest O Children of Night Who among you will run with the hunt? Now Night arrives with her purple legion Retire now to your tents and to your dreams Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth I want to be ready'
The end ( Live )
Come on, turn the lights out, man Turn it way down Hey Mister Lightman You gotta turn those lights way down, man! Hey, I'm not kidding, you gotta turn the lights out Come on! What do we care...? This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my ownly friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes again Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land Come on, baby! And we were in this house and there was a sound like silverware being dropped on linoleum, and then somebody ran into the room and they said "Have you seen the accident outside?" And everybody said: "Hey man, have you seen the accident outside?" Have you seen the accident outside Seven people took a ride Six bachelors and their bride Seven people took a ride Sever people died Don't let me die in an automobile I wanna lie in an open field Want the snakes to suck my skin Want the worms to be my friends Want the birds to eat my eyes As here I lie The clouds fly by Ode to a grasshopper... I think I'll open a little shop, A little place where they sell things And I think I'll call it "Grasshopper"... I have a big green grasshopper out there Have you seen my grasshopper, mama? Looking real good... (Oh, I blew it, it's a moth) That's alright, he ain't got long to go, so we'll forgive him. Ensenada The dog crucifix The dead seal Ghosts of the dead car sun Stop the car I'm getting out, I can't take it Hey, look out, there's somebody coming And there's nothing you can do about it... The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he...he walked on down the hallway, baby Came to a door He looked inside Father? Yes, son? I wanna kill you Mother...I want to... Fuck you, mama, all night long Beware, mama Gonna love you, baby, all night Come on, baby, take a chance with us Come on, baby, take a chance with us Come on, baby, take a chance with us Meet me at the back of the blue bus Meet me at the back of the blue bus, Blue rock, Blue bus, Blue rock Blue bus. Kill! Kill! This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end Hurts to set you free But you'll never follow me The end of laughter and soft cries The end of nights we tried to die This is the end
The holy shah
My name is the holy shah I come to town this day To tell my story to the judge Judge, judge, judge, judge The man is not wanted here Come to our house say the Mandarino And tell us why it is you stray so near Why you run away so fast and come back slow In the middle of the sun In the middle of the day When even an idiot goes indoors
Under waterfall
Under waterfall, Under waterfall The girls return from summer balls Let's steal the eye that sees us all
Universal mind
I was doing time in the universal mind. I was feeling fine. I was turning keys, I was setting people free. I was doing all right. Chorus: Then you came along With a suitcase and a song, Turned my head around. Now I'm so alone Just looking for a home In every place I see. I'm the freedom man X3 That's how lucky I am. I was doing time in the universal mind. I was feeling fine. I was turning keys, I was setting people free. I was doing all right. Chorus I'm the freedom man. I was doing time in the universal mind. I was feeling fine. I was turning keys, I was setting people free. I was doing all right. Chorus I'm the freedom man X3
Whiskey, Mystics And Men Well, I’ll tell you a story of whiskey and mystics and men, And about the believers and how the whole thing began. First there were women and children obeying the moon, Then daylight brought wisdom and fever and sickness too soon. You can try to remind me instead of the other, you can. You can help to insure that we all insecure our command. If you don’t give a listen, I won’t try to tell your new hand. This is it; can’t you see that we all have our ends in the band. And if all of the teachers and preachers of wealth were arraigned, We could see quite a future for me in the literal sands. And if all the people could claime to inspect such regrets, well, we’d have no forgiveness, forgetfullness, faithful remorse. So I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must send away. We must try to find a new answer instead of a way.
Who do you love
( Elias McDaniel )
I walked 47 miles on barbed-wire, Got a cobra-snake for a necktie. I built a house by the roadside, Made of rattlesnake hide. Got a brand new chimney up on top, Made out of human skulls. Come on baby take a walk with me, And tell me who do you love? Who do you love? X3 Tombstone head and a graveyard mind, I'm just 22 and I don't mind dying. Rode around the town with a rattlesnake whip, Come on baby don't give me no lip. Who do you love? X3 The night is dark, the sky was blue, Down the alley the ice wagon flew. Hit a bump, somebody screamed, You should'a heard just what I seen. Who, baby, who do you love? What do you love, now? Love, love, love me girl. Love, love, love me darling.
Who scared you
Who scared you and why were you born, my babe? In two-time's arms with all of your charms, my love. Why were you born, just to play with me, To freak out or to be beautiful, my dear? Load your head, blow it up, feeling good, baby Load your head, blow it up, feeling good, baby. Well my room is so cold, you know you don't have to go, my babe. And if you want it up right, I'm gonna love you tonight, my love. Well I'm glad that we came, I hope you're feeling the same. Who scared you and why were you born? Please stay. I see your rider coming down the road. Got a virgin carrying a heavy load, One sack of silver and one bag of gold.
Winter Photography Winter Photography Our love's in jeopardy Winter Photography Our love's in jeopardy Sit up all night, talking, smoking Count the dead & wait for morning Will warm names & faces come again Does the silver forest end
Woman in the window I am the woman in the window See the children playing Soldier, sailor, young man on your way to the summer swimming pool Can you see me standing in my window Can you hear me laughing Come up stairs sir to your room And I will play for you On dreamland, golden sceneland Try to sleepland take us to dreamland I am unhappy far from my woman Take me to dreamland, land of the bannion Land of plentiful pleasures of pine Potatoes on tables laden with good things Eat at my table, she cried to the vineyards Calling the workers home from the meadows Man you are evil, get out of my garden Ours is a good place, home of the reindeer Sell me your pony, your fast golden pony I need his strength and his terrible footsteps Riding the prairie, just me and my angel Just try and stop us we're going to love Open your window, women of Palastine Throw down your rayment and cover us over Woman Is A Devil Me and the devil, Walking side by side. Me and the devil, Going to take you on a long and evil ride. The woman is a devil, That's what I've been told. Woman is a devil, That's what I've been told. She'll take all your money, Then she'll spend all your gold. All right. The devil is a woman. She's a woman. Well I play my acts, honey She take the whole damn role. Keep on going, now, come on. All right play it, yeah. One more time. Well she feel like dying. Only twenty-one. Well she feel like dying, But she's only twenty-one. She's not the only, She's not the only one. All right, all right, all right. All right, all right. Gonna save the whole world. All right.