"The Doors" lyrics (first album)
Philipp Shouniaev
THE DOORS (1967)
1. BREAK ON THROUGH
(Morrison)
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
Can you still recall the time we cried?
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 chained us, eyes that lied
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, 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...
2. SOUL KITCHEN
(Morrison)
Well, the clock says its 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 the 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.
Well, your fingers weave quick minarets,
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette,
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.
3. THE CRYSTAL SHIP
(Morrison)
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
4. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
(Morrison)
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,
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
Twentieth Century Fox,
Twentieth Century Fox,
She's a Twentieth Century Fox.
5. ALABAMA SONG ( WHISKY BAR )
(Weill Brecht)
6. LIGHT MY FIRE
(Krieger)
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
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
7. BACK DOOR MAN
(W. Dixon & C. Burnett)
8. I LOOKED AT YOU
(Morrison)
I looked at you, You looked at me
I smiled at you, You smiled at me
And we're on our way
No, we can't turn back, babe;
Yeah, we're on our way
And we cant 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, babe;
Yeah, we're on our way;
And we can't turn back, Yeah!
I walk with you, You walk with me,
I talked to you, You talked to me
And we're on our way
No, we can't turn back, babe;
Yeah, we're on our way
And we cant 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
9. END OF THE NIGHT
(Morrison)
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
10. TAKE IT AS IT COMES
(Morrison)
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
Oh' 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
Oh' You've been movin' much too fast
Go real slow, you'll like it more and more,
Take it as it comes, specialize in having fun
Take it easy, baby, take it as it comes
Don't move too fast if you want your love to last
Oh' You've been movin' much too fast
Movin' much too fast,
Movin' much too fast.
11. THE END
(Morrison)
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, baby,
Weird scenes inside the gold mine;
Ride the highway west, baby.
Ride the snake, Ride the snake,
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 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, 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..."
Come on, baby...
Come on, baby, take a chance with us,
Come on, baby, take a chance with us,
Come on, baby, take a chance with us,
And meet me at the back of the blue bus.
Blue bus still now...
Come on, girl
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.
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Philipp Shouniaev,
Sankt-Petersburg, Russia,
ph...@ta.spb.ru