Álbum Legacy: The Absolute Best (The Doors)

Álbum: Legacy: The Absolute Best

Artista: The Doors

  • Sello Discográfico: Rhino Records

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Publicado en 2003, el recopilatorio Legacy: The Absolute Best ofrece una visión más completa y cronológicamente ordenada de la carrera de la banda. Este álbum doble se beneficia de la remasterización digital, lo que le confiere un sonido más nítido y potente.

Sirve tanto como una excelente introducción para nuevos oyentes como una actualización sonora para los fans de toda la vida.

El primer disco recorre sus tres primeros álbumes, mostrando su evolución. El segundo disco abarca desde el controvertido "The Soft Parade" hasta el final de la era de Jim Morrison con "L.A. Woman", cerrando con extractos de "An American Prayer".

La cuidada selección de canciones y la mejora en la calidad del audio hacen de este recopilatorio una de las mejores retrospectivas de la banda. Es una colección definitiva que celebra la perdurable influencia y el genio artístico de la biografía de The Doors.

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

  1. Break On Through (To The Other Side)2:29
    vídeo del tema Break On Through (To The Other Side)
    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 Yeah C'mon, yeah Everybody loves my baby Everybody loves my baby She gets high She gets high She gets high 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, wow, oh, yeah Made the scene, week a week Day a day, hour a 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 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  2. Back Door Man3:34
    vídeo del tema Back Door Man
    Wha Yeah Come on, yeah Yeah, come on, yeah Oh, yeah Yeah, I'm a back door man I'm a back door man The men don't know But the little girl 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 The men don't know But the little girl 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
  3. Light My Fire7:08
    vídeo del tema 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, yeah 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
  4. Twentieth Century Fox2:33

    Letra

    Well, she's fashionably lean And she's fashionably late She'll never wreck 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, oh yeah 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
  5. The Crystal Ship2:34

    Letra

    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
  6. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)3:19

    Letra

    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 goodbye 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
  7. Soul Kitchen3:35

    Letra

    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 Stumblin' in the neon groves Well, your fingers weave quick minuets 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 Stumblin' in the neon groves Well, the clock says it's time to close now I know I'll have to go now I really wanna stay here all night All night All night
  8. The End11:46

    Letra

    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, yeah 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 callin' us The blue bus is callin' us Driver, where you taken' 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 And he came to a door and he looked inside Father? Yes son I want to kill you Mother, I want to fuck you 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
  9. Love Me Two Times3:16
    vídeo del tema Love Me Two Times
    Love me two times, babe 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 Ah, yeah Love me one time I could not speak Love me one time, babe 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, babe Love me twice today Love me two times, babe Cause 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 I'm goin' away Love me two times I'm goin' away
  10. People Are Strange2:12
    vídeo del tema 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 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
  11. When The Music's Over11:02

    Vídeo

    vídeo del tema When The Music's Over
  12. My Eyes Have Seen You2:29

    Letra

    My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you My eyes have seen you Stand in your door When we 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 Endless roll
  13. Moonlight Drive3:04

    Letra

    Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide Penetrate the evening that the City sleeps to hide Let's swim out tonight, love It's our time to try Park besides the ocean On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide Surrender to the waking world That laps against our side Nothing left open And no time to decide We'll stop into a river On our moonlight drive Let's swim to the moon Let's climb through the tide You'll reach your hand to hold me But I can't be your guide Easy, I love you As I watch you glide We're falling through wet forests On our moonlight drive Moonlight drive Come on baby, gonna take a little ride Down, down by the ocean side Get real close, get real tight Baby, gonna drown tonigh Goin' down, down, down
  14. Strange Days3:09

    Letra

    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 Yeah! 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 Yeah! 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
  15. Hello, I Love You2:16

    Letra

    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 walkin' 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 somethin' 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!
  16. The Unknown Soldier3:25

    Letra

    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 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
  17. Spanish Caravan3:01

    Letra

    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
  18. Five To One4:27

    Letra

    Five to one, baby, one and five No one here gets out alive Now, you get yours and I get mine Gonna make it baby if we try We all 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 you we're taking over Your ballroom days are over, baby Night is growing near Shadows of the evening Crawl across the years You walk across the floor with a flower in your hair Tryin' to tell me no one understands Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes Gonna make it baby in our prime Come together one more time Come together one more time Get together one more time Get together one more time Get together one more time
  19. Not To Touch The Earth3:54

    Letra

    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

Disco 2

  1. Touch Me3:12
    vídeo del tema Touch Me
    Come on, come on Come on, come on 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 you made? Now, I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I Come on, come on Come on, come on 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 you made? I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain. I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I I'm gonna love you 'Til the heaven stops the rain. I'm gonna love you 'Til the stars fall from the sky For you and I
  2. Wild Child2:38

    Letra

    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) 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?
  3. Tell All The People3:21

    Letra

    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
  4. Wishful Sinful2:58

    Letra

    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
  5. Roadhouse Blues4:04
    vídeo del tema Roadhouse Blues
    Yeah! 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 we're gonna have a real good time Yeah, back at the roadhouse we've got some bungalows yeah, back at the roadhouse we've 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 Do it, honey, do it You gotta roll, roll, roll you gotta thrill my soul, all right roll, roll, roll, roll thrill my soul tonight Passionate lady, Passionate 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 well, 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
  6. Waiting For The Sun4:00

    Letra

    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 Waiting 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
  7. You Make Me Real2:53

    Letra

    I really want you, really do Really need ya 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 mistaken misery Make me free, love, make me free I really want you, really do Really need ya baby, really do Well I'm not real enough without you Oh, what can I do? You make me real Only you have that appeal So let me slide in your tender sunken sea Make me free, love, make me free You make me real You make me feel like lovers feel You make me throw away mistaken misery Make me free, love, make me free Make me free You make me real
  8. Peace Frog2:58

    Letra

    There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles She came There's blood on the streets, it's up to my knee She came Blood on the streets in the town of Chicago She came Blood on the rise, it's following me She came about the break of day She came and then she drove away Sunlight in her hair She came Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness She came Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh She came Yeah the river runs red down the legs of the city She came The women are crying red rivers of weepin' 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 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 LA Blood screams the pain 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 in the town of Chicago Blood on the rise, it's following me
  9. Love Her Madly3:18

    Letra

    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 Don't you love her madly? Now, don't you love her madly? Well, don't you love her madly?
  10. L.A. Woman7:51

    Letra

    Well, I just got into town about 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. Whoo! 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, yeah. Into your blues. Into your blues. Oh! 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. Midnight 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'. Gotta keep on risin'. Mr. Mojo Risin'. Mr. Mojo Risin'. Mr. Mojo Risin'. Mr. Mojo Risin'. Mr. Mojo Risin'. Gotta keep on risin'. Risin', risin'. Risin', risin'. Risin', risin'. Risin', risin'. Risin', risin'. Risin', risin'. Well, I just got into town about 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. Oh! Oh! L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman. L.A. Woman..
  11. Riders On The Storm7:10
    vídeo del tema 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 alone Riders on the storm There's a killer on the road His brain is squirming 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 Take him by the hand Make him understand The world on you depends Our life will never end Gotta love your man, yeah 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 alone Riders on the storm Riders on the storm
  12. The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)4:15
  13. The Changeling4:21

    Letra

    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, get loose! 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
  14. Gloria6:18

    Letra

    Tell ya 'bout my baby She come around She come 'round here The head to the ground Come 'round here A-just about midnight She make me feel so good Make me feel alright She come 'round my street now She come to my house, yeah Knock upon my door Climbing up my stairs One, two, three Come on up, baby Mmmm, 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? Make me feel alright! (8x) Gloria You were my queen and I was your fool Riding home after school You took me home, yeah To your house Your father's at work Your mama's out shopping around Took me into your room Showed me your thing Why d'you do it, baby? A-getting softer, slow it down Softer, get it down Now you show me your thing, yeah Wrap your legs around my neck Wrap your arms around my feet Wrap your hair around my skin I'm gonna It's getting harder It's getting too darn fast It's getting harder Alright! Come on, darling, let's get it on Whoa, too late! Too late! Too late Too late! Too late! Too late It's, stop! Oh Make me feel alright, baby (6x) Gloria Keep the whole thing going, baby! All right All right Fuck
  15. Celebration Of The Lizard17:01

    Letra

    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 And she was beside me Old, she's not, young Her dark red hair Her white soft skin 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 thru Way back deep into the brain Back where there's never any pain And the rain falls gently on the town And over the heads of all of us 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'