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The Doors - Runnin' Blue

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Album: The Soft Parade
Released: 1969

Runnin' Blue Lyrics

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This is a tribute to Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash on Dec 10, 1967. The Doors were scheduled to play with Redding at Winterland in San Francisco on Dec 26-28, 1967.

In addition to writing this, Doors guitarist Robby Krieger sang lead. It is one of the few Doors songs where Jim Morrison is not the primary vocalist.

The Doors released this as a single, but did not make the Top 40.

Morrison was abusing alcohol during most of the recording of this album. Since songs like this involved a lot of instruments and took a while to record, Morrison had a lot of time to get drunk. As a result, he didn't contribute much to it.

One of the instruments used was a fiddle.

The Doors - The Soft Parade

The Doors - The Soft Parade Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Soft Parade
Released: 1969

The Soft Parade Lyrics

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This was the title track to The Doors' fourth album. It sold well, but many critics felt it was a sellout to Pop music. Their next album, Morrison Hotel, was a return to their roots and was recorded a lot faster.

Morrison put the lyrics together out of pieces of poetry he had written.

Many of the images are of people walking along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, where Morrison often hung out.

The Doors played this live only once: on a PBS television special in 1969. (thanks, Sam - Lincoln, NE)

The Doors - Wild Child

The Doors - Wild Child Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Soft Parade
Released: 1969

Wild Child Lyrics

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 rulage of grains,
And the trees of the night
Ha, ha, ha, ha
With hunger at her heels,
Freedom in her eyes
She dances on her knees,
Pirate prince at her side
Stirrin' into a hollow idols eyes
Wild child full of grace,
Savior of the human race
Your cool face,
Your cool face,
Your cool face
Do you remember when we were in Africa?

Writer/s: JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON, JIM MORRISON, LEWIS ALLEN RABINOWITZ, LOU REED
Publisher: SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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In 2000, the surviving members of the Doors taped a VH1 Storytellers episode with guest vocalists filling in for Morrison. Ian Astbury sang on this.

Most of the album contained more orchestral songs than what The Doors had previously recorded. This, however, was closer to their earlier work than anything else on The Soft Parade.

This was the B-side of "Touch Me."

The Doors - Tell All The People

The Doors - Tell All The People Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Soft Parade
Released: 1969

Tell All The People Lyrics

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Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this, as well as most of the songs on The Soft Parade. He thought it was perfect for Jim Morrison to sing, but Morrison did not want to be associated with this song was because of the negative imagery in the lyrics. "Tell all the people get your guns...," was the phrase that made Jim Morrison hate this song. Krieger was referring to an event where certain rednecks violently beat him and Doors drummer John Densmore. This also explains why you see them on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with black eyes playing "Touch Me." (thanks, Greg - Cincinnati, OH)

This song prompted Morrison to insist on individual writing credits so people could identify which band member wrote which songs. He did not want anyone to think he wrote this.

This was released as a single, but did not make the top 40.