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
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
Rhino's new three disc collection LIVE IN BOSTON features two complete sets
from Friday April 10, 1970 at the Boston Arena and captures the moment just
before the Doors turned their mystical psych circus into a full blown blooze
review. As a historical document, LIVE IN BOSTON is unflinching, presenting a
decidedly warts-and-all view across 46 tracks. With Ray Manzarek's
polychromatic organ, Robbie Krieger's no-frills guitar lines, and Jon
Densmore's Latin-inflected percussion, the band ably follows Morrison through
every far-flung inspiration. The covers are many, as an epic "Light My Fire"
alone touches upon "Fever," "Summertime," and "St. James Infirmary Blues"
before returning to its familiar chorus. The show, of course, belongs to
Morrison who seems stuck between shaman-poet and Brechtian comic instigator.
Indeed one of the primary attractions of LIVE IN BOSTON is the banter. With
more skits than an Outkast record--including idiotic stoner ramblings,
inspired period pieces, and wry self-parodies--this set proves that even at
his most bloviated, Morrison could be an inspired and often hilarious
performer who knew how to push a crowd's buttons. It was worth the price of
admission for Doors fans in 1970 and given the staid contemporary relationship
between rock performers and audiences, it still resonates today.
WAITING FOR THE SUN:
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
THE SOFT PARADE: Tell All the People,
Touch Me, Shaman's Blues, Do It,
Easy Ride,
Wild Child, Runnin' Blue, Wishful Sinful, The Soft Parade
MORRISON MOTEL:
Road House 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.
Doors Music & Lyrics
