An American Prayer
The Doors
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1
Awake
00 : 34
2
Ghost Song
02 : 44
3
Dawn’s Highway / Newborn Awakening
03 : 36
4
To Come of Age
01 : 00
5
Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome
02 : 44
6
Angels and Sailors / Stoned Immaculate
04 : 53
7
The Movie
01 : 30
8
Curses, Invocations
01 : 51
9
American Night
00 : 23
10
Roadhouse Blues
06 : 58
11
Lament
02 : 14
12
The Hitchhiker
02 : 11
13
An American Prayer / The End
06 : 51
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Track Lyrics
The Movie Lyrics
[Intro]
The movie will begin in five moments
The mindless voice announced
All those unseated will await the next show
[Verse]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Outro]
Silver stream, silvery scream
Oooooh, impossible concentration
American Night Lyrics
[Intro]
All hail the American night!
What was that?
I don't know
Sounds like guns...thunder
[Verse 1]
Oh, 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 going to the Roadhouse
Gonna have a real
A good time
[Verse 2]
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that's for the people who like to go down slow
[Chorus]
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll
All night long
[Post-Chorus]
Do it, Robby, do it!
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge 1]
You got to roll, roll, roll
You got to thrill my soul, all right
Roll, roll, roll, roll
To thrill my soul
You got to beep-a-gunk-a-chucha
Honk-konk-konk-kadanta
Each-ya-puna-ney-cha
Bap-pa-lula-ni-chao
Pao-pati-cha
Ni-saong-kong
Alright!
[Bridge 2]
Ashen lady
Ashen lady
Give up your vows
Give up your vows
Save our city
Save our city
Right now
[Verse 3]
Well, I woke up this morning and 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
[Chorus]
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll
All night long
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 going tohappen, man, but I wanna have
My kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames
Alright!
The Hitchhiker Lyrics
[Intro]
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
[Verse 1]
Hi. How you doing? I just got back into town L.A
I was out on the desert for awhile
[Chorus]
Riders on the storm
Yeah. In the middle of it
Riders on the storm
[Bridge]
Right
[Verse 2]
Into this House 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
[Chorus]
Riders on the storm
But, ah, I killed somebody
There's a killer on the road
[Bridge]
No
[Verse 3]
His brain is squirming like a toad
It's no big deal, you 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, you know
[Outro]
Killer on the road
And I wasted him
Yeah