The Doors - Other Voices 1971The Doors
John Densmore – drums
Robby Krieger – guitar, vocals
Ray Manzarek – keyboards, vocals
Additional personnelJack Conrad – bass on "In the Eye of the Sun", "Variety Is the Spice of Life" and "Tightrope Ride"
Jerry Scheff – bass on "Down On The Farm", "I'm Horny, I'm Stoned" and "Wandering Musician"
Wolfgang Melz – bass on "Hang on to Your Life"
Ray Neapolitan – bass on "Ships w/ Sails"
Willie Ruff – acoustic bass on "Ships w/ Sails"
Francisco Aguabella – percussion on "Ships w/ Sails" and "Hang on to Your Life"
Emil Richards – marimba, kickshaws and whimwhams on "Down on the Farm"
Producers – The Doors, Bruce Botnick
Engineer – Bruce Botnick
Cover photo – Ron Raffaelli
1. In The Eye Of The Sun 4:48 In the eye of the sun, before the world had begun
Taking it easy, I was having some fun
Loafin' and a jokin',it was all energy
No such thing as you and or me
No time, pure mind
In the eye of the sun, before the world had begun
It had been a lot of work the last time around
I needed a rest, a chance to just lie down
Always on the go, no time to kill
A lot of runnin' to and fro, hard workin' at the mill
So it blew up, and I flew up
Into the eye of the sun before the world had begun
Well I hung around, I don't know how many years
No more troubles, no more fears
Had a lot of rest with-a nothing to do
No action, No reaction
In the eye of the sun, before the world had begun
I wanted flesh and blood and skin and bones
A multi-dimensional universal home
I wanted space and time, up and down
Life and death, and love all around
I knew there'd be trouble, but I could pull through
So, I thought up the world and you did too
2. Variety Is The Spice Of Life 2:50 Well, variety is the spice of life, babe
That's what the judge is gonna tell my wife
She said, "Why'd you have to do it? Why you such a fool?"
I can't resist to try something new'
Well, the judge said, "Guilty in the first degree."
I said, "Can I help it if I dig multiplicity?"
All these pretty women with nothing to do
C'mon and help me try to find something new.
Well, you've gotta try ev'rything once
You better take out some insurance
You gotta try ev'rything once
You better build up your endurance
Well, variety is the spice of life
That's what the judge is gonna tell my wife
She said, "Why'd you have to do it? Why such a fool?"
I can't resist to try something new
You got a full house, babe, I got four of a kind
I'm watchin' six different televisions, all at one time
You know I love you, baby, sad but true
Well, you gotta try ev'rything once
You better take out some insurance
You gotta try ev'rything once
You better build up your endurance
'Cause variety is the spice of life, babe
That's what the judge is gonna tell my wife
She said, "Why'd you have to do it? Why such a fool?"
I can't resist to try something new
3. Ships With Sails 7:38 Well, you asked how much I love you
Why do ships with sails love the wind?
And will I be thinking of you
will I ever pass this way again?
I'll be returning some day
Until then
Please don't ask me my direction
Let my tracks be buried in the sea
Cause to wander's my infection
'till the four winds bring you back to me
Don't count your memories
think of me as just a dream
Just like this melody, I sing
4. Tightrope Ride 4:15 You're on a tightrope ride, nobody by your side
Well, you're all alone, gotta find a new home
Don't go over the line. You better keep on time
Or you'll lose your mind on your tightrope ride
Watch out, don't fall! Careful, don't slip!
You better get your balance, you have to feel the way
There are no more questions, no answers today
There are no reasons, there are no more rhymes
But if you feel it, you can fly next time
You can fly net time, or maybe this time
Did you think we were all together?
Did you think we were all the same?
Did you think maybe I could help you
Remember your name, remember the game
What's the name of the game
It's a very good game, never stays the same
It's the number one from mud to sun
You're on a tightrope ride, we're all by your side
But you're all alone, and we're going home
And we're by your side, but you're all alone
Like a Rolling Stone, like Brian Jones
On a tightrope ride
5. Down Of The Farm 4:15 Don't need none today
Master's gone away
His mind has gone astray
'Cause we don't need none today
Did you hear what I say?
Don't need none today
Gonna run a rainbow ragged
Ask the mountain men, they've had it
City life's a real bad habit
All the boys are down on the farm
Gonna run a rainbow ragged
Ask the mountain men, they've had it
City life's a real bad habit
C'mon along it won't do you no harm
We're goin' down on the farm
Gonna run a rainbow
Gonna run a rainbow
Gonna run a rainbow
Gonna run a rainbow
Gonna run a rainbow ragged
Ask the mountain men, they've had it
City life's a real bad habit
All the boys are down on the farm
6. I'm Horny, I'm Stoned 3:55 Well, I'm tired, I'm nervous, I'm bored, I'm stoned
Don't you know
Life ain't so easy when you're on your own
Well, I'm lonely, I'm ugly, I'm horny, I'm cold
Don't you know
Life ain't so easy when you're on your own
Leavin' home
Well, I got ripped off, wiped out, I got burned
Don't you know
Life ain't so easy when you'r on your own
I feel my mind is shaken out of place
I look like a truck ran over my face
The doctor says I'm not a hopeless case
I really wanna join the human race
Well, I got ripped off, wiped out, I got burned
Don't you know
Life ain't so easy when you're on your own
Well, I'm tired, I'm nervous, I'm bored, I'm stoned
Don't you know
Life ain't so easy when you're on your own
Leavin' home
On your own
On your own
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
7. Wandering Musician 6:25 Please don't tell me what to do
'cause even if I wanted to
I couldn't throw my life away
By listening to what you say
I'm a-tellin' you
Ain't nothin' you can do to change my ways
Hey, hey, hey
Ain't no way you gonna make me think like you do
No matter if the sun or the stars say I'm wrong
It's just the song of a lonely wandering musician
I'm a-tellin' you
Ain't nothin' you can do to change my ways
No, no, no, no, no
Ain't gonna make me think like you do
It's just the son of a lonely wandering musician
I'm a-tellin' you
Ain't nothin' you can do to change my ways
Hey, hey, hey
Ain't no way
Hey, hey, hey
Ain't no way
8. Hang To Your Life 5:36 Sweet bird of prey
You've gone below
all soft and black it's time to grow
Don't be afraid to touch the light
Don't run from love in the starless night
Hang on to your life
It's begun now
Hang on paradise
Here we come now
Life is like the wind.
Where does it begin?
Time come again
Where's your day now?
Bring me your sun
Light the way now
Just spread your wings and taste the sky
It's time to laugh
It's time to fly
The mountain air is clear and bright
Your shadow world is endless night
Time come again
Where's your day now?
Bring me your sun
Light the way now
Hang on to your life
It's begun now
Hang on paradise
Here we come now
Life is like the wind
Where's it gonna end?
The Doors - Full Circle 1972The Doors
John Densmore - drums
Robby Krieger - guitar, vocals, harmonica
Ray Manzarek - keyboards, vocals
Additional personnelChico Batera - percussion on "Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
Jack Conrad - bass on "4 Billion Souls", "Good Rockin", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
Chris Ethridge - bass on "Get Up and Dance"
Venetta Fields - vocals
Bobbi Hall - percussion on "Verdilac", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
Clydie King - vocals
Charles Larkey - bass on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird"
Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone on "Verdilac"; flute on "The Piano Bird"
Melissa MacKay - vocals
Leland Sklar - bass on "Hardwood Floor", "The Mosquito" and "It Slipped My Mind"
Producer: The Doors
Engineer: Henry Lewy
Cover concept: Pacific Eye & Ear
Cover illustration: Joe Garnett
1. Get Up And Dance 2:25 Oh people get up and dance
The new day's comin', it's the end of the trance
No need to worry, no need to hide
Ev'rybody is on the same side
Oh people, get up and dance
The future's ours if we just take a chance
No need to hurry or no time to waste
The year two thousand is the cut-off date
Oh people, get up and dance
Like one long electric beam
It's the old crystal Alice dream
Oh people, get up and dance
The new day's comin', it's the end of the trance
The future's ours if we just take a chance
So come on people get up and dance
Yeah, get up and dance
Come on, let's get up and dance
Golden days, get up and dance
We'll have diamond nights
Get up and dance
We got sweet light shining
Get up and dance
Golden days, get up and dance
We'll have diamond nights, get up and dance
Come on people, get up and dance
Come on, get up and dance
Let's dance, get up and dance.
2. Four Billion Souls 3:18 One, two, three, four billion souls are gonna rest
If all our friends don't try their best
To change the way this world is headed for
We can find our happiness, it ain't so hard to find
But look a little further up the line
Just a little further up in time
Don't you see that we could be the first in history
Leavin' all that we don't need behind
We could clean it up and make it shine.
3. Verdillac 5:40 I'm gonna hang on your neck just like a verdilac
Take you for a ride in my Cadillac
Well I tried and I tried but I can't make you understand
Baby can't you see I'm more than just a man
If you don't bring my coffee in my favorite cup
You're gonna make it necessary for me to conjure up
Spirits
Spirits
I'm gonna hang on your neck just like a verdilac
Take you for a ride in my Cadillac
Well I tried and I tried but I can't make you understand
Baby can't you see I'm more than just a man
If you don't bring my coffee in my favorite cup
You're gonna make it necessary for me to conjure up
Spirits
Spirits
Spirits, spirits
4. Hardwood Floor 3:38 Go and tell your daddy that we need some dough
We're gonna get married down in Mexico
We got love don't need no more
But all we got to live on is a hardwood floor
You know, all we got to live on is a hardwood floor
We got love don't need no more
But all we got to live on is this hardwood floor
All we got to live on is this hardwood floor
All we got to live on, all we got to live on
All we got to live on is this hardwood floor
Like I said before
Well I had a lot of money 'bout a year ago
Spent all my money on a rock and roll show
I got a lot to tell you, got nothing to show
All we got to live on is this hardwood floor
On this hardwood floor
Oh, oh, on this hardwood floor
Well I went to see your daddy but he sure got sore
He said you ought to be out there fightin' the war
I asked him for some money, he said what for
I told him all we got to live on is a hardwood floor
You know, all we got to live on is a hardwood floor
We got love, don't need no more
All we got to live on is a hardwood floor
On a hardwood floor, on this hardwood floor
All we got to live on is a hardwood floor.
5. Good Rockin' 4:22 Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Whoa my baby, tied as I can
Tonight she knows I'm a mighty, mighty man
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Well meet me in a hurry
Behind the bar
Don't you be afraid, 'cause I do you no harm
Won't you bring along you're rockin' shoes
Tonight we'll gonna rock away all the blues
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Well I heard the news
Yes I heard the news
When it's good news, everybody's rockin'
Good news
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Well meet me in a hurry
Behind the bar
Don't you be afraid, 'cause I do you no harm
Won't you bring along you're rockin' shoes
Tonight we'll gonna rock away all the blues
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
When it's good news
The world is rockin'
Good news
Ohoh the world is rockin'
Good news
The world is rockin'
Good news
I can see your hips rockin'
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
Rock 'n' Roll
Have you heard the news
Have you heard the news
Have you heard the news
Have you heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
The world is rockin'
Uhuh Rock 'n' Roll
Feel's good
Love you baby
Feelin' good
Allright let's go one more time
Well I heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight
6. The Mosquito 5:16 No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
Why don't you go home
No me moleste mosquito
Let me eat my burrito
No me moleste mosquito
Why don't you go home.
7. Piano Bird 5:50 A bird sings outside my piano
Lark of sweet love singing low
The more I play, the more he sings
He lives right up there in the green trees
Singing to me melodies
And in return I play for him
I played him a song on my piano
Well I played real good
And I played what I could
And in return, he sang for me
He lives right out there in the tree
Giving me his melodies
A bird sings outside my piano
Well I played real good
And I played what I could
And in return, he sang for me
He lives right out there in the tree
Giving me his melodies
A bird sings outside my piano
A bird sings outside my piano
Lark of sweet love singing low
He lives right up there in the green tree
Singing to me melodies
The more I play, the more he sings
A bird sings outside my piano.
8. It Slipped My Mind 3:11 You know, it just done slipped my mind
It just done slipped my mind
It's just so hard to find
It just done slipped my mind
I left my body somewhere down the line
It's just so easy to lose track of time
It just done slipped my mind
It just done slipped my mind
It wouldn't matter, but it's time to meditate.
You know, it just done slipped my mind
My memory's unrefined
They must have spiked my wine
Because it just done slipped my mind
My mind and body are still out of tune
I hope they run into each other real soon
It just done slipped my mind
It just done slipped my mind
I wouldn't mind, but it's cold here on the moon
It just done slipped my mind.
You now, it just done slipped my mind
My memory's unrefined
It just done slipped my mind
You know, they must have spiked my wine
My mind and body are still out of tune
I hope they run into each other real soon
Because it just done slipped my mind
It just done slipped my mind.
9. The Peking King And The New York Queen 6:25 Well, I heard a story you can judge it's worth
About the sun and the moon
This time they came down to earth
They passed in the heavens each day up above
Time after time and it soon became love
They could not touch, they could not kiss
They had no flesh, no earthly bliss
So they made a scheme, they made a plan
They would come down to earth as a woman and a man
She rode a lunar wave, he flew a solar beam
They took on human forms to live out a dream
The most beautiful people that I've ever seen
They were the Peking King and the New York Queen
I said the Peking King and the New York Queen.
As fate would have it in the toss of the dice
They went to opposite ends of this world of our lives
Opposite eyes, opposite minds
Such things matter in these troubled times.
Peking in the East and New York in the West
Each place thought that it was the best
But the sun and the moon on their earthly quest
Knew without a doubt that it was all the best
They said what does it matter how you read a book
It's all the same no matter how it looks.
Well the only thing important to the Peking King
Was bein' in the arms of his New York Queen
Thousand of miles, they were so far apart
How to get together? Oh, where to start?
On the California Zephyr and the Shanghai Express
He headed to Hong Kong, she headed out west.
No passports, no visas, no government quotas
No secret missile sites in South Dakota
No red tape, no red guard could stop the dream
Of the Peking King and the New York Queen
I said, the Peking King and the New York Queen
Well they found a little island in the Phillipines
It was a perfect little place to live out a dream
They say East is East, West is West
They say the twain won't meet, but don't you take that bet
'Cause you're invited to a wedding and to share the dream
Of the Peking King and the New York Queen
The Peking King and the New York Queen.
· 
The doors, Jim Morrison
