The Doors 
"Strange Days" 
Produced by Paul Rothchild 
Elektra/Asylum records 
Released on vinyl October 1967 

 
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 

 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost 
Tell me who 
Are you? 
I think that you know what to do 
Impossible? Yes, but it's true 
I think that you know what to do, yeah 
I'm sure that you know what to do 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost 
Tell me who 
Are you? 
I think that you know what to do 
Impossible? Yes, but it's true 
I think that you know what to do, girl 
I'm sure that you know what to do 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost little girl 
You're lost 

 
Love me two times, baby 
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 
But 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 
Oh, yes 
Love me one time 
I could not speak 
Love me one time, baby 
Yeah, my knees got weak 
But 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 time, 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 

 
Unhappy girl 
Left all alone 
Playing solitaire 
Playing warden to your soul 
You are locked in a prison 
Of your own devise 
And you can't believe 
What it does to me 
To see you 
Crying 
Unhappy girl 
Tear your web away 
Saw thru all your bars 
Melt your cell today 
You are caught in a prison 
 Of your own devise 
Unhappy girl 
Fly fast away 
Don't miss your chance 
To swim in mystery 
You are dying in a prison 
Of your own devise 

 
When the still sea conspires an armor 
And her sullen and aborted 
Currents breed tiny monsters 
True sailing is dead 
Awkward instant 
And the first animal is jettisoned 
Legs furiously pumping 
Their stiff green gallop 
And heads bob up 
Poise 
Delicate 
Pause 
Consent 
In mute nostril agony 
Carefully refined 
And sealed over 

 
Let's swim to the moon, uh huh 
Let's climb through the tide 
Penetrate the evenin' that the 
City sleeps to hide 
Let's swim out tonight, love 
It's our turn to try 
Parked beside the ocean 
On our moonlight drive 
Let's swim to the moon, uh huh 
Let's climb through the tide 
Surrender to the waiting worlds 
That lap against our side 
Nothin' left open 
And no time to decide 
We've stepped into a river 
On our moonlight drive 
Let's swim to the moon 
Let's climb through the tide 
You reach your hand to hold me 
But I can't be your guide 
Easy, I love you 
As I watch you glide 
Falling through wet forests 
On our moonlight drive, baby 
Moonlight drive 
Come on, baby, gonna take a little ride 
Down, down by the ocean side 
Gonna get real close 
Get real tight 
Baby gonna drown tonight 
Goin' down, down, down 

 
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 

 
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 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 
Endless roll 

 
I can't see your face in my mind 
I can't see your face in my mind 
Carnival dogs 
Consume the lines 
Can't see your face in my mind 
Don't you cry 
Baby, please don't cry 
And don't look at me 
With your eyes 
I can't seem to find the right lie 
I can't seem to find the right lie 
Insanity's horse 
Adorns the sky 
Can't seem to find the right lie 
Carnival dogs 
Consume the lines 
Can't see your face in my mind 
Don't you cry 
Baby, please don't cry 
I won't need your picture 
Until we say goodbye 

 
Yeah, c'mon 
When the music's over 
When the music's over, yeah 
When the music's over 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights, yeah 
When the music's over 
When the music's over 
When the music's over 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights 
For the music is your special friend 
Dance on fire as it intends 
Music is your only friend 
Until the end 
Until the end 
Until the end 
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection 
Send my credentials to the House of Detention 
I got some friends inside 
The face in the mirror won't stop 
The girl in the window won't drop 
A feast of friends 
 "Alive!" she cried 
Waitin' for me 
Outside! 
Before I sink 
Into the big sleep 
I want to hear 
I want to hear 
The scream of the butterfly 
Come back, baby 
Back into my arm 
We're gettin' tired of hangin' around 
Waitin' around with our heads to the ground 
I hear a very gentle sound 
Very near yet very far 
Very soft, yeah, very clear 
Come today, come today 
What have they done to the earth? 
What have they done to our fair sister? 
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her 
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn 
And tied her with fences and dragged her down 
I hear a very gentle sound 
With your ear down to the ground 
We want the world and we want it... 
We want the world and we want it... 
Now 
Now? 
Now! 
Persian night, babe 
See the light, babe 
Save us! 
Jesus! 
 Save us! 
So when the music's over 
When the music's over, yeah 
When the music's over 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights 
Turn out the lights 
Well the music is your special friend 
Dance on fire as it intends 
Music is your only friend 
Until the end 
Until the end 
Until the end! 

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