L. A. Woman - The Doors Lyrics
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow
Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows
Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woo, c'mon
L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon
L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon
L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon
Drive thru your suburbs
Into your blues, into your blues, yeah
Into your blue-blue Blues
Into your blues, ohh, yeah
I see your hair is burnin'
Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar
Drivin' down your freeways
Midnite alleys roam
Cops in cars, the topless bars
Never saw a woman...
So alone, so alone
So alone, so alone
Motel Money Murder Madness
Let's change the mood from glad to sadness
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
Got to keep on risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
Mojo Risin', gotta Mojo Risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin', gotta keep on risin'
Risin', risin'
Gone risin', risin'
I'm gone risin', risin'
I gotta risin', risin'
Well, risin', risin'
I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin'
Woah, ohh yeah
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow
Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows
Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woah, c'mon
L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman, your my woman
Little L.A. Woman, Little L.A. Woman
L.A. L.A. Woman Woman
L.A. Woman c'mon
| "Mr. Mojo Risin'" is an anagram for "Jim Morrison." He repeats the
phrase at the end of the song faster and faster to simulate orgasm. |
| Early blues musicians often referred to their "Mojo," like in the
Muddy Waters' song "I Got My Mojo Workin'." A mojo is a voodoo charm,
usually a bag filled with various plants and items. Different plants
would be used for different purposes. If the bag were red, it would be a
mojo for love and you would have to put a personal item, such as hair or
bit of clothing in order for the mojo to work. If the mojo were made out
of a black bag it would be for death. Many white listeners, including
Jim Morrison, thought mojo meant sexual energy, and that is how it's
usually interpreted today, in part due to Austin Powers movies.
(thanks, Kevin - Martinez, CA) |
| Morrison recorded his vocals in the studio bathroom to get a fuller
sound. He spent a lot of time in there anyway because of all the beer he
drank during the sessions. |
| The Doors performed this live only once, in Dallas at the State Fair
Music Hall on December 11, 1970. The only live recording of this is on
the bootleg If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another. The band wanted
to bring more musicians along to simulate the studio sound, but Morrison
died before they could launch the tour. (thanks, Tony - Westbury, NY) |
| This was the title track to the last Doors album before Jim Morrison
died. The remaining members released 2 more albums, Other Voices
and Full Circle, which both sold poorly. (thanks, Jim -
Hopatcong, NJ) |
| The Doors needed extra musicians to record this. Jerry Sheff was
brought in to play bass, Marc Benno to play guitar. Sheff and Benno were
going to tour with the band, but Morrison's death canceled those plans. |
| Morrison got the idea for the "City of Night" lyric from John
Rechy's 1963 book of the same name. It describes a sordid world of
sexual perversion, which Morrison translated to Los Angeles. |
| They put this together in the studio and recorded it live with no
overdubs. It came together surprisingly well. |
| The first line, "Well, I did a little down about an hour ago" is a
reference to a barbituate, specifically Rorer 714. |
| Billy Idol covered this. He was in the 1991 Oliver Stone movie
The Doors. |
| The Doors produced this album themselves with the help of their
engineer. Paul Rothchild, who produced their first 5 albums, did not
want to work on this because he didn't like the songs. He produced an
album for Janis Joplin instead. |
| In 2000, the surviving members of the Doors taped a VH1
Storytellers episode with guest vocalists filling in for Morrison.
Perry Farrell, formerly of Jane's Addiction, sang on this. |
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