| Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger came up with the guitar riff. The
lyrics were based on 2 of Jim Morrison's poems, one called "Abortion
Stories," which is where the bloody images came from. |
| This was written in the studio. After Krieger got the guitar riff,
they went through Morrison's notebooks and found the poems to create the
lyrics. The first lines they got were "She came, she came, she came,
just about the break of day." |
| The lyrics about the Indians refer to an auto accident involving a
group of Indians that Morrison's family came across on the highway.
Morrison, who was a child at the time, felt that the ghosts of the
Indians took up residence in his soul. This scene is portrayed at the
beginning of Oliver Stone's movie, The Doors. |
| The lyric "Blood in the streets of the town of Chicago" refers to
the 1968 democratic convention. |
| The lyric "Blood in the streets of the town of New Haven" refers to
Morrison's arrest in New Haven in 1967. Police were called when Morrison
was seen getting intimate with a young girl before the show. An officer
confronted Morrison, who was arrested on stage after he exposed himself
and went on a rant against the police. |
| Krieger recorded a version with Smashmouth for the 2000 Doors
tribute album Stoned Immaculate. |
| Radio stations usually play this together with "Blue Sunday," which
follows it on the album. |
