Runnin' Blue - The Doors Lyrics
Poor Otis dead and gone
Left me here to sing his song
Pretty little girl with the red dress on
Poor Otis dead and gone
Yeah, back down, turn around slowly
Try it again, remembering when
It was easy, try it again
Much to easy, rememberin' when
All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose
Can't fight the runnin' blues Well, I've got the runnin' blues
Runnin' away, back to L.A.
Got to find the dock of the bay
Maybe find it back in L.A.
Runnin' scared
Runnin' blue
Goin' so fast
What'll I do
Well, I've got the runnin' blues
Runnin' away, back to L.A.
Got to find the dock of the bay
Maybe find it back in L.A.
All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose
Can't fight the runnin' blues
All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose
Can't fight the runnin' blues
| A tribute to Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash on Dec 10,
1967. The Doors were scheduled to play with Redding at Winterland in San
Francisco on Dec 26-28, 1967. |
| In addition to writing this, Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger sang
lead. It is one of the few Doors songs where Jim Morrison is not the
primary vocalist. |
| Released as a single, but did not make the Top 40. |
| Morrison was abusing alcohol during most of the recording of this
album. Since songs like this involved a lot of instruments and took a
while to record, Morrison had a lot of time to get drunk. As a result,
he didn't contribute much to it. |
| One of the instruments used was a fiddle. |
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