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Doors : LA Woman
1971

  1. The Changeling
  2. Love Her Madly
  3. Been Down So Long
  4. Cars Hiss By My Window
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  5. LA Woman

  6. L'America
  7. Hyacinth House
  8. Crawling King Snake
  9. The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
  10. Riders On The Storm

The Changeling

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Then guitar comes in:
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| Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Get loose! I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, I had none I had money, I had none
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But I never been so broke
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That I couldn't leave town
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I'm a changeling See me change I'm a changeling See me change
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I'm the air you breathe
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Food you eat
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Friends you meet
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In the sullen street, wow
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See me change
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See me change, yeah!
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I live uptown I live downtown I live all around I had money, I had none I had money, I had none But I never been so broke
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That I couldn't leave town
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I'm the air you breathe
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Food you eat
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Friends you meet
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In the sullen street, wow You gotta see me change See me change Yeah, I'm leaving town On a midnight train Gotta see me change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Change, change, change Whoa, change, change, change

Love Her Madly

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Don't you love her madly, don't you need her badly?
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Don't you love her ways? Tell me what you say
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Don't you love her madly, wanna be her daddy?
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Don't you love her face?
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Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
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Like she did one thousand times before
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Don't you love her ways? Tell me what you say
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Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
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All your love All your love All your love All your love
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All your love is gone
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So sing a lonely song
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Of a deep blue dream
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Seven horses seem to be on the mark
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Yeah, don't you love her?
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Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door?
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All your love All your love All your love Yeah...
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All your love is gone
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So sing a lonely song
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Of a deep blue dream
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Seven horses seem to be on the mark

Been Down So Long

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Well I've been down so God damn long, that it looks like up to me
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Well I've been down so very damn long, that it looks like up to me
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Now why don't one of you people -- -- c'mon and set me free
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I said, Warden, Warden, Warden, won't you break that lock and key
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I said, Warden, Warden, Warden, won't you break your lock and key
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Hey, come along here mister -- -- c'mon and let this poor boy be
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Baby, baby, baby, won't you get down on your knees
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Baby, baby, baby, won't you get down on your knees
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C'mon little darling, -- -- c'mon and give your love to me, Oh yeah
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Well I've been down so God damn long, that it looks like up to me
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Well I've been down so very damn long, that it looks like up to me
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Now why don't one of you people -- --
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c'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free

Cars Hiss By My Window

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The cars hiss by my window
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Like the waves down on the beach
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The cars hiss by my window
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Like the waves down on the beach
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I got this girl beside me
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But she's out of reach
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Headlights through my window Shining on the wall
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Headlights through my window
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Shining on the wall
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Can't hear my baby
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Window started tremblin'
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With those sonic booms
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Window started tremblin'
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With those sonic boom, boom
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A cold girl will kill you
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In a darkened room |
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LA Woman

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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
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City of night, city of night
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City of night, city of night
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Woo, c'mon!
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LA woman LA woman LA woman, Sunday afternoon LA woman, Sunday afternoon LA woman, Sunday afternoon Drive through your suburbs
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Into your blues, into your blues, yeah
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Into your blue, blue, blues, into your blues
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Oh, yeah!
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I see your hair is burnin'
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Hills are filled with fire
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If they say I never loved you
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You know they are a liar
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Drivin' down your freeways
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Midnight alleys roam
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Cops in cars, the topless bars
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Never saw a woman
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So alone, so alone
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So alone, so alone
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Motel money, murder madness
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Let's change the mood from glad to sadness
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Mr mojo risin', Mr mojo risin'
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Mr mojo risin', Mr mojo risin'
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Got to keep on risin'
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Mr mojo risin', Mr mojo risin'
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Mojo risin', mojo risin'
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Mr mojo risin', gotta keep on risin'
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Ridin', ridin'
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Gone ridin', ridin'
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Gone ridin', ridin'
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I gotta ridin', ridin'
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Well, ridin', ridin'
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I gotta, woo, yeah, ridin'
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Whoa, yeah
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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
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City of night, city of night
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City of night, city of night
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Woo, c'mon!
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LA woman, LA woman LA woman, you're my woman Oh little LA woman Little LA woman LA woman, woman

L'America

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I took a trip down to l'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold I took a trip down to l'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold l'America, l'America, l'America, l'America
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C'mon, people, don't you look so down You know the rainman's comin' to town
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He'll change your weather He'll change your luck
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And then I'll teach you how to... Find yourself, l'America
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Friendly strangers came to town
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All the people put them down
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But the women loved their ways
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Come again some other day Like the gentle rain Like the gentle rain that falls
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I took a trip down to l'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold I took a trip down to l'America To trade some beads for a pint of gold l'America, l'America, l'America, l'America l'America, l'America, l'America

Hyacinth House

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What are they doing in the hyacinth house?
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What are they doing in the hyacinth house?
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To please the lions, yeah, this day
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I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me
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I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me
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I need someone, yeah, who doesn't need me
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I see the bathroom is clear I think that someone is near
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I'm sure that someone is following me
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Oh yeah
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Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
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Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?
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It was the only card in the deck
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That I had left to play
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And I'll say it again
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I need a brand new friend
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And I'll say it again
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I need a brand new friend
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And I'll say it again
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I need a brand new friend
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The end

Crawling King Snake

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Well, I'm the crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
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I'm the crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
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Yeah, don't mess round with my mate, gonna use her for myself
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Caught me crawlin', baby, when the grass is very high Keep on crawlin' 'til the day I die
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Crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
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You better give me what I want, ain't gonna crawl no more Caught me crawlin', baby, crawlin' round your door Seein' everything I want, I'm gonna crawl on your floor
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Let's crawl, and I rule my den
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Come on, give me what I want, ain't gonna crawl no more |
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Come on, crawl, come on, crawl
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Get on out there on your hands and knees, baby, crawl all over me
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Just like the spider on the wall, ooh, we gon' crawl, one more
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Well, I'm the crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
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Call me the crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den
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Yeah, don't mess round with my mate, gonna use her for myself
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The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)

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I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat It comes out of the Virginia swamps Cool and slow with rugged precision With a backbeat narrow and hard to master
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Some call it heavenly in its brilliance Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft We have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping This is the land where the Pharaoh died
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The negroes in the forest, brightly feathered, and they are saying "Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars Out here we is stoned immaculate"
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Listen to this I'll tell you about the heartaches
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I'll tell you about heartache and the loss of God
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I'll tell you about the hopeless night
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The meager food my soul forgot
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Tell you about the maiden with the wrought iron soul
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I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat Soft driven, slow and mad like some new language
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Listen to this I'll tell you about Texas
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I'll tell you about Texas Radio
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I'll tell you about the hopeless night
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The wanderin' the Western dream
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Riders On The Storm

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Riders on the storm
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Riders on the storm
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Into this house we're born
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Into this world we're thrown
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Like a dog without a bone
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An actor out on loan
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Riders on the storm There's a killer on the road His brain is squirming like a toad Take a long holiday Let your children play If you give this man a ride Sweet family will die Killer on the road, yeah Girl you gotta love your man Girl you gotta love your man Take him by the hand Make him understand The world on you depends Our life will never end Gotta love your man, yeah Wow! Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm
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Riders on the storm