The Soft Parade
by Jim Morrison
When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can't petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the Lord with prayer
You cannot petition the Lord with prayer
Can you give me sanctuary
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum
I can't make it anymore
The Man is at the door
Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy
Champion sax & a girl named Sandy
There's four ways to get unraveled
One is to sleep & the other is travel
One is a bandit up in the hills
& one is to love your neighbor till
his wife gets home
Catacombs
Nursery bones
Winter women growing stones
Carrying babies
to the river
Streets & shoes
Avenues
Leather riders
selling news
The Monk Bought Lunch
Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way
gentle street were people play
Welcome to the soft parade
All our lives we sweat & save
Building for a shallow grave
There must be something else we say
Somehow to defend this place
(Everything must be this way)
The soft parade had now begun
Listen to the engines hum
People out to have some fun
A cobra on my left, a leopard on my right
The deer woman in a silk dress
Girls w/ beads around their necks
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has wrestled before, w/ lions in the night
Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs
There are still a few animals left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
to describe sailors to the underfed
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us thru
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the gods
Meet me
At the crossroads
Meet me
At the edge of town
Outskirts of the town
Just you & I
& the evening sky
You'd better come alone
You'd better bring your gun
We're gonna have some fun!
When all else fails
We can whip the horse's eyes & make them sleep & cry
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