When The Music's Over

WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER

When the music's over,

When the music's over,

When the music's over

Turn out the lights,

Turn out the lights,

Turn out the lights.

For the musics is your special friend

Dance on fire as it intends

Music is your only friend

Until the end

Until the end

Until the end

Cancel my subscription

to the Resurrection.

Send my credentials

To the house of detention,

I got some friends inside.

The face in the mirror won't stop

The girl in the window won't drop.

A feast of friends

"Alive", she cried,

Waitin' for me

Outside.

Before I sink into the big sleep,

I want to hear, I want to hear

the scream of the butterfly.

Come back, baby,

Back into my arms.

We're gettin' tired of hangin' around,

Waitin' around, with our heads to the ground.

I hear a very gentle sound,

Very near, yet very far,

Very soft, yeah, very clear,

Come today, come today.

What have they done to the earth?

What have they done to the our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered
and ripped her and bit her.
Stuck her with knives
in the side of the dawn,
And tied her with fences,
and dragged her down.

I hear a very gentle sound,
With your ear down to the ground.
We want the world and we want it...
We want the world and we want it,
now, now, NOW!

Persian night, babe,
See the light, babe,
Save us,
Jesus,
Save us.

So when the music's over,
When the music's over,
When the music's over
Turn out the lights,
Turn out the lights,
Turn out the lights.

Well, the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until
The end.

The Doors
(Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison)
da Strange Days
1967