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- From: sharrington@mpgs.dec.com (Shawn Harrington)
- Subject: Re: LYRICS REQ: Magic Carpet Ride
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.135237.6972@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:44:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.045354.14774@meaddata.com>, timk@meaddata.com (Tim Klein) writes...
- >
- >I nominate "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf as the song with the most
- >incomprehensible words. The chorus is easy enough, but the verses make
- >"Louie Louie" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sound crystal clear by
- >comparison.
- >
- >I swear there's something about a "lousy candle" in there somewhere.
- >Can anybody help out? I couldn't find it at the lyrics site
- >(ftp.uwp.edu). Thanks!
- >
- >
- >===========================================================================
- >Timothy Klein "Mellow yellow" is slang for "really groovy".
- >timk@meaddata.com -- Jimi Hendrix
-
-
- You really think it's that hard to understand? I used
- to do the song with my band when I was in high school many
- years ago, and I'm 99% certain I picked up the lyrics just
- from listening to the recording, with no real strain...
-
- Well, anyway, here are the lyrics as I remember them...
- (and I heard the song on the radio within the last week, so my
- memory's been refreshed):
-
-
- I like to dream... come on, yeah yeah
- Right between my sound machine
- On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
- Any place it goes is right
- Goes far - flies near
- To the stars away from here
-
- Well, you don't know
- What we can find
- Why don't you come with me, little girl
- On a magic carpet ride
- Well, you don't know
- What we can see
- Why don't you tell your dreams to me
- Fantasy will set you free
-
- Close your eyes, girl
- Look inside, girl
- Let the sound take you away
-
- Last night I held Aladdin's lamp
- And so I wished that I could stay
- Before the thing could answer me
- Well, someone came and took the lamp away
- I looked all around
- A lousy candle was all I found
-
- (Chorus)
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-
- --- Shawn Harrington, DEC, Shrewsbury, MA
-
-
- sharrington@mpgs.enet.dec.com
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