The Doors — Texas Radio & The Big Beat

[Spoken Intro] I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat It comes out of the Virginia swamps, cool and slow With a back beat narrow and hard to master [Verse 1] 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've constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping For this is the land where the Pharaoh die [Verse 2] Children, the river contains specimens The voices of singing women call us on the far shore And they are saying: "Forget the night, live with us in forests of azure" Meager food for souls forgot [Outro] I tell you this No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn And one morning you awoke And the strange sun And opening your door...