THE DOORS Runnin' Blue (1969) [Lyrics; HQ]

Описание: The Doors
"Runnin' Blue"
Single, released August 1969
Label: Elektra
Album: The Soft Parade (Released 18 July 1969)

"Runnin' Blue" is a song written by guitarist Robby Krieger and performed by the Doors. Elektra Records released it in August 1969 as the fourth single from the band's forth album The Soft Parade, backed with "Do It". Robby Krieger shares vocals with Jim Morrison for the chorus of the track, the only Doors song on which Krieger had a lead vocal while Morrison was alive.

"Runnin' Blue was inspired by the recent death of Otis Redding. Morrison sang the introduction to the song, which referenced Redding's death and was based on a Lead Belly song to which Morrison inserted Redding's name:

Poor Otis, dead and gone
Left me here to sing his song
Pretty little girl with the red dress on
Poor Otis, dead and gone

Bluegrass musician Jesse McReynolds plays the mandolin in this song. The song begins with a fiddle played by Jimmy Buchanan and builds to a refrain which Testa compares to "Touch Me," the Doors earlier hit from The Soft Parade. The refrain of the song refers to "runnin' back to L.A.," and from this Testa sees a progression in the song from starting out in the country, represented by the fiddle and running towards the big city.

Jim Morrison – lead vocals
Ray Manzarek – keyboards
Robby Krieger – guitar, co-lead vocals
John Densmore – drums
with
Harvey Brooks – bass guitar
Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements
Reinol Andino – conga
Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle
Jesse McReynolds – mandolin