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Roadhouse Blues Lyrics

John (John Lee Hooker):
(scatting)

Jim (Jim Morrison):
Ah-keep your eyes upon the road
And your hands upon the wheel

John:
Keep your eyes on the road-oad-oad-oad
And keep your hands upon the wheel

Jim and John:
Going to the roadhouse
Gonna have a real, a good time

John:
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh

Jim:
Yeah, back at the roadhouse
They got some bungalows

John:
Got some bungalows, bungalows, bungalows
Back at the roadhouse, got some bungalows, bungalows
They for the people that like to go down slow

Jim & John:
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it rolllll, all night long


Jim:
You gotta roll, roll, baby, gotta thrill my soul

John:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Jim:
(scatting or perhaps Yiddish)

John:
(scatting)

(both start scatting)


Jim:
Ashen lady

John:
Ashen lady

Jim:
Give up your vows

John:
Give up your vows

Jim & John:
Give up your vows

Jim:
Save our city

John:
Save, save our city

Jim & John:
Right now (right now)

Jim:
Yeah, woke up this morning, got myself a beer

John:
Woke up this morning, got myself a beer

Jim:
Well, woke up this morning and got myself a beer

John:
(scatting)

Jim:
The future's uncertain and the end is always near

John:
(scatting)
Always near

Everyone (John, Jim, John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, J. Puglese, and Ray Manzarek):
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it rollllll...

Jim & John:
Allll nighttt longgg

John:
Yeah!
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Cover art for Roadhouse Blues lyrics by John Lee Hooker

Oh, c'mon! One of the best recordings of both Jim Morrison and John Lee Hooker singing and no comments?

Here's a fucking comment: I totally agree. This is one of the tightest, hardest-driving blues tunes ever recorded. Period.

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Cover art for Roadhouse Blues lyrics by John Lee Hooker

The Two greats together. What can be better