Universal Mind

The Doors

I was doing time
In the universal mind
I was feeling fine
I was turning keys
I was setting people free
I was doing all right
Then you came along
With a suitcase and a song
Turned my head around
Now I'm so alone
Just looking for a home
In every place I see

I'm the freedom man
I'm the freedom man
I'm the freedom man
That's how lucky I am

I was doing time
In the universal mind
I was feeling fine
I was turning keys I was setting people free
I was doing all right

Then you came along
With a suitcase and a song
Turned my head around
Now I'm so alone
Just looking for a home
In every place I see

I'm the freedom man

I was doing time
In the universal mind
I was feeling fine
I was turning keys
I was setting people free
I was doing all right

Then you came along
With a suitcase and a song
Turned my head around
Now I'm so alone
Just looking for a home
In every place I see

I'm the freedom man
Yeah, that's how lucky I am
I'm the freedom man
I'm the freedom man


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Universal Mind Lyrics as written by John Paul Densmore Jim Morrison

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    i think that this song is about acid.when he says "universal mind" i think he means that feeling you get when you trip hard and you love every thing accept everything and it all makes sense. no knowledge is one persons, it is universal. the universe has vast vast knowledge and possibility and he gets a glimpse of this when he was in a world filled with good people good drugs and such. when he says he was turning keys i think he means opening doors for people helping htem see the universal mind. and the person coming along with breifcase and a song is his band mates came along and fished out of this world he was in and he got on stage and played music. then when he tried to go back to this world it wasnt the same so he felt alone and abandoned by both worlds. he changed peoples lifes and thoughts so he said he was the freedom man. man i love this song and ACID!!!!!

    trip_the_deadon November 08, 2005   Link

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