Lyric discussion by andiburns 

Cover art for Long Hot Summer Night lyrics by Jimi Hendrix Experience, The

This seems to talk about a rescue and visitation from someone unamed. These rescues seem to come up a lot in Hendrix songs like "In from the Storm", "Hey Baby", and "Angel". In this song something odd is that Hendrix and Annie seem to be the same person. Was "Annie" a creation of Hendrix's used to represent a different side of his psyche?