The Doors was one of the most representative psychedelic rock bands of all time. Their trademark is the dramatic, haunting sound, sustained by poetic lyrics.
Land Ho! - The Doors
Album: Morrison Hotel
genre: Psychedelic Rock
Grandma loved a sailor, who sailed the frozen sea
Grandpa was that whaler and he took me on his knee
He said: “Son, I’m going crazy from living on the land
Got to find my shipmates and walk on foreign sands”
This old man was graceful with silver in his smile
He smoked a briar pipe and he walked four country miles
Singing songs of shady sisters and old time liberty
Songs of love and songs of death and songs to set men free
I’ve got three ships and sixteen men
A course for ports unread
I’ll stand at mast, let north winds blow until half of us are dead
Land ho!
Well, if I get my hands on a dollar bill I’m going to buy a bottle and drink my fill
If I get my hands on a number five I’m going to skin that little girl alive
If I get my hand on a number two come back home and marry you
Marry you, marry you
Alright!
Land ho!
Lyrics added by Sandra Quinn
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