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Runnin’ Blue - The Doors

Album: The Soft Parade

genre: Psychedelic Rock

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

Yeah, back down, turn around slowly
Try it again, remembering when
It was easy, try it again
Much too easy, remembering when

All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walking blues
Don’t fight, too much to lose
Can’t fight the running blues

Well, I’ve got the running blues
Running away, back to L.A
Got to find the dock of the bay
Maybe find it back in L.A

Running scared
Running blue
Goin’ so fast
What’ll I do

Lyrics added by Sandra Quinn

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The Soft Parade Calvin Harris album lyrics
The song was written as a tribute to Otis Redding, the famous soul musician. He died in a plane crash in 1967, at the age of 26.
It is the only Doors song without Jim Morrison as the primary vocalist, instead the guitarist Robby Krieger provided the lead vocals.