Celebration Of The Lizard - The Doors (lyrics)

Artista: The Doors
Álbum: Waiting For The Sun (Expanded)
Canción: Celebration Of The Lizard
Lions in the street and roaming
Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming
A beast caged in the heart of a city
The body of his mother
Rotting in the summer ground
He fled the town
He went down South and crossed the border
Left chaos and disorder
Back there over his shoulder
One morning he awoke in a green hotel
With a strange creature groaning beside him
Sweat oozed from its shining skin
Is everybody in? Is everybody in?
Is everybody in?
The ceremony is about to begin
Wake up!
You can't remember where it was
Had this dream stopped?
The snake was pale gold, glazed and shrunken
We were afraid to touch it
The sheets were hot dead prisms
And she was beside me
Old, she's no, young
Her dark red hair, the white soft skin
Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom
Look! she's coming in here
I can't live through each slow century of her moving
I let my cheek slide down, the cool smooth tile
Feel the good cold stinging blood
The smooth hissing snakes of rain
Once I had a little game
I liked to crawl back in my brain
I think you know, the game I mean
I mean the game, called, 'Go insane'
You should try this little game
Just close your eyes forget your name
Forget the world, forget the people
And we'll erect, a different steeple
This little game is fun to do
Just close your eyes, no way to lose
And I'm right there, I'm going too
Release control, we're breaking through
Way back deep into the brain
Back where there's never any pain
And the rain falls gently on the town
And over the heads of all of us
And in the labyrinth of streams
Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of
Gentle hill dwellers, in the gentle hills around
Reptiles abounding
Fossils, caves, cool air heights
Each house repeats a mold, windows rolled
Beast car locked in against morning
All now sleeping
Rugs silent, mirrors vacant
Dust Lying under the beds of lawful couples
Wound in sheets
And daughters, smug
With semen eyes in their nipples
Wait
There's been a slaughter here
Don't stop to speak or look around
Your gloves and fan are on the ground
We're getting out of town, we're going on the run
And you're the one I want to come
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let's run, let's run
House upon the hill, moon is lying still
Shadows of the trees
Witnessing the wild breeze
C'mon baby run with me
Let's run
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
The mansion is warm at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won't know a thing till you get inside
Dead President's corpse in the driver's car
The engine runs on glue and tar
C'mon along, we're not going very far
To the East to meet the Czar
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me
Let's run
Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake
The minister's daughter's in love with the snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road
Wake up, girl! We're almost home
We should see the gates by mornin'
We should be inside by evening
Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Burn, burn, burn
I will get you
Soon, soon, soon
I am the lizard king
I can do anything
We came down
The rivers and highways
We came down from
Forests and falls
We came down from
Carson and Springfield
We came down from
Phoenix enthralled
And I can tell you
The names of the Kingdom
I can tell you
The things that you know
Listening for a fistful of silence
Climbing valleys into the shade
For seven years, I dwelt
In the loose palace of exile
Playing strange games with the girls of the island
Now, I have come again
To the land of the fair and the strong and the wise
Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
Children of night
Who among you will run with the hunt?
Now night arrives with her purple legion
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready

[@busaking1hawley689]

Thanks for putting this rare full-length studio version on. One can tell this was not the first take of the day, as Jim's voice is quite hoarse when he was screaming. However, this is a beautiful gem that all Doors fans should hear. The Doors ruled!

[@Stigmatix666]

Rare? It's widely available on the remastered cd..

[@leandrakarina]

If you want to explain the doors music with only 1 song than I think this song (and this version) is the best. THE CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD

[@victory5392]

WAKE UP!!!💙🐱☮ WE'RE ON THE RUN & YOU'RE THE ONE I WANT TO COME 👩‍💻👨‍💻👩‍🔬👨‍🔬👩‍💼👨‍💼👩‍🏭👨‍🏭👩‍🔧👨‍🔧👩‍🍳👨‍🍳👩‍🌾👨‍🌾👩‍⚖👨‍⚖👩‍🏫👨‍🏫👩‍🎓👨‍🎓👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️👵🧓👴👩👨🧑💙💙💙

[@djinnmagik]

O YES! Watchout for this Djinn Magik! Coming very soon to A UNIQUE NEW PARTY NEAR U 💖🎨🎶 LoVe2PaintSound

[@kevmichael2064]

Snakes!!!!!-Haaaaaaa.....Not To Touch The Earth.....Not To See The Sun...Nothing To Do But Run Run...Baby Lets Run!!!!

[@robertfliss2584]

A poet first then,a rock star.

[@Joshua-dj6yn]

And a film student

[@310]

And once a philosopher twice a pervert.

[@Ripley9425]

@@310 he never exposed himself so you are wrong

[@310]

@@Ripley9425 you must not know too much of The Doors. That's what Jim told the Ed Sullivan producers after their famous television appearance

[@Ripley9425]

@@310 I know enough just because I haven"t saw that it doesn"t mean I don"t know much about The Doors

[@Hawiianlion67]

This song takes your musicality to a whole new level.

[@optimisticnihilist7331]

This version of Not to touch The Earth is phenomenal. A real masterpiece of psychedelic music along with the whole Celebration of The Lizard.

[@rachelleryan7584]

Masterpiece he's a genius

[@ChristianRodriguez-jy3wj]

rachelle ryan they were geniuses you mean.

[@Ralbert123]

"I can't live thru each slow century of her moving"

[@Decoy303]

Kundalini

[@martinhainer4504]

The doors are the most unique band of all time Greatest of all time in my opinion

[@Beautifulcoil]

If you're listening to this on some psychedelic drug, you're a true warrior.

[@Teresahorner]

Naw you better start googling reptilians

[@selfhelp9685]

😂😂😂😂

[@Taffy064]

I don't feel like a true warrior. I feel more like a pretty pink unicorn dancing on clouds of candyfloss, while the sun kisses my neck imparting warm comforting guidance to the land of the candy knights.

[@JesusReyesGuzmanSS]

Yup

[@victory5392]

@@Taffy064 so, you're warrior through & through my friend, God bless you🚪💜☮☝️

[@white-star-line]

Lions in the street and roaming Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming A beast caged in the heart of a city The body of his mother Rotting in the summer ground He fled the town He went down South and crossed the border Left chaos and disorder Back there over his shoulder One morning he awoke in a green hotel With a strange creature groaning beside him Sweat oozed from its shining skin Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin Wake up! You can't remember where it was Had this dream stopped? The snake was pale gold Glazed and shrunken We were afraid to touch it The sheets were hot dead prisons And she was beside me Old, she's no, young Her dark white hair The white soft skin Now, run to the mirror in the bathroom Look! Shes coming in here I can't live thru each slow century of her moving I let my cheek slide down The cool smooth tile Feel the good cold stinging blood The smooth hissing snakes of rain Once I had, a little game I liked to crawl, back in my brain I think you know, the game I mean I mean the game, called 'go insane' You should try, this little game Just close your eyes, forget your name Forget the world, forget the people And we'll erect, a different steeple This little game, is fun to do Just close your eyes, no way to lose And I'm right there, I'm going too Release control, we're breaking thru Way back deep into the brain Way back past the realm of pain Back where theres never any rain And in the labyrinth of streams Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of Gentle hill people, in the gentle hills around Reptiles abounding Fossils, caves, cool air heights Each house repeats a mold Windows rolled Beast car locked in against morning Rugs silent, mirrors vacant Dust Lying under the beds of lawful couples Wound in sheets And daughters, smug With semen eyes in their nipples Wait There's been a slaughter here (Don't stop to speak or look around Your gloves and fan are on the ground We're getting out of town We're going on the run And you're the one I want to come) Not to touch the earth Not to see the sun Nothing left to do, but Run, run, run Let's run Lets run House upon the hill Moon is lying still Shadows of the trees Witnessing the wild breeze C'mon baby run with me Let's run Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run Dead president's corpse in the driver's car The engine runs on glue and tar C'mon along, we're not going very far To the East to meet the Czar The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill Rich are the rooms and the comforts there Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs And you won't know a thing till you get inside Run with me Run with me Run with me Let's run Some outlaws lived by the side of the lake The minister's daughter's in love with the snake Who lives in a well by the side of the road Wake up, girl! We're almost home Yeah, c'mon We should see the gates by mornin' We should be inside by evening Sun sun sun Burn burn burn MOON, MOON, MOON I will get you Soon Soon Soon I am the lizard king I can do anything We came down The rivers and highways We came down from Forests and falls We came down from Carson and Springfield We came down from Phoenix enthralled And I can tell you The names of the Kingdom I can tell you The things that you know Listening for a fistful of silence Climbing valleys into the shade For seven years, I dwelt In the loose palace of exile Playing strange games with the girls of the island Now, i have come again To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise Brothers and sisters of the pale forest Children of night Who among you will run with the hunt? Now night arrives with her purple legion Retire now to your tents and to your dreams Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth I want to be ready'

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

We should see the gates by morning.

[@golfingcub02]

@@joshuahjfarquharm.3269 We should be inside by evening 🎸🌿😎

[@Decoy303]

Bless You

[@Decoy303]

Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth. I want to be ready. Sounds like death to me. I imagine a Wake.

[@evridikinika3901]

Τhank you

[@nine8598]

Hands down their best song. I'd honestly give up anything to hear this again for the first time

[@MaverickX36]

50 years later, still impressive! 🍻😎👍

[@Kelly14UK]

Not To Touch The Earth is like, a genius bit of music

[@1000Sunz]

Still on another level in 2020

[@codedog02]

I love this version of not to touch the earth

[@ericlaurenceglassman]

Love this piece of Poetry :) RIP JIM & RAY...

[@giuseppmetallic8872]

I AM THE LIZARD KING AND I CAN DO ANYTHING

[@Chalgahater]

The Doors are the Greatest Poet Rock Band in the World!

[@mrmojorising-]

"Poet Rock Band"?? That's not even a thing. It's not even in the rock dictionary lol 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@Dankmagician419]

Real Expressionist. This is a piece of art for sure. damn

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

I think he is the very best singer and crooner than anybody rock Star. Morrison is the Best

[@HiloBoiz808]

My Dad bought me this album along with Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced when I was 10,1967.I listened to it on my Dads Hi-fi.

[@juangrimmjow]

pure magic

[@Teresahorner]

Indeed

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

Mega magic. When you think its heavy....its heavier.

[@SpookyMulder45]

10:08 can we appreciate the fucking guitar and even the organ at this part? 🖤 And drums too

[@EmilyKresl]

I read this right at this time stamp and was feeling the same exact thing ❤ rock on brother

[@peterm1826]

you fucken better its a masterpiece

[@rahuljoban]

The best version of Not to Touch the Earth is in here

[@aldonajeraflores6036]

I rather this version :D

[@wesleybrown4397]

This was supposed to be on the original album but Paul Rothchild thought it took way too much of one side

[@leesenkowych8769]

This is art and beautiful

[@felipelopezhoyos9496]

This is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for uploading this Version... amazing.

[@skylarcade9682]

As brilliant and sexy as Jim was, the rest of the band was just as cool as could be. Ray could have been a front man in any progressive band on his own right. Robby was a great lyrist in his own right as well as an amazing guitar player. John was a percussionist decades before his time. Too often the rest of the band was simply glossed over. Too bad they had their fate tied with Jim's.

[@johngeddes7894]

Robbie headed up The Butts Band in the mid ‘70s. Didn't exactly go gangbusters, although it was pretty good.

[@nicowander77]

just heard it for the first time and i feel sad because there isn't another first time

[@MysticalMoonBaby80]

The God Of Poetry and Music

[@andrigudmundsson9496]

so beautiful, I love Jim Morrison and I'm 21, and I know that is very rare these days... strange days

[@cristauxfeur2560]

I'm 13 and Iove him too People are strange

[@lepi7921]

It is not rare.

[@angeldust424]

I’m 16 and I love the doors

[@ace-of-space]

Come trip with me! I LOVE Jim and the doors since I was 5. Great version. Thanks. He lived in jville fl a bit and a back then our hockey team was the lizard king's 🦎♥️

[@druidimdimdub4517]

La meilleure chanson chamaniques jamais écrite,merci Jim ❤

[@EmilyKresl]

❤❤❤

[@mrmjb1960]

Included on the CD Reissue of this 1968 album,the words were printed inside the gatefold sleeve.

[@arbington]

Ah, the sweet shrieking sounds of my soul.

[@matthewredding6876]

Oh man, i love this song! ROCK ON!!

[@militia5021]

WAKE UP!!!! **Ears explosion and moans of pain**

[@militia5021]

shit the WAKE UPP!!!! destroy my ears and headphones

[@IraessRanza]

I can only imagine what it was like for the first people who heard it, must've been quite the jump

[@ishtarrecs917]

Esta versión jamás la había oído... Gracias por ponerla

[@Unherd_Of]

I am a poet and i am either jim or pam but i have been drawn to him his work and his pyche all my life. Ive always feared being famous and on lsd i have his memories. In a meditation i realized every person i ever dated is a mirror image of him. I am cherokee and my guides are the lizard, the raven, and the wolf.

[@captaingrunge3587]

I don't know what you are smoking but I want some

[@SHunter-ck2td]

Truly a work of art

[@JFromLA99]

3 days no sleep, put this on, sit back.

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

Jim Morrison was very Smart. . His lirycs full with poetry

[@hourslookingsideways7850]

Pure art, this is.

[@pinkley_9144]

7:59 not to touch the earth

[@tambert3897]

1:52 This should be my alarm clock.

[@EmilyKresl]

Haha hahaha 🤣

[@user-qx6dx8ps6s]

😂😂

[@lilblackduc7312]

A monumental effort! Thank you...

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

Jim Morrison is the lizard king

[@alfredovidalon]

This must be the most experimental song from The Doors

[@ricardoarias1357]

Listen to there Rock is Dead album ..this is side B of waiting for the sun ...so Not really experimental because they already knew what they were going to record

[@eugenegd2112]

Spontaneity and improvisation are not always experimental. Experimentation lies not only in creating "varied" musical structures but also on experimenting with the studio as a seperate instrument and exploring further techniques of recording, sound etc. Given that, The Doors were highly experimental, especially for their period. Much more in their studio approaches than their live ones.

[@aleksandarnisavic8756]

Listen to the song, “the soft parade” that one is also pretty experimental

[@NightLightsGaming]

It's prog before prog existed.

[@21stcenturymouse]

Lisa Simpson be like: "And I AM THE LIZARD QUEEN!"

[@thomassnider6691]

The Doors did this epic much better on the album "Absolutely Live'. Thanks for making the lyrics available.

[@cruzortiz2133]

Una melodía para celebrarse así mismo, muy a su manera que nos comparte para recordarlo siempre es un himno al amor propio, el Rey no ha muerto, sólo descansa con sus chamanes libre de la carga que la sociedad impone

[@marcmccourt843]

Jim Morrison did more drugs then most people alive today! It's no wonder that he died as young as he did, but at least he left us with great songs!

[@justinscrivner5457]

Marc McCourt yea man..and he wasnt really a drug addict either. He would try it out to the extreme and then he would be done with it...alcohol stayed tho.

[@marcmccourt843]

@@justinscrivner5457 I'm guessing Acid was the drug of choice on this particular number!

[@vhs8669]

Justin I agree. Jim was an alcoholic. He used LSD in the beginning and did other drugs to be sure but always relied on old faithful.

[@philnicolas7705]

I want a complete studio version of Celebration of the Lizard.

[@laslalal8451]

This is it buddy

[@shepherdoffire9263]

This is the studio version

[@user-kv4sb2xt1k]

This is the studio version. Paul Rothchild refused to put it on side B of Waiting for the Sun because he didn't like it. Even though the band loved it

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

I love this song

[@pinkley_9144]

What was Jim? Just what was he? He was too weird but magnificent to be a human of any kind...

[@voidburner8271]

Releasing this as the side B on waiting for the sun would have saved the doors but Electra greed wanted a hit record.

[@webbstar303]

simply magic!

[@magicbus63]

Thanks for sharing this epic song

[@marcusanderson4652]

Darkness at its finest

[@robinmullen6177]

This is amazing!

[@fabtheman4693]

Now I realize that Michael Gira sounds a lot like Jim...

[@liamshope2838]

I see that comparison alot. Gira is a bit wilder tho

[@lauriewinestock4195]

Strange how after all these years, it seems the sensibility of Jim Morrison's vision, the reality of excess, blindness and decadence, unacknowledged pervasive violence, the deep sadness, the feeling of loss, the need for escape are more apropriate than ever .... I was just coming of age when the DOORS exploded on the 1960s music scene - now as an elder I hear their music as a kind of beautiful human cry filtered into the hollow echo of modern life - a life ruled by machines ...... the LIZARD KINGS

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

Is everybody in?

[@CharlBasurto]

The ceremony is about to begin

[@MauricioTorres-dr5hg]

@@CharlBasurto all right

[@golfingcub02]

@@MauricioTorres-dr5hg WAKE UP

[@brandoncallaway5354]

I Am The Lizard King, I Can Do Anything!

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

All this time I just thought this was a quote from the demon possessed man in Deliver Us From Evil: Is everybody in?

[@Missab4000]

Pamelq Taylor There are many Doors references in that movie if I recall correctly.

[@andreajimenez6384]

La ceremonia va a comenzar.........

[@borromeo50]

oh dear... i can see why the folks at Elektra rejected this, back in 1968 Critics of the day would've panned the record in flames, no doubt...

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

It really is magic....he shows magic in Anglish. Via tune.

[@Discos_Videojuegos1234]

Más larga de the end y when the músic’s over

[@Joeypopshot]

A band like the The Doors only comes along like every 10-20 years. A group of talented artists/musicians just coming together and gelling & jamming & grooving. Songs about weird dark freaky shit. REAL shit. I was blown away with this band 30 years ago & they still blow me away with every listen. It's a new experience each time. The only other band that has had that effect on me is TOOL. Who oddly enough I often compare them as a modern day Doors. I mean I can only imagine what it must have been to see The Doors live in their heyday. Seen TOOL like 6 times & each time intense & amazing experience .

[@patrickmassenburg636]

I hope that everyone realizes that Jim Morrison was not a hippie. He hated them..

[@Joeypopshot]

Jim was just....Jim. You can't put a label on someone like Jim. He hated everybody including himself. Especially himself. It wasn't JUST hippies.

[@maikbakker1274]

This is real music

[@aldonajeraflores6036]

You know that this going to be serious when this part begins 04:47 O.o!

[@cristiangomez-gw3uf]

Best song jim

[@halidlevent837]

No.1den geldik diyip duran birileri çıkarsa benim eski bir dinleyicisi olduğumu anlarlar umarım

[@donaldrepenn9271]

I promised I would drowned myself in mystic hectic wine ...

[@marklawless8829]

this is the original studio version that would have been on the record?

[@tcupknife]

Mark Lawless yeah, but they scrapped it and just put NTTTE on instead

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

Yeah.... this was meant to be half the album (probably all of side 2), but Elektra thought the album would sink. They wanted something with obvious hits.

[@benneely5512]

Omg am to high for this to much help ahhh lolol I just need a trippie video or falling videos and I’ll be golden

[@valdemaarhitlar]

What is the nonsence "dark wite hair", in Abs. Live he declames "dark red hair".

[@neemachusi19]

Great song

[@appafonso]

Obrigado

[@theredseventhousand]

I am he that has claimed Kingship of Ireland. Without Jim Morrison, that would not have been done.

[@philnicolas7705]

Oh we'll maybe the real studio will be released.

[@user-kv4sb2xt1k]

This is the studio version

[@jvrv7139]

Quien lo escucha con un toque de mota 2019

[@letrx]

Zenciden geliyorum bir selam vereyim dedim :)

[@erwinfabianhernandez4788]

El Rey Lagarto el mejor de todos los tienpos. megusta esta vercion estendida JIM MORRISON el numero 1 THE LIZAR KING

[@13sisyphos13]

punk art broo

[@user-kv4sb2xt1k]

This is the version that was supposed to be on WFTS but Rothchild didnt like it.

[@tyyellowhorn1820]

Is there a place i can listen to this song without the goddamned Advert in the middle of the song

[@angeldust424]

T Y skip too the end then click replay- all of a sudden no ads

[@tyyellowhorn1820]

@@angeldust424 thank you, you are the best.

[@androideparanoico3918]

The Holy Trinity The End When the Music's Over The Celebration of The Lizard

[@lovelywolfy6211]

3:33 *A Little Game*

[@Unherd_Of]

I have this t shirt i cant believe it. It came from someone who looks like jims total reincarnation

[@ice83r6]

It should be illegal to have ads mid song >:(

[@alexandernikolaevick8332]

How dare you put ads in the middle of the song 😡

[@azymg8447]

I covered a standardized test with the lyrics from this in HS 06' and almost got expelled.

[@bratwurst2923]

amazing

[@pinkley_9144]

cool

[@TheOneUntakenName]

Are you me

[@WildSatoriForest]

@TheOneUntakenName yes

[@chriscock6584]

Celebration of the Lizard King should have been its own album.

[@peterj.goettler3489]

Psychic Vibes

[@Deezeelove]

awesome

[@ivyrose1222]

Is Everybody In?

[@NBTRC]

10:07

[@mrmojorising-]

Too weird to live but much too rare to die

[@hiphopcomedyimprov666]

Absolutly love the insanity where they say my comfort lies funny iused to listein to this a 14 of course i grew up with experimenting with different chemicals 32 now still complete Greatness I think The Doors may get better with age possibly...Jim Morrison I mean yeah you may say I have some problems LOL but I can fuccin relate with this man he knew of spirits other realms he was open I can relate and that was before I ever touched a drug, really the drugs helped me get a hold on it........but The Doors music I can meditate too theres so many different styles used u can't even categorise these guys at time talk about ahead of their time. Wow