The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland lyrics
Tracks 01. ...And The Gods Made Love
02. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) 03. Crosstown Traffic 04. Voodoo Chile 05. Little Miss Strange 06. Long Hot Summer Night 07. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) 08. Gypsy Eyes 09. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 10. Rainy Day, Dream Away 11. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) 12. Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently, Gently Away 13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming 14. House Burning Down 15. All Along The Watchtower 16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 01. ...And The Gods Made Love
Spoken backwards and slowed down:
Just hear that for a second Yes, yes, yes I get it Okay, one, okay one more time 02. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
Have you ever been (have you ever been) to Electric Ladyland?
The magic carpet waits, for you. So don't you be late Oh, (I wanna show you), the different emotions (I wanna run to) the sounds and motions Electric woman waits for you and me So it's time we take a ride, We can cast all of your hang-ups over The seaside. While we fly right over the love filled sea Look up ahead, I see the loveland, soon you'll understand. Make love, make love, make love, make love. (I wanna show you) The angels will spread their wings, spread their wings (I wanna show you) Good and evil lay side by side while electric love penetrates the sky (I wanna show you) Lord, Lord I wanna show you (I wanna show you) Hmm, hmmm, hmmm (I wanna show you) Show you (I wanna show you) 03. Crosstown Traffic
You jump in front of my car when you,
You know all the time Ninty miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive You tell me it's alright, you don't mind a little pain You say you just want me to take you for a drive You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run Tire tracks all across your back I can, I can see you had your fun But, darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I got better things on the other side of town 04. Voodoo Chile
Well, I'm a voodoo chile
Lord I'm a voodoo chile Well, the night I was born Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red The night I was born I swear the moon turned a fire red Well my poor mother cried out "lord, the gypsy was right!" And I seen her, fell down right dead (Have mercy) Well, mountain lions found me there waitin' And set me on a eagles back Well, mountain lions found me there, And set me on a eagles wing (Its' the eagles wing, baby, what did I say) He took me past to the outskirts of infinity, And when he brought me back, He gave me a venus witch's ring Hey! And he said "Fly on, fly on" Because I'm a voodoo chile, yeah, voodoo chile Hey! Well, I make love to you, And lord knows you'll feel no pain Say, I make love to you in your sleep, And lord knows you felt no pain (Have mercy) 'Cause I'm a million miles away And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame (Yeah! What did I say now) 'Cause I'm a voodoo chile Lord knows, I'm a voodoo chile (yeah!) Well my arrows are made of desire From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines Say my arrows are made of desire, desire From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines (Way down by the Methane Sea, yeah) I have a humming bird and it hums so loud, You think you were losing your mind, hmmm... Well I float in liquid gardens And Arizona new red sand (Yeah) I float in liquid gardens Way down in Arizona red sand Well, I taste the honey from a flower named Blue, Way down in California And the in New York drowns as we hold hands 'Cause I'm a voodoo chile Lord knows I'm a voodoo chile 05. Little Miss Strange
No one knows where she comes from
Maybe she's a devil in disguise I can tell by looking in her eyes. Little miss strange Little miss strange. Little miss strange came into my parlor I don't know just what to ask her I don't remember what we did after. Little miss strange Little miss strange. Little miss strange came out of the darkness Walked across my head, I stood beneath the light I'm talkin' 'bout the dream I had the other night. Little miss strange Little miss strange 06. Long Hot Summer Night
It sure was a long long long hot summer night
As far as my eyes could see Well my heart was way down In a cold cold winter storm. Well my darlin' where can you be? Where can you be baby? Where can you be? There were three sugar walls and a two candy cane windows But the serious mood melted ah all those insight Everybody's on fire but I'm uh snowin' in a cold blizzard. Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer night? Around about this time the telephone blew it's horn across the room Scared little Annie clean out of her mind and I tell ya Roman the Candle he peeps out of his peekaboo hide and seek And grabbed little Annie from the ceiling just in time And the telephone keeps on screamin'. Yeah yeah yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Hello said my shakey voice, well how you doin' I start to stutter Ah can't cha tell I'm ah doin' fine Do was my baby talkin' she's way down 'cross the border. She says I'm gonna hurry to ya I've been a fool And I'm tired of cryin' Said I'm tired of cryin'. Yeah a long long hot summer night As far as my eyes could see But I can ah feel the heat comin' on as my baby's gettin' closer. I'm so glad that my baby's comin' to rescue me So glad that my baby's comin' to rescue me So glad my baby's comin' to rescue me Rescue, rescue, rescue Rescue, rescue Rescue, rescue, What'd I say Rescue me, rescue me Rescue, rescue me, rescue me Rescue 07. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)
People talkin' but they just don't know,
What's in my heart, and why I love you so. I love you baby like a miner loves gold. Come on sugar, let the good times roll. hey! So many people live in make believe, They keep a lot a going up their sleeves. But my love baby is no kind that folds. Come On Baby, let the good times roll. (Let the good times roll). Ah baby, come on and let daddy fill your soul. Baby, let the good times roll. Hey! A love is nice if it's understood It's even nicer when you're feelin' good You got me flippin' like flag on a pole Come on sugar, let the good times roll Hey! Yeah! Let the good times roll! Feel me baby! Come on, good times roll! Come on and let me fill your soul, Hey, let the good times roll 08. Gypsy Eyes
Well I realize that I've been hypnotized,
I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright! Hey! Gypsy. Way up in my tree I'm sitting by my fire Wond'rin' where in this world might you be And knowin' all the time you're still roamin' in the country side Do you still think about me? Oh my gypsy. Well I walked right on to your rebel roadside The one that rambles on for a million miles Yes I walk down this road searchin' for your love and ah my soul too But when I find ya I ain't gonna let go. I remember the first time I saw you The tears in your eyes look like they're tryin' to say Oh little boy you know I could love you But first I must make my get away Two strange men fightin' to the death over me today I'll try to meet cha by the old highway. Hey! Well I realize that I've been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright! I've been searchin' so long my feet have made me lose the battle Down against the road my weary knees they got me Off to the side I fall but I hear a sweet call My gypsy eyes is comin' and I've been saved. Oh I've been saved That's why I love you uh Said I love you Hey! Love you uh Lord I love you Hey! 09. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
The morning is dead
And the day is, too There's nothing left here to meet me But the velvet moon All my loneliness I have felt today It's like a little more than enough To make a man throw himself away And I continue To burn the midnight lamp Alone Now the smiling portrait of you Is still hangin' on my frowning wall But It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me Too much at all It's just the ever falling dust That makes it so hard for me to see That forgotten earring layin' on the floor Facing coldly towards the door And I continue To burn the midnight lamp Lord, alone Burn Lonely, Lonely, Lonely Loneliness is such a drag So here I sit and pace That same old fireplace Gives rise to the same old explosion Goin' through my mind And soon enough time me tell, About the circus and the wishing well And someone who will buy and sell for me Someone who will toll my bell And I continue To burn the same old lamp Lone Yeah Lightnin', can ya hear me callin' you? So lonely Gonna blow my mind Yeah, yeah Lonely lonely My my 10. Rainy Day, Dream Away
Hey man, take a look out the window 'n' see what's happenin'
Hey man, it's rainin' It's rainin' outside man Aw, don't worry 'bout that Everything's gonna be everything We'll get into somethin' real nice you know Sit back and groove on a rainy day Yeah Yeah I see what you mean brother, lay back and groove. Rainy day, dream away Ah let the sun take a holiday Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play Lay back and groove on a rainy day. Well I can see a bunch of wet creatures, look at them on the run The carnival traffic noise it sings the tune splashing up 'n' Even the ducks can groove rain bathin' in the park side pool And I'm leanin' out my window sill diggin' ev'rything And ah and you too. Rainy day, rain all day Ain't no use in gettin' uptight Just let it groove its own way Let it drain your worries away yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day 11. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
Hurrah! I awake from yesterday
Alive but the war is here to stay So, my love, Catherina and me Decide to take our last walk Through the noise to the sea Not to die but to be re-born Away from a life so battered and torn Forever Oh, say can you see, it's really such a mess Every inch of earth is a fighting nest Giant pencil and lip-stick tube shaped things Continue to rain and cause screaming pain And the arctic stains From silver blue to bloody red As our feet find the sand and the sea Is straight ahead, straight ahead Well it's too bad that our friends can't be with us today Well that's too bad "The machine that we built would never save us" That's what they say (That's why they aren't coming with us today) And they also said "It's impossible for man to live and breathe underwater forever" Was their main complaint (Yeah) And they also threw this in my face, they said: "Anyway, you know good well It would be beyond the will of God And the grace of the King" (grace of the King yeah, yeah) So my darling and I make love in the sand To salute the last moment ever on dry land Our machine has done its work, played its part well Without a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell Starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile Before our heads go under, we take a last look At the killing noise of the out of style The out of style, out of style So down and down and down and down And down and down we go Hurry, my darling, we mustn't be late for the show Neptune champion games to an aqua world is so very dear Right this way smiles a mermaid I can hear Atlantis full of cheer Atlantis full of cheer I can hear Atlantis full of cheer 12. Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently, Gently Away
Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently Gently Away
So down and down and down and down And down and down we go Hurry my darling we mustn't be late For the show Neptune champion games to an aqua World is so very dear Right this way smiles a mermaid I can hear and man is full of cheer. That man is full of cheer I could hear that man is full of cheer Lord thank you 13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Rainy day, rain all day
Ain't no use in gettin' uptight Just let it groove its own way Let it drain your worries away yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back Oh yeah ! Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and, lay back, lay back, lay back and groove. Ooh Aaaah ! Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day. Still rainin' still dreamin' 14. House Burning Down
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey
Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down Down, down, down. Well I asked my friend where is that black smoke comin' from ? He just coughed and changed the subject and Said oh wa I think it might snow some So I left him sippin' his tea an' I jumped in my chariot And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time. Sisters and brothers daddys mothers standin' 'round cryin' When I reached the scene the flames were makin' a ghostly whine So I stood on my horse's back an' I screamed without a crack I say oh baby why'd you burn your brother's house down ? Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down down. Well someone stepped from the crowd he was nineteen miles high He shouts retired and disgusted so we paint red through the sky I said the truth is straight ahead so don't burn yourself instead Try to learn instead of burn, hear what I say, yeah, yeah. So I fin'ly rode away but I'll never forget that day 'Cause when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace And came and taken all the dead away. Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! What'd I say. Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky, look at the sky. Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Oh baby 15. All Along The Watchtower
"There must be some kind of way out of here"
Said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody of it is worth Hey!" "No reason to get excited" The thief, he kindly spoke "There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now The hour's getting late Hey!" All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants too Outside in the cold distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl, hey All along the watchtower All along the watchtower 16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island Might even raise a little sand Yeah 'Cause I'm a voodoo child Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby I want to say one more last thing I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time I'll give it right back to you one of these days, hahaha I said I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time I'll give it right back one of these days Oh yeah If I don't meet you no more in this world, then I'll meet you in the next one And don't be late Don't be late 'Cause I'm a voodoo child, voodoo child Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby I'm a voodoo child, baby I don't take no for an answer Question no Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby |