Black Sun

Under The Big Black Sun

Elektra, 1982

Produced By: Ray Manzarek


The Hungry Wolf


I am the hungry wolf
And run endlessly with my mate
I see the gutter feed on the foolish
Outrun and kill the strong
At daybreak I roam awake to who follows me
I roam I roam

I am the hungry wolf
And run endlessly with my mate
Welcome to the dripping jaws
The alter of your death
At daybreak I roam ready to tear up the world
I roam I roam

The hungry wolf stares from the hill
At the villagers around the fire
She loves her mate as he loves her
And they live together for life

I am the hungry wolf
And run endlessly with my mate
Look across the street, my friend
We're waiting for you to slow down
At daybreak I roam eyes in the back of my head
I roam I roam

Motel Room In My Bed


Put the doorknob on my side
If you don't mind
I don't care
Put the doorknob on my side
It's self-locking
Give me your key

I go to bed soggy and forgetful
Hopefully not waking up so fitfully

I like coffee
And I like tea
I like a pretty boy and he likes me
Put the doorknob on my side
It's self-locking
Give me your key

I go to bed soggy and forgetful
Hopefully not waking up so fitfully

Motels do that
With rubber sheets
So I can't sleep
Staring at my sheets
Or crying on my sheets
Or bleeding on the same

Put the doorknob on my side
If you don't mind
I don't care
A motel room in my bed
Put both door knobs
On my side

Riding With Mary


They can't go to sleep at four
The car is parked outside the door
Scars of a knife on his arm
Her husband knows they're together

Riding with Mary
Protection to pass
Riding with Mary
Protecting immaculate love

Rows of numbered doors behind
The car warms up, the street is clear
And empty and green with lights
They talk and never stop moving

He's sounding her name in his head
She's falling asleep next to his face
Her sister's getting married today
And the saints of Easter smile

On the dashboard rides a figurine
A powerless sweet forgotten thing
So the next time you see a statue of Mary
Remember my sister was in a car

Come Back To Me


Gifts and flowers lay upon the lid
Of pink silk above your face
Tears make a river of diamonds in the dark
Our Daddy breaks down at the funeral home
Flies and relations make an annoying sound
We sit or wander 'round the room
Ribbons are folded on the rose bouquets
I hear a voice that sounds so much like yours

Please, please come back to me
I cry and talk to you through the bathroom wall
Oh please, come back tp me

Playing in Cleveland on a Wednesday night
Recovering from the night before
I'm broken and crying in the ladies room
The opening band is banging out their song

I built a shrine on the kitchen wall
With flowers and Florida souveniers
You were walking through the house last night
I knew it was you from the space in your steps

Under The Big Black Sun


What I did on my vacation
For the last ten years
Took pictures of your town
Plaid perfume on my breath
I mean I've been drinking Scotch
While touring through your town

Adultry makes you give things away
It gets you confused
Adultry takes a one room vacation
Then it gets you alone
Turns into a hoonymoon scream
Then you have to change the sheets

Smoke in one hand
Looking for a light
Martini in the other hand
Pointing out midnight

Now that you pulled the school underwater
And drowned the prom
Which man will you save for this Friday
You can put him in a fish pond
And watch him swim around
Then have a Catholic dinner

If it isn't men it's death
It's the same old testament
At the cross her station keeping
Stood the mournful mother weeping
Where my man extended hung
Driven with nails to wood

Smoke in one hand
Looking for a drink
Drink in the other hand
Pointing out midnight

At my desk as you're sleepng
As the big deal of death
Kills me and starts leaving
Everbody asks me how I'm doing
I'm doing everything alone
Rave on children and try to sleep

Larks must sing grave, deep melodies
Happy that they die
The sly brown fox pulled up a glass
Pulled up a chair
And yanked out my hair
When I tried to sit I fell down
When I woke up he was gone

So one has a smoke
One has a drink
The man is gone, Mary's dead
Good morning midnight

Because I Do


I am a black and white ghost
In a black and invisible dress
Oh what a mess I'm in
What kind of fool am I
I am the married kind
The kind that said I do
Forever searching for someone new

At night I get drunk and fly around
In the day I dream and lay around
I drink and smoke your brand and drink
I am drunk over you
I am the married kind
The kind that said I do
Forever searching for someone new

I am the ghost of all my dreams
To me it's all pretend
I pretend I'm alive or just not dead
I will die for you
I am the married kind
The kind that said I do
Forever searching for someone new

My nights are numbered
They don't count for nothing
I'm not a fool, I'm just a bride
And I'm just no good inside
I am the married kind
The kind that said I do
Forever searching for someone new

Blue Spark


He waits in a beach apartment
Blue Spark
Thousands of lights
Thousands of people
She's forgotten him
For the bodies around her

Blue shock, exchange
Blue shock, exchange
Blue Spark

What goes between the eyes downtown
Blue Spark
Loudspeakers and search lights the boulevard
She comes home later just to give him
Blue Spark

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes


Dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl im my arms isn't you
Dancing with somebody new
When it's you that my arms are calling to
Dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl im my arms isn't you
Dancing with somebody new
When it's you that my arms are calling to
I'm trying to smile
Once in a while
But I found that it just wouldn't do
Dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl im my arms isn't you

Real Child Of Hell


Men of flesh hitch a ride
Shorts and tans and greasy thighs
At night drive into slimy bars
And piss it out on our front yards
They're looking in our window now
Real child of hell
Nobody's seen him
Real child of hell
Nobody knows what shape she takes

St Paddy's day, old Irish man
Shamrocks painted on his face
Mumbles warnings from Ireland
In the back I sense a fight
And that old man has done his deed
Real child of hell
Nobody's seen him
Real child of hell
Nobody knows what shape he takes

This stage I'm on gets repossesed
By vigilantes acting bored
The mindless fan wants my dress
And I can't tell which one is worse
And I can't see the cursing child
Real child of hell
Nobody's seen him
Real child of hell
Nobody knows what shape she takes

How I (Learned My Lesson)


How I How I
How I How I
How I learned my lesson
Mine is a big pink house
A preacher knocking on the door
With a self-righteous preacher going in
But he is just an old flame
I'll never want him again and again and again
How I How I
How I How I
How I learned my lesson
I didn't I kept on trying
I didn't listen I looked up to you

I call you on the phone
But you tell me your not home
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
So I never want to see you again
I'm wrecking the kitchen carefully
But I'm keeping your dinner warm
How I How I
How I How I
How I learned my lesson
I didn't I kept on trying
I didn't listen I looked up to you

At the soul market on Sunday
Here's what I put in your collection basket
In front of the congregation
I stood up and called your name
When I walked out you just shook my hand
How I How I
How I How I
How I learned my lesson

The Have Nots


Drink at the Bar Nothing bar anything
But the bottom step of the ladder
It keeps getting higher and higher

Dawn comes soon enough for the working class
It keeps getting sooner or later
This is the game that moves as you play

How does it feel to have your own bottle of booze
Behind the bar, how does it feel
To play cards with the barmaids while they work

At Jocko's Rocketship
Or The One Eye Jack
My Sin and The Lucky Star
A steady place to study and drink

Day old days
Ancient bloody mary bastards
In a hardcore blue collar bar
Here we sit, a shot and a beer
After another hard earned day

Dawn comes soon enough for the working class
It keeps getting sooner or later
This is the game that moves as you play

At the Hi-D-Hi
And The Hula Gal
Bee-Hive Bar and The Zircon Lounge
G.G.'s Cozy Corner
The Gift Of Love
Stop'N'Drink, Sit'N'Sip, Rest'N'Pieces
Dexter's New Approach and The Get Down Lounge
The Aorta Bar, Detroit's Main Vein