The Jimi Hendrix Experience lyrics

It's very far away,
It takes about half a day,
To get there, if we travel by my a.....dragonfly

No, it's not in Spain,
But all the same,
You know,
It's a groovy name
And the wind's just right.

Hang on, My Darling,
Hang on if you want to go
You know it's a really groovy place
And it's just a little bit of Spanish Castle Magic.

The clouds are really low,
And they overflow,

Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a disgrace"
As she slams the door in his drunken face,
And now he stands outside and all the neighbours start to gossip and drool.

He cries "Oh girl, you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?"
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green.

Alright,
now listen, baby

You don't care for me
I don'-a care about that
Gotta new fool, ha!
I like it like that
I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire [Repeat 4 times]

Listen here, baby
and stop acting so crazy
You say your mum ain't home,
it ain't my concern,
Just play with me and you won't get burned

Manic Depression's touching my soul,
I know what I want,
but I just don't know how to go about getting it.
Feeling, sweet feeling
drops from my finger, fingers
Manic Depression's captured my soul.

Woman so willing the sweet cause in vain,
you make love,
you break love,
it's-a all the same when it's...
when it's over.

Music sweet music,
I wish I could caress, caress, caress.

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

Yeah, sing the song, Bro'

If the sun refuse to shine,
I don't mind, I don't mind,
If the mountains fell in the sea,
let it be, it ain't me.
Alright, 'cos I got my own world to look through,
And I ain't gonna copy you.

Now if 6 turned out to be 9,
I don't mind, I don't mind,
Alright, if all the hippies cut off all their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.

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
Business men they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my herb
None were level on the mind
Nobody of it is worth

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

EZY RYDER

THERE GOES EZY, EZY RYDER
RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OF DESIRE
HE SAYS THE FREE WIND TAKES HIM HIGHER
TRYIN' TO FIND HIS HEAVEN ABOVE
BUT HE'S DYIN' TO BE LOVED
DYIN' TO BE LOVED
HE'S GONA BE LIVIN'SO MAGIC
TODAY IS FOREVER SO HE CLAMES
HE'S TALKIN' ABOUT DYIN' IT'S SO TRAGIC BABY
BUT DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT IT TODAY, WE GOT FREEDOM COMIN' OUR WAY
FREEDOM COMIN' OUR WAY

HOW LONG DO YOU

Well I, I just came back today…
I just came back from the storm.
Yeah!
I said: “I just came back, baby…
I just came back from the storm.
Yeah, from the storm.
Well, I didn’t know it then,
But I was sufferin’, sufferin’
For my love to keep me warm.
It was so cold and lonely, yeah.
The wind ’n’ cryin’ blue rain
Were tearing me up.
It was so cold and lonely.

Back in Louisiana down near New Orleans
High up in the hills among the evergreens
In a log cabin made of earth and wood
Lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
He never ever learned to read and write so well
But he could play the guitar just like ringin' a bell
Go go, go Johnny go go go
Go, go Johnny go go go
Go Johnny go go go
Go go, go Johnny go go go
Go Johnny go go

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,

[BACKGROUND VOCAL:] YEAH, OOO
WELL I TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF A REBORN MAN
I GOT A LOT OF LOVE TO GIVE
FROM THE MIRRORS OF MY HAND

I SENT A MESSAGE OF LOVE
DON'T YOU RUN AWAY
LOOK AT YOUR HEART BABY
COME ON ALONG WITH ME TODAY

WELL I AM WHAT I AM THANK GOD
SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
WELL HELP THEM GOD
FIND YOURSELEF FIRST
AND THEN YOUR TOOL
FIND YOURSELF FIRST
DON'T YOU BE NO FOOL

YOU GOT MY PRIDE, HANGIN' OUT OF MY BED
YOUR MESSIN' WITH MY LIFE SO I BOUGHT MY LEAD
EVEN MESSIN' WITH MY CHILDREN
AND YA SCREAMIN' AT MY WIFE
GET OFF OF MY BACK
IF YOU WANTA GET OUTA HERE ALIVE

FREEDOM, FREEDOM
GIVE IT TO ME
THAT'S WHAT I WANT NOW
FREEDOM, FREEDOM
GIVE IT TO ME
THAT'S WHAT I NEED NOW
FREEDOM, FREEDOM
GIVE IT TO ME
TO LIVE
FREEDOM, FREEDOM
GIVE IT TO ME
SO I CAN GIVE

JIMI:
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO DO THIS SONG DEDICATED
TO MAYBE A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY. SINGIN' ABOUT HIS OLD LADY THAT
HE DREAMS ABOUT AND HUMPIN' A MACHINE GUN INSTEAD OR IT COULD BE
COULD BE A CAT MAYBE TRYIN' TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THAT GIRL BABY,
BUT A LITTLE BIT TOO SCARED. THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEMS COME FROM
SOMETIMES ISN'T IT? I MEEN THE CAT IS REALLY INSECURE A LITTLE BIT

Here I come to save the day

A little boy inside a dream just the other day
His mind fell out of his face and the wind blew it away
A hand came out from heaven and pinned a badge on his chest
It said Get out there, man, and do your best ooh…

They call him Astro Man
And he's flyin' higher than
That faggot Superman ever could

Oh, they call him Cosmic Nut
And he's twice as dense as Donald Duck

Well, I wait around the train station
Waitin' for that train
Waitin' for the train, yeah
Take me home, yeah
From this lonesome place
Well, now a while lotta people put me down a lotta changes
My girl had called me a disgrace

Dig
The tears burnin'
Tears burnin' me
Tears burnin' me
Way down in my heart
Well, you know it's too bad, little girl,
it's too bad

Will I live tomorrow
Well I just can't say.
Will I live tomorrow
Well, I just can't say.

But I know for sure
I Don't Live Today.

No sun coming through my windows,
feel like I'm sitting at the bottom of a grave.
No sun coming through my windows,
feel like I'm sitting at the bottom of a grave.

I wish you'd hurry up 'n' rescue me
so I can be on my mis'rable way

I Don't Live Today;

AH YEAH
THERE'S A RED HOUSE OVER YONDER
THAT'S WHERE MY BABY STAYS
LORD THERE'S A RED HOUSE OVER YONDER
LORD THAT'S WHERE MY BABY STAYS

I AIN'T BEEN HOME TO SEE MY BABY
IN NINETY-NINE AND ONE HALF DAYS
WAIT MINUTE SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE

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

Oh, say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail'd
At the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare!
The bombs bursting in air!
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave

It's very far away,
It takes about half a day,
To get there, if we travel by my a.....dragonfly

No, it's not in Spain,
But all the same,
You know,
It's a groovy name
And the wind's just right.

Hang on, My Darling,
Hang on if you want to go
You know it's a really groovy place
And it's just a little bit of Spanish Castle Magic.

The clouds are really low,
And they overflow,
With cotton candy

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

Well, she's walking through the clouds,
With a circus mind that's running wild,
Butterflies and Zebras,
And Moonbeams and fairy tales.
That's all she ever thinks about.
Riding with the wind.

When I'm sad, she comes to me,
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free.
It's alright, she says it's alright,
Take anything you want from me,
Anything.
Fly on little wing.

Purple Haze was in my brain,
lately things don't seem the same,
actin' funny but I don't know why
'scuse me while I kiss the sky.

Purple Haze all around,
don't know if I'm coming up or down.
Am I happy or in misery
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me.

Purple Haze was in my eyes,
don't know if it's day or night,
you've got me blowing, blowing my mind

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

STONE FREE

EVERYDAY IN THE WEEK I'M IN A DIFFERNET CITY
IF I STAY TOO LONG PEOPLE TRY TO PULL ME DOWN
THEY TALK ABOUT ME LIKE A DOG
TALKIN' ABOUT THE CLOTHES I WEAR
BUT THEY DON'T REALISE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'S SQUARE

HEY!
AND THAT'S WHY
YOU CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN
I DON'T WANT TO BE DOWN I GOTTA MOVE
HEY

STONE FREE DO WHAT I PLEASE
STONE FREE TO RIDE THE BREEZE
STONE FREE I CAN'T STAY

After all the jacks are in their boxes,
and the clowns have all gone to bed,
you can hear happiness staggering on down the street,
footprints dress in red.

And the wind whispers Mary.

A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
Somewhere a Queen is weeping,
somewhere a King has no wife.

And the wind it cries Mary.

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow

Anger, he smiles,
towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on
But they're all bold as love, yeah, they're all bold as love
Yeah, they're all bold as love

Alright,
now listen, baby

You don't care for me
I don'-a care about that
Gotta new fool, ha!
I like it like that

I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire [Repeat 4 times]

Listen here, baby
and stop acting so crazy
You say your mum ain't home,
it ain't my concern,
Just play with me and you won't get burned

I have only one itching desire

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 a little more than enough
To make a man throw himself away

I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Alone

Now the smiling portrait of you
Is still hangin' on my frowning wall
It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me too much at all

Little Miss Lover, where have you been in this world for so long
Well, I love a lover that feels like you, would you like to tag along

Well, I really don't need any help little girl,
But I think you could help me out anyway
Would you believe, baby, I've been looking for a Sun
That feels like you For some time

Excuse me while I see if the gypsy in me is right
If you don't mind

WELL I WISH, I WAS A CATFISH
SWIMIN' IN THE, THE DEEP BLUE SEA
I HAVE ALL YOU PRETTY WOMEN
FISHIN' AFTER ME
SHOWIN' UP AFTER ME
OH WELL
OW WELL
OH YEAH
OH YEAH

WELL I WENT DOWN
TO MY GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE
AND I SAT ALONE ON HER FRONT STEP
AND SHE SAID A COME IN OUTCHA MAN AND JUST YOUR LOVE
I JUST NOW LEFT
I JUST NOW LEFT
AND I SAY
WHO YEAH
SHE SAID SURE ENOUGH YOU DID
WHO YEAH
WHO YEAH
WHO YEAH

Told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
And when it was time for her to leave she spread her wings high over me
And said I shall return tomorrow

And I said fly on my sweet angel
Fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet, sweet angel
Tomorrow I shall have you by my side

Sure enough this mornin’ came to me

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

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you
Peopled called you, said ’beware the doll, you’re bound to fall’,
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody else that was hanging out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud

Well, she's walking through the clouds,
With a circus mind that's running wild,
Butterflies and Zebras,
And Moonbeams and fairy tales.
That's all she ever thinks about.
Riding with the wind.

When I'm sad, she comes to me,
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free.
It's alright, she says it's alright,
Take anything you want from me,
Anything.
Fly on little wing.

Purple Haze was in my brain,
lately things don't seem the same,
actin' funny but I don't know why
'scuse me while I kiss the sky.

Purple Haze all around,
don't know if I'm coming up or down.
Am I happy or in misery
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me.

Purple Haze was in my eyes,
don't know if it's day or night,
you've got me blowing, blowing my mind

[1st verse [Oo-backing vocals on each line]]
Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand
Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand
Alright. I'm goin down to shoot my old lady,
you know I caught her messin' 'round with another man.
Yeah,! I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady,
you know I caught her messin' 'round with another man.
Huh! And that ain't too cool.

[Verse 1]
Oh strange beautiful grass of green
with your majestic silken scenes
Your mysterious mountains
I wish to see closer
May I land my kinky machine

[Verse 2]
Although your world wonders me
with your majestic superior cackling hen
Your people I do not understand
So to you I wish to put an end
And you'll never hear surf music again

(Yeah, sing a song bro'...)

If the sun refused to shine

I don't mind, I don't mind

(Yeah)

If the mountains ah, fell in the sea

Let it be, it ain't me.

(Well, all right)

Got my own world to live through and uh, ha !

And I ain't gonna copy you.

Yeah (sing the song brother...)

Now if uh, six uh, huh, turned out to be nine

I SHOULD OF QUIT YOU
A LONG TIME AGO
I SHOULD OF QUIT YOU BABY
A LONG TIME AGO
BUT YOU GOT ME MESSIN' ROUND WITH YOU BABY
YOU GOT ME CRIN' ON A KILLIN' FLOOR, YEAH
IF I DON'T FALLOW, YEAH
MY FIRST MIND
IF I DON'T FALLOW PRETTY BABY
MY FIRST MIND
I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE SINCE MY SECOND TIME
YEAH

LORD KNOWS, RIGHT NOW
I SHOULD'VE BEEN GONE
LORD KNOWS, I SHOULD'VE BEEN GONE

[1st verse [Oo-backing vocals on each line]]
Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand
Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand
Alright. I'm goin down to shoot my old lady,
you know I caught her messin' 'round with another man.
Yeah,! I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady,
you know I caught her messin' 'round with another man.
Huh! And that ain't too cool.

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 a little more than enough
To make a man throw himself away

I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Alone

Now the smiling portrait of you
Is still hangin' on my frowning wall
It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me too much at all