This is the end
Beautiful friend end, beautiful friend.
This is the end
My end, my only friend, the end end.

Of our elaborate plans, the end end.
Of everything that stands, the end end.
No safety or surprise, the end end.
I'll never look into your eyes...again eye(s) again.

Can you picture what will be be,
So limitless and free an' free?
Desperately in need...of
some...stranger's hand need of some stranger's hand,
In a...desperate land a desperate land.

[Instrumental break.]

Lost in a Roman...wilderness Roman wilderness of pain pain.
AndAn' all the children are insane insane.
All the children are insane insane.
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah yeah.

There's danger on the edge of town town.
Ride the King's king's highway, baby baby.
Weird scenes inside the gold mine mine.
Ride the highway west, baby baby.

Ride the snake, ride the snake snake,
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby baby.
The snake is long, seven miles miles,
Ride the snake...he's old, snake,
andHe's old an' his skin is cold cold.

The west is the best best.
The west is the best best.
Get here, and an' we'll do the rest rest.

The blue bus is callin' us us.
The blue bus is callin' us us.
Driver, where you taken' us takin' us?

[Spoken:]
The killer awoke before dawn,
heHe put his boots on on.
He took a face from the ancient gallery gallery.
AndAn' he walked on down the hall hall.

He went into the room whereenter deleted
his sister lived, and...then an'
he
Paid Then he, paid a visit to his brother, and
An' then he, he
He walked on down the hall, and an'
AndAn' he came to a
door...and door, an' he looked inside.
inside"Father?" "Yes son?"
Father, yes son,"I want to kill you.
Mother I want to kill you fuck you."
Mother...I want to...fuck youC'mon, woah.

C'mon baby, take a chance with us us.
C'mon baby, take a chance with us us.
C'mon baby, take a chance with us us.
AndAn' meet me at the back of the blue bus bus.
Doin'Do'n' a blue rock
On on a blue bus bus.
Doin'Do'n' a blue rock rock, c'mon, yeah.
C'mon, yeah
[Instrumental break.]

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill kill.

This is the end
Beautiful friend end, beautiful friend.
This is the end
My end, my only friend, the end end.

It hurts to set you free
But but you'll never follow me me.
The end of laughter and an' soft lies lies.
The end of nights we tried to die die.

This is the end end.

[THE END]
[Written by: John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek & Jim
Morrison-1967
Performed by: The Doors-1967 [11 minutes, 43 seconds long.]
Appears on: The Doors-1967, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine-1972,
Dance on Fire (Video)-1985, Light My Fire-1988, Greatest Hits-1996,
The Complete Studio Recordings-1999, The Doors Live In
Detroit-2000, Legacy: The Absolute Best-(1967-1970)-2003, et al.]

[1]Covered by: Nico-1974, Used by Francis Ford Coppola during the
opening sequence of, Apocalypse Now-1979, et al.]