Been Down So Long

The Doors

Score: 58
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Played: 164

Album:

Live In Detroit

Released: 21 Jan 2009

Wiki:

Been Down So Long is a reference to Richard Farina's novel Been Down So Long That It Looks Like Up To Me (1966) in which the strange college student Gnossos Pappadopoulis encounters everything that makes the sixties the 60s.

Lyrics:

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[Chorus] Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people Come on and set me free [Verse] I said, warden, warden, warden Won't you break your lock and key I said, warden, warden, warden Won't ya break your lock and key Yeah, come along here Mister C'mon and let the poor boy be [Bridge] Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees C'mon little darlin' C'mon and give your love to me, oh yeah [Chorus] Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free