When I was back there in seminary school
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There was a person there
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Who put forth the proposition
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That you can petition the Lord with prayer
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Petition the lord with prayer
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Petition the lord with prayer
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You cannot petition the lord with prayer!
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Can you give me sanctuary
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I must find a place to hide
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A place for me to hide
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Can you find me soft asylum
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I can't make it anymore
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The Man is at the door
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Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy
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Champion sax and a girl named Sandy
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There's only four ways to get unraveled
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One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da
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One is a bandit up in the hills
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One is to love your neighbor 'till
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His wife gets home
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Catacombs
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Nursery bones
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Winter women
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Growing stones
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Carrying babies
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To the river
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Streets and shoes
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Avenues
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Leather riders
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Selling news
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The monk bought lunch
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Ha ha, he bought a little
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Yes, he did
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Woo!
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This is the best part of the trip
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This is the trip, the best part
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I really like
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What'd he say?
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Yeah!
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Yeah, right!
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Pretty good, huh
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Huh!
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Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number
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Successful hills are here to stay
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Everything must be this way
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Gentle streets where people play
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Welcome to the Soft Parade
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All our lives we sweat and save
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Building for a shallow grave
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Must be something else we say
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Somehow to defend this place
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Everything must be this way
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Everything must be this way, yeah
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The Soft Parade has now begun
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Listen to the engines hum
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People out to have some fun
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A cobra on my left
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Leopard on my right, yeah
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The deer woman in a silk dress
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Girls with beads around their necks
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Kiss the hunter of the green vest
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Who has wrestled before
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With lions in the night
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Out of sight!
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The lights are getting brighter
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The radio is moaning
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Calling to the dogs
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There are still a few animals
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Left out in the yard
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But it's getting harder
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To describe sailors
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To the underfed
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Tropic corridor
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Tropic treasure
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What got us this far
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To this mild equator?
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We need someone or something new
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Something else to get us through, yeah, c'mon
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Callin' on the dogs
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Callin' on the dogs
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Oh, it's gettin' harder
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Callin' on the dogs
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Callin' in the dogs
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Callin' all the dogs
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Callin' on the gods
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You gotta meet me
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Too late, baby
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Slay a few animals
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At the crossroads
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Too late
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All in the yard
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But it's gettin' harder
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By the crossroads
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You gotta meet me
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Oh, we're goin', we're goin great
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At the edge of town
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Tropic corridor
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Tropic treasure
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Havin' a good time
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Got to come along
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What got us this far
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To this mild equator?
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Outskirts of the city
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You and I
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We need someone new
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Somethin' new
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Somethin' else to get us through
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Better bring your gun
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Better bring your gun
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Tropic corridor
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Tropic treasure
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We're gonna ride and have some fun
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When all else fails
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We can whip the horse's eyes
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And make them sleep
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And cry
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The Soft Parade (Live On PBS Television, New York, 1970)
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| The Doors |
