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Artist: The Doors
Canonical path: /the-doors/the-hitchhiker
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Hitchhiker
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The Hitchhiker
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Thoughts in time and out of season
The hitchhiker
Stood by the side of the road
And leveled his thumb
In the calm calculus of reason
Hi? Iow you doin'? I just got back into town l.a.
I was out on the desert for awhile
"Riders on the storm"
Yeah, in the middle of it
"Riders on the storm"
Right
"Into this world we're born"
Hey, listen, man, I really got a problem
"Into this world we're thrown"
When I was out on the desert, ya know
"Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan"
I don't know how to tell you
"Riders on the storm"
But, ah, I killed somebody
"There's a killer on the road"
No...
"His brain is squirming like a toad"
It's no big deal, ya know
I don't think anybody will find out about it, but...
"Take a long holiday"
Just, ah
"Let your children play"
This guy gave me a ride, and ah...
"If you give this man a ride"
Started giving me a lot of trouble
"Sweet family will die"
And I just couldn't take it, ya know
"Killer on the road"
And I wasted him
Yeah
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