Sunday, December 28, 2008

Soul Kitchen

Well, the clock says it's time to close now
I guess I'd better go now
I'd really like to stay here all night
The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Street lights share their hollow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go
Still one place to go

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out in a wander baby
Stumblin' in the neon groves

Well, your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget
Learn to forget, learn to forget

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander baby
Stumblin' in the neon groves

Well the clock says it's time to close now
I know I have to go now
I really want to stay here
All night, all night, all night




- "
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen" The song is in reference to a soul food restaurant in Ocean Park called Olivia's.

- The Stone Poneys were discovered at the same soul food restaurant:
Discovered by a couple of music executives, while rehearsing at a nearby soul food restaurant called Olivia's which was located in Ocean Park , a community between Venice Beach and Santa Monica, and which was famous for its food and clientle, including the The Doors.

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"Well, the clock says it's time to close now, I guess I'd better go now." Jim Morrison often used to stay too late and the staff had to persistently ask him to leave so they could close for the night.

- "The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes, street lights share their hollow glow, your brain seems bruised with numb surprise" This sentence is an obvious reflection of Jim Morrison sitting inside the restaurant (Olivia's), very late at night, most likely inebriated, and describing the world outside his window with poetic vision. If you've ever sat at a diner very late at night and watched the cars and people move slowly by- this is precisely how they behave during those wee hours when most of the city is asleep.

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