7 and 7 Is
by Love

Album: Da Capo (1966)
Charted: 33
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  • When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man
    I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a can
    In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone
    You can throw me if you want to 'cause I'm a bone and I go
    Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip yeah
    If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes
    My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized
    Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way
    Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go
    Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah
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    Four Writer/s: Arthur Lee
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 4

  • AnonymousYou’re wrong. The lyric is actually “My Bibles in the fireplace “ Now the lyric makes sense doesn’t it?
  • Howard from Levittown, Pa@Baron: (The)Bangles used to do "7 and 7'" in concert. I'm not sure if they ever did it in the studio. Bangles stuck up for fellow L.A. acts of the past given the opportunity. "Live" by the Merry Go Round was another example. That's what makes their absence in any Arthur Lee/Love tribute (as far as I'm aware)conspicuous.
  • Ken from Philadelphia, PaLove was, by all accounts, an enormous influence on the Doors. When the Doors were getting together Love was the house band at the Whiskey on Sunset Strip and, according to Ray Manzarek, the Doors' dream and only real goal was to someday be as big as Love. Of course, in a matter of months, the Doors had replaced Love as the house band at the Whiskey, and a few months after that, the Doors exploded onto the national scene and far outstripped any success Love had experienced.
  • Mark from Plymouth, MnThis was always a "mystery" song . Great garage band music. Rarely heard it but never could remember the group or name of the song. One nice thing about the internet is being able to track down obscure songs like this and hear them and find out something about them here. Props to Song Facts.
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