My Wild Love

Album: Waiting For The Sun (1968)
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  • My wild love went ridin'
    She rode all the day
    She wrote to the devil
    And asked him to pay
    The devil was wiser
    It's time to repent
    He asked her to give back
    The money she spent
    My wild love went ridin'
    She rode to the sea
    She gathered together
    Some shells for her head
    She rode and she rode on
    She rode for a while
    Then stopped for an evenin'
    And lay her head down
    She rode on to Christmas
    She rode to the farm
    She rode to Japan
    And we entered a town
    By this time the river
    Had changed one degree
    She asked for the people
    To let her go free
    My wild love is crazy
    She screams like a bird
    She moans like a cat
    When she wants to be heard
    My wild love went ridin'
    She rode for an hour
    She rode and she rested
    And then she rode on
    Ride, come on Writer/s: Jim Morrison, John Paul Densmore, Raymond D Manzarek, Robert A Krieger
    Publisher: Doors Music Company
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Sb3This song is obviously about Pam Courson, Jim's longtime girlfriend and eventual common-law wife, with whom he had a volatile relationship.

    The lines about asking the devil to pay and the devil wanting his money back is about all the money Pam spent on clothing, travel, and her boutique store Themis. By all accounts, it eventually caught up with him and even though the Doors were one of the biggest bands in the world at one point between Jim's legal troubles and Pam's spending they were practically broke during their time in Paris.

    The lines about traveling deal with Pam's escapades as she traveled back and forth to Europe feeding her own demons on Jim's dime. "My wild love is crazy, She screams like a bird, She moans like a cat, When she wants to be heard" is about their many fights, most of which seemed to occur any time the Doors had an important event such as a particularly big concert appearance or the beginning of a new tour.
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