Jim Morrison's fans c. 1991

"Dedication"

JIM MORRISON wishes to dedicate these works to the one person who has been a true friend to him in life and in death, that person being Ray Manzarek. (Ray, if you should ever read this, we all want you to know that Jim loves you very much.)

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"You Murdered My Banana"

You murdered my banana
And I am not sure why
But you say that
You set it in the sun
To turn it black
Just because you thought
I like black things

The liking of darkness
Does not extend to bananas
I'm afraid
Besides, it is mushy inside

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"I Took the Snake To the Market"

I took the snake
To the market
The Clerk said
Park it
But that would
Never do

He's Oliver, I cried
How can you
Even think
He'd stay in
One place?

Look at his little snakeness face
Can't you see a trace
Of deception in his eyes?
You hold him I said
Hold him by his little snake head
You must not let him free
He's threatened to make a movie

But before the words left my mouth
That snake was heading South
Straight to Hollywood and Vine
With a pencil in his mouth
Saying sign on the dotted line

Densmore was the first to fall
Then all, all, all
But the lizard
Lined up the wall
Hearing the serpents call