A Forty Year Tribute to James Douglas Morrison born 1943-Died 1971 1971-2011 (the Void Years)

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WRITTEN BY RODNEY S. SMITH

Introduction

the Lizard King

Cold, cool mist of wet pollution

Feeds the dirt of Pere La Chaise

Where in its core

Molds the Lizard King

Lying,sleeping,smiling,lifeless form

Veins which housed worldly chemicals

Now cold,hard,still

Stray Felines, moss covered stones

Bow and praise the one below

This restless, disturbed mind

Here, but yet for a season

Clinched by the reaper

Respecter of no one

Demonic eyes, now closed in a skull

Hand folded, talentless hands

Listen close, oh, my grieving friend

Birds singing, wind blowing, leaves falling

Lizard King is at hand

Crying, screaming, laughing,

In the presence of eternity.

Let us explore our possibilities

Travel the caverns of our mind

Close your eyes and drift away

We'll go back Forty years in time

To a day and time much younger

Though some things stay the same

Like the music and the poetry

Written by a man named James

In a time that was unsettled

Tranquility out of reach

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Year 1

This genius helped to birth a group

One day on Venice Beach

As the words came forth

There in the sand, beneath the summer sun

Poetry with such depth and meaning

All knew Jim was the one

The words that Jim had written

Reached the minds of that generation

For you see, Jim possessed an art

Leaving his audience in fascination

Year 2

Started there that day

Under a warm blue sky

A group called the Doors

Enjoyed by you and I

Florida born and American raised

An American poet was he

His concerts turned into ceremonies

Performed by Jim and the magical three

Yellow mushrooms, purple rainbows, silver stars above

After all these years, he's still the one we love

Year 3

The smell of leather fills the air,"Is everybody in?"

Perhaps he was more to you, perhaps he was a friend

Can you picture his young lion image

Or maybe his bearded look

Regardless of how you see him

One song is all it took

To listen to the wild child

Scream out his words and sigh

After all this time,

It's so hard to tell him goodbye

Year 4

The seasons round here

Are somewhat the same

With the spring and summer

Hot with the rain

The fall being cooler

Winters snow on the ground

No matter when it is

A devoted fan can be found

Some search the grounds looking

For the one who found world fame

Jim Morrison short interview clip 1970 San Diego

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Year 5

At last his stone is spotted

They see his familiar name

Whether you live here in Paris

Or a tourist from another land

Greet someone while your here

With a hug or shake their hand

Cats make their home here

And roam its structured ground

Around the spirit of Jim Morrison

Whose talent in life, once did abound

Year 6

A poetic genius

Well ahead of his time

If Jim were still here

Such knowledge we'd all find

You could give him a subject

Just to see what he'd say

He would think for awhile, and answer

He lived so fast and died so young

Pressing a hundred years into twenty seven, performing, and having fun

Year 7

Into this sanctuary we all come together

To an old, so ancient land

Offering up our prayers, paying tribute

to the one and only Doors Frontman

His presence here, it fills the air

His songs echo the night

The cobblestones lead the way

to a peaceful feeling so right

As the sun sets in the Parisian sky

A tear falls from a Doors fan's eye

Year 8

I watch a shooting star a million miles away

If Jim stood here right now, we all would here him say

Beautiful people, from all around

Let peace and love today surround

Grab your friend, and love him

Just like the days of old

Keep your feelings for others alive

Never, ever let them grow cold

Keep your hopes up, don't let them waste away

Turn your back to the storms, embrace a sunny day

Year 9

In the city of the dead

Where the moon is at its best

Does his spirit still walk down

Each and every sacred lane?

While everyone can hear

All his laughter and his pain

As the clock strikes twelve, I wonder

Does Jim sit on top of his own gravestone?

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Year 10

Is Chopin and Oscar Wilde there with him?

Visiting with him there at home

The trees here are peaceful

Resting souls once full of life

Existing on this blue and green

Some filled with pain and strife

Each of them making their mark

Now their names are etched in stone

The time has come for each of them

To call this land their home

Year 11

The history here, the stories told

Will evermore prevail

The years of old, and those to come

Pure joy for all to tell

The people here today

Share this groovy mood

They light a candle, and meditate

Spend time with this cool dude

As only a small child

An Indian spirit leaped into him

Year 12

From that moment on the highway

He became a brand new Jim

His eggshell mind would develop

Into one of a full grown man

Maturing into a conversation

With Ray in the California sand

The poetic voice soft at times

With an unmistakable pitch

Words spoken so calmly,

Or with rage, so full and rich

Year 13

These fancy resting places are holding grounds

Looking at bigger and better things

For the ones who now sleep here

Whether they compose, write, or sing

Though their time on earth is over

Now so limitless and free

There is still so much to conquer

So many things to be

I stand here and gaze

At your flowers, and your stone

Year 14

Feeling the comforting wave

Knowing I am not alone

As you ride upon a cloud

In the buttermilk skies

Can you see this blessed land

And surely realize

Fans still come from everywhere

Right here with you, good times are shared

With all the attractions here, Jim comes in number three

Beautiful art and landscape, for all of us to see

To Jim and Pam

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Year 15

Europe is such splendor

The beauty here in France

Museums, Eiffel Tower, and all the art

Its all here at a glance

To view the Mona Lisa

and the mystery in her smile

to walk the streets in Paris

so much to see, in just a mile

there are many singers today

that try and fill Jim's shoes

Year 16

At their moment of realization

All they do is lose

You can't wear the sunglasses

Dance on fire in leather pants

Or shake a shiny tambourine

You're not Jim, no chance

The music is only hypnotic

Performed by the original four

As they cast their magic on each stage

Their popularity began to soar

Year 17

As night divides the day

A million sunsets you've seen

Your poetry even today

Is still sharp and keen

Now that your spirit

Is far beyond the blue

Do you still write the words down

As they come to you?

Or maybe sing the songs

You sang in '71

Year 18

The final album, L.A. Woman

Alas! Your work was done

No one could keep you here

If so, we all would have tried

When we heard the news in disbelief

In shock, we all just cried

Tye-dye shirts, and faded jeans

A moonlight drive along the beach

Your memory spanning four decades now

But your voice still within our reach

Year 19

When the Music's Over, or Light My Fire

Forty years later, we couldn't get much higher.

I can still hear the music

Rustling thru the wind

Keyboards, guitar, and drums

Oh, I wish they'd play again

Eerie sounds from the band

Would fill the hot, black night

When the lyricist would appear

The experience was out of sight

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Year 20

In his Mexican tuxedo shirt of white

Leather pants as black as coal

He'd show the audience, right then and there

How he turned songs into gold

Not only today, but all year long

We honor your memory, and remember a song

Remembering not only your death

But celebrating your life

Thinking of your accomplishments

Or your days of strife

Year21

Each day is just a journey

Full of roadmaps we can take

Our walk can be an opportunity

Or a mistake that we can make

We're all dealt a hand in life

When we're born into this world

Who knows what will come of it

As it all begins to unfurl

Some enjoy the fruits of growing old

Blessed with all they need

Year 22

While others leave here early

But leave their mark indeed

The yellow moon shines in the night

A timid owl stares at me

As heavy fog lays high above the ground

And thick among the trees.

Wild felines raise their young

Not far from, the sleeping Lizard King

to see the kittens vanish behind a marker

Round here is a common thing.

Year 23

To view the views, and see the sights

It's like an ancient fairy tale

Cast in modern day living

Those living both heaven and hell

This severed garden will always be

Full of memories so vivid

For our minds to see

Some of us leave flowers

A cigarette or a card

Somedays it's not easy

Year 24

Sometimes its often hard

Giving up a rock and roll poet

In the height of his career

I bow my head in silence

And wipe away a tear

The good die young is very true

Living way too fast indeed

Your friends and family

Try to slow you down

But their warnings, they never heed

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Year 25

What was it like, to break on thru

See a light, find life brand new?

To walk across to the other side

Can one find peace, does love abide?

Are there wings on your shoulders now,

Smooth as raven's claws?

Have you found meaning there?

And a beautiful cause

Have you written a book with Rimbaud, I wonder

As I look into the sky, and feel the rolling thunder.

Year 26

All the fancy carvings on these grounds

Statues secured in place

Flowers planted on the hills

The smiles on everyone's face

In forty years, a billion tears

Have fallen upon Jim's grave

But gladness seems to fill each heart

When they think of all he gave.

Jim was a good man

Some say he had a tormented soul

Year 27

A twentieth century Shaman

So the story's told

From his early days at UCLA

to his final day in France

those Jim came in contact with

He'd leave them in a trance

Swimming to the moon

Or climbing thru the tide

Forty years ago in this city

July third, our hero died

Year 28

Then there was Pam

Your beautiful cosmic mate

Always there for you

Sometimes she'd patiently wait

Within the shadows of the darkness

For your safe return

She loved you so much Jim, to her

You were always her greatest concern

With her long flowing hair

And a small petite frame

Year 29

The day her eyes met Jims

His lfe was never again the same

Their times were often trying

And love put to the test

But in the end, he always knew

That Pam was truly the best

Can't you see them now

Under the stars of france

As Jim takes Pam by the hand

And they began to dance

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Year 30

Jim had visited this cemetery

A few weeks before he passed away

quiet walks along the stony lanes

He felt his closing days

Mr. Mojo knew he soon would leave

I'm sure he felt some fear

Can you remember those famous lines

The end is always near.

Performances made so long ago

James Douglas Morrison, we miss you so.

Year 31

You were buried secretly here

Under a hot summer sun

In the hazy, lazy month of July,

The year, 1971

For Pam and the doctors,

Perhaps the only ones who knew

What really happened there that night

When your young life was through

Did she plant roses

On the fresh broken ground?

Year32

A note, or picture

While no one made a sound.

Did she spend the night

There with her man

Jim always knew

Pam was his biggest fan.

After Jim left the earth

To get over him, she did try

As 1974 arrived

Pam Courson, too, had died

Year 33

So after that, they met again

Somewhere in the void

Have they lived together out in space

Or took a ride on an asteroid?

Do their spirits still roam the streets

The ones we walk down today

Or simply forever and ever gone

Never to cross our way

I believe when someone touches your life

They live forever in your heart

Year 34

Their life is never finished

For each day is a brand new start

While languages may differ

Or cultures not the same

We can all agree, we love the man

Once who had a little game

so today time stops

We miss you, Jim we do

If you're looking down from above

We remember you today, it's true

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Year 35

This landmark is divine

With its corridors and moseliums

And all its structures and stained glasses

It's like an outdoor colisium

I watch birds fly over

And hear a loud bell ringing

As I stop walking and listen

I can hear the angels singing

For they hover over the bodies here

Then summon them up to roam

Year 36

They too are angelic spirits

Longing to go home

The poets corner is where we go

Each time that we stop by

There's always a fan hanging around

Some may just sit there and cry

The most visited grave, they say

Among every single soul resting there

There's one thing about it, my friend

No limit freedom is always in the air.

Year 37

Forty years you've been right here

In the place you chose yourself to be

As I hear the wind whistle

Above me, through the branches of a tree

The seasons come,and then they go

Summer's heat brings winter's cold

But one thing I do know

As long as folks hear your music

Or read the words that you had to say

You'll always have a visitor,

each and every day.

Year 38

In closing today Jim

We can say with a smile

It was worth the trip

Worth every single mile

All the places visited

The friends that we've made

Freedom felt here at Pere La Chaise

This feeling, we wouldn't trade

We bid you farewell, as we walk away

Knowing inside, it's been a good day

Year 39

We thank everyone

Who has come today

Inside each of us

We have so much to say

some of us maybe writers

On a sea, looking for a song

Others trying to figure out

Where in life, that they belong

Some people seem to find out, others never do

Jim chose music and poetry, then he followed it through.

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