The following essay about songs by The Doors was written by Bob Lefsetz

The following essay about songs by The Doors was written by Bob Lefsetz, and is reprinted with his permission.

Because of the length of some of the individual song stories, this essay will be broken into sections.

Here are the tenth & eleventh songs he wrote about ........

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10. Summer's Almost Gone I lied about my age and got a job as a camp counselor in the Catskills. The owner's son took me under his wing. For we shared the same interests. Music, and dope. This dude had killer hash. We'd get fucked up at night and wander the grounds with the assembled multitude. Sexual escapades would ensue. Finally, deep in my tenure there, before I finally quit, we took a road trip. We went to Ithaca, to his fraternity house at Cornell. Actually, we went other places in town. There was a sub involved at one point. And I think he pointed out the falls. But I was so stoned at that point, I don't really remember. There was only one student in the giant frat house this hot August day. They showed me a fellow student's huge porn collection. And then they set me free. I ended up in the room of some guy who'd built this light bulb array that pulsed to the music. However, he'd put more money into the light array than his records. He had just a few. None of which were my favorites. That afternoon I learned to love "Whisky Train" off Procol Harum's "Home". But I never warmed up to Smith's version of "Baby It's You". But I couldn't move. I was that fucked up. But when the dope finally started to wear off, I wandered down to the first guy's room, the dude who was still living in the house. And played one of my favorites from two summers before, "Waiting For The Sun". "Waiting For The Sun" was one of the first albums that did not contain the title track. Little Feat ended up perfecting this syndrome. Even printing lyrics for songs that didn't appear on the record. And "Waiting For The Sun" represented a return to the hit parade for the band, with "Hello, I Love You" and "The Unknown Soldier", but they were so OBVIOUS, unlike the earlier material. Still, there were some darker tunes. Like this one. You know the time of year. When suddenly the light's not quite as bright. When fall is coming. When you wonder where the time went.

THAT'S this song.

11. Love Street Okay, it's HOKEY! Still, this has got the vibe of "Six Feet Under". This is Nate exploring the world of Brenda. Well, she's not really THAT fucked up, right? She's so nice. And calm. And she likes to fuck. Well, eventually he finds out not only him. But it's so CALIFORNIA!

Knowing someone with little means of support, endeared to eastern philosophy, with a house that's airy, that's a bit beyond their means. Usually in a topsy-turvy neighborhood. You're worried about your car being broken into there, but that doesn't hold you back. You need to go to her apartment on Love Street, what you get there you can't get anywhere else.

Deep inside you know it's not going anywhere, that it's going to end badly, but for the time being you can only think of the POSSIBILITIES!

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