LOVE
HER MADLY
THE DOORS
SONGWRITERS: JIM MORRISON; ROBBY KRIEGER; RAY
MANZAREK & JOHN DESNMORE
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: L.A. WOMAN
LABEL: ELEKTRA
GENRE: BLUES ROCK
YEAR: 1971
"Love Her Madly"
is a song by The Doors that was released in March 1971. Composed by guitarist Robby
Krieger, it served as the lead single from L.A. Woman, their final album with
frontman Jim Morrison. Session musician and TCB Band member Jerry Scheff played
bass guitar on the song. "Love
Her Madly" became one of the highest-charting hits for The Doors. It
peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached No. 3 in
Canada.
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles,
with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger,
and drummer John Densmore. The band got its name, at Morrison's suggestion from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, which itself was a reference to a quote made by William
Blake, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. They
were unique and among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s,
mostly because of Morrison's lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage
persona. After Morrison's death in 1971 at age 27, the remaining members continued
as a trio until disbanding in 1973.
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya need her badly
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her madly
Wanna be her daddy
Don't ya love her face
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Yeah, don't you love her
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Well, don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly.