Hey Little Girl, by Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison with a little girl
Jim Morrison with a little girl

Jim Morrison, the singer of the rock group The Doors, was foremost a poet. He wrote most lyrics of the group’s songs, and he filled notebooks with poems. In his lifetime he self-published three volumes of his poetry, and more poems were published posthumously. His collected works were edited by Frank Lisciandro and published as a single volume by Harper Design in 2021.

The 4th section is devoted to all lyrics he wrote for The Doors, and it ends with some unpublished lyrics. I selected from them the following short love poem, intended as lyrics for a song that was never recorded:

Hey Little Girl

Hey, little girl
You’re looking fine
Like to make the
Little girl mine

Won’t you come to call
Won’t you come to call
Won’t you come hon
& bring it all

I’m so upset & so alone
Won’t you come &
bring it all home

Give me a sign
Give me a sign
Give me a sign
Give me a look
Send me a book
drop me a line
Cause I’m so uptight

These simple and naive lyrics do not have the sophistication of other songs by The Doors devoted to little girls, such as “You’re Lost Little Girl” (written by Robby Krieger) and “Unhappy Girl” (written by Jim Morrison). I think thus that they represent a quick flash of poetic inspiration, and that the music of the song was never composed.

Harper Design - The Collected Works of Jim Morrison
Harper Design – The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics (2021), front cover

Source: The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics, Harper Design (2021), page 545.

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