Thought for the Week

Voodoo Chile

by Jimi Hendrix

Well, I'm a voodoo chile,
Lord, I'm a voodoo chile.

Well, the night I was born
Lord, I swear the moon turned a fire red.
The night I was born
I swear the moon turned a fire red.
Well my poor mother cried out, Lord, the gypsy was right!
And I seen her fell down right dead.
(Have mercy!)

Well, mountain lions found me there waitin'
And set me on a eagle's back,
Well, mountain lions found me there,
And set me on a eagle's wing.
(It's the eagle's wing, baby, what did I say)
He took me past to the outskirts of infinity,
And when he brought me back,
He gave me a Venus witch's ring.
Hey!
And he said fly on, fly on
Because I'm a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo chile
Hey!

Well, I make love to you,
And Lord knows you'll feel no pain
Say, I make love to you in your sleep,
And Lord knows you felt no pain
(Have mercy!)
'Cause I'm a million miles away
And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame
(Yeah! What did I say now)
'Cause I'm a voodoo chile
Lord knows I'm a voodoo chile

Well, my arrows are made of desire
From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines.
Say my arrows are made of desire, desire
From far away as Jupiter's sulphur mines.
(Way down by the Methabe Sea, yeah)
I have a hummingbird and it hums so loud,
You think you were losing your mind, hmmm...

Well, I float in liquid gardens
And Arizona new red sand
(Yeah!)
I float in liquid gardens
Way down in Arizona red sand
Well, I taste the honey from a flower named blue,
Way down in California
And then New York drowns as we hold hands.

'Cause I'm a voodoo chile
Lord knows I'm a voodoo chile
Yeah!