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Artist: The Doors
Track: The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)

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I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master

Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance
Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping
This is the land where the Pharaoh died

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered
They are saying, "Forget the night.
Live with us in forests of azure.
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars
Out here we is stoned - immaculate."

Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache
I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the lose of God
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
The meager food for souls forgot
I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul

I'll tell you this
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn

I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Soft drivin', slow and mad, like some new language

Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas
I'll tell you 'bout the Texas Radio
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
Wandering the Western dream
Tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul
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The Doors – The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
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[Spoken Intro] / I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat / It comes out of the Virginia swamps, cool and slow / With a back beat narrow and hard to master / [Verse 1
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The Doors "The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)": I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps, cool and slow...
Genius Q&A
Q:When did The Doors release “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)”?
The Doors released “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)” on April 19, 1971.
Q:Who wrote “The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)” by The Doors?
“The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)” by The Doors was written by Jim Morrison.
Q:Who produced “The Wasp [Texas Radio And The Big Beat] - Live Hollywood Bowl 1968” by The Doors?
“The Wasp [Texas Radio And The Big Beat] - Live Hollywood Bowl 1968” by The Doors was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
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