The Ghost Song

"The Ghost Song" is a song by The Doors, and was released on An American Prayer in 1978, 7 years after Jim Morrison's death in Paris, France. The song is Morrison's poetry recording with the rest of the band's music.

Part of the lyrics to the song, with the mention of "Indians scattered on dawn's highway, bleeding", allegedly refers to one of Morrison's childhood experiences, when he and his family were driving down a desert highway and passed a road accident site, where trucks loaded with Indian workers had collided. According to Morrison, during that experience the souls of the dead Native American workers "leapt into his soul and stayed there".

The song marks the first creation of new Doors songs, with the overdubbing of music to pre-existing poetry recital tapes by the surviving Doors members.

The Doors
  • Jim Morrison
  • Ray Manzarek
  • John Densmore
  • Robby Krieger
Studio albums
  • The Doors
  • Strange Days
  • Waiting for the Sun
  • The Soft Parade
  • Morrison Hotel
  • L.A. Woman
  • Other Voices
  • Full Circle
  • An American Prayer
Live albums
  • Absolutely Live
  • Alive, She Cried
  • Live at the Hollywood Bowl
  • In Concert
Compilations
and soundtracks
  • 13
  • Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
  • The Best of The Doors (1973)
  • Greatest Hits (1980)
  • The Doors Classics
  • The Best of The Doors
  • The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording
  • Greatest Hits (1996)
  • Essential Rarities
  • The Best of The Doors (2000)
  • The Very Best of The Doors (2001)
  • Legacy: The Absolute Best
  • The Very Best of The Doors (2007)
  • The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits
  • The Platinum Collection
  • When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture
Bright
Midnight
Archives
  • The Bright Midnight Sampler
  • Live in Detroit
  • Bright Midnight: Live in America
  • Live in Hollywood: Highlights from the Aquarius Theater Performances
  • Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance
  • Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance
  • No One Here Gets Out Alive
  • The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison Volume One
  • The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison Volume Two
  • Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal
  • Live in Hollywood
  • Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs
  • Live in Philadelphia '70
  • Live in Boston
  • Pittsburgh Civic Arena
  • Live at the Matrix 1967
  • Live in New York
  • Live in Vancouver 1970
Box sets
  • The Doors: Box Set
  • The Complete Studio Recordings
  • No One Here Gets Out Alive
  • Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs
  • Love/Death/Travel Box Set
  • Perception
  • The Doors: Vinyl Box Set
  • Live in New York
  • A Collection
Singles
  • "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"/"End of the Night"
  • "Light My Fire"/"The Crystal Ship"
  • "People Are Strange"/"Unhappy Girl"
  • "Love Me Two Times"/"Moonlight Drive"
  • "The Unknown Soldier"/"We Could Be So Good Together"
  • "Hello, I Love You"/"Love Street"
  • "Touch Me"/"Wild Child"
  • "Wishful Sinful"/"Who Scared You"
  • "Tell All the People"/"Easy Ride"
  • "Runnin' Blue"/"Do It"
  • "You Make Me Real"/"Roadhouse Blues"
  • "Love Her Madly"/"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"
  • "Riders on the Storm"/"The Changeling"
  • "Tightrope Ride"/"Variety Is the Spice of Life"
  • "The Mosquito"/"It Slipped My Mind"
  • "Get Up and Dance"/"Tree Trunk"
  • "Gloria"/"Moonlight Drive"
  • "Five to One"
  • "Breakn' a Sweat"
Books
  • Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
  • American Night
  • Riders on the Storm
  • No One Here Gets Out Alive
  • Light My Fire
Video and film
  • The Doors
  • The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition
  • When You're Strange
  • "Live at the Bowl '68
Related articles
  • Discography
  • Rick & the Ravens
  • Bill Siddons
  • Danny Sugerman
  • Paul A. Rothchild
  • Bruce Botnick
  • London Fog
  • Whisky A Go Go
  • Manzarek–Krieger
  • "Craigslist"
  • The Lost Paris Tapes
  • Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors
  • Book
  • Category

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