The End - Live 1968

This is the end, beautiful friend

This is the end, my only friend

The end of our elaborate plans

The end of everything that stands

The end

No safety or surprise

The end

I'll never look into your eyes again

Can you picture what will be?

So limitless and free

Desperately in need of some stranger's hand

In a desperate land

Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain

And all the children are insane

All the children are insane

Waiting for the summer rain

There's danger on the edge of town

Ride the king's highway

Weird scenes inside the gold mine

Ride the highway West, baby

Ride the snake

Ride the snake

To the lake

The ancient lake, baby

The snake is long

Seven miles

Ride the snake

He's old

And his skin is cold

The West is the best

The West is the best

Get here and we'll do the rest

The blue bus is calling us

The blue bus is calling us

Driver, where are you taking us?

The killer awoke before dawn

He put his boots on

He took a face from the ancient gallery

And he walked on down the hall

He went into the room where his sister lived

And then he paid a visit to his brother

And then he, he walked on down the hallway

And he came to a door

And he looked inside

"Father?"

"Yes, son?"

"I want to kill you"

"Mother, I want to..."

Come on, yeah

Come on, baby, take a chance with us

Come on, baby, take a chance with us

Come on, baby, take a chance with us

And meet me at the back of the blue bus

Doin' a blue rock on a blue bus

Doin' a blue rock, c'mon yeah!

Fuck, fuck-ah, yeah

Fuck, fuck

Fuck, fuck

Fuck, fuck, fuck, yeah

C'mon baby, c'mon

Fuck me baby, fuck yeah

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, yeah!

Fuck, yeah! C'mon baby

Fuck me baby, fuck, fuck yeah

Whoa, whoa, yeah, fuck, yeah

C'mon, yeah

Alright

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill...

This is the end, beautiful friend

This is the end, my only friend

The end

It hurts to set you free

But you'll never follow me

The end of laughter and soft lies

The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end