Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf’s “other” big hit - the first was the preceding Born to Be Wild – peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard chart.
It appeared on the band’s second album, aptly caller The Second…
The album version is almost 2 minutes longer.
The song was originally actually part of the soundtrack to one of...
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[Verse 1]
I like to dream
Yes, yes, right between the sound machine
On a cloud of sound, I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right
Goes far, flies near to the stars away from here
[Chorus]
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me, little girl
On a magic carpet ride?
You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me?
Fantasy will set you free
[Post-Chorus]
Close your eyes, girl
Look inside, girl
Let the sound take you away
[Verse 2]
Last night I held Aladdin's lamp
And so I wished that I could stay
Before the thing could answer me
Well, someone came and took the lamp away
I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found
[Chorus]
Well, you don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me, little girl
On a magic carpet ride?
Well, you don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me?
Fantasy will set you free
[Post-Chorus]
Close your eyes, girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away
Instrumental Break 01:58-04:12
[Organ Solo]
[Chorus]
You don't know what we can find
Why don't you come with me, little girl
On a magic carpet ride?
Well, you don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me?
Fantasy will set you free
Magic Carpet Ride was written by John Kay (Steppenwolf) & Rushton Moreve.
Magic Carpet Ride was produced by Gabriel Mekler.
Steppenwolf released Magic Carpet Ride on Sun Sep 01 1968.
In an interview with Marc Myers for the book Anatomy of a Song, John Kay said,
I didn’t drop acid before writing the lyrics, as many people have assumed. And the lyrics weren’t about an acid trip. I may have smoked a joint tha tnight, but that was it. Since birth, I’ve had achromatopsia: complete c...