Utilizing minimalistic instrumentation and using only handclapping, a rattle, and a single drum for background music, the feel of a mystic tale meets the almost spoken lyrics of the song.
The lyrics tell the story of a “wild love” who rides out through an unnamed desert, farm, and sea. The settings...
[Verse]
My wild love went riding
She rode all the day
She wrote to the devil
And asked him to pay
The devil was wiser
It's time to repent
He asked her to give back
The money she spent
My wild love went riding
She rode to the sea
She gathered together
Some shells for her head
She rode and she rode on
She rode for a while
Then stopped for an evening
And lay her head down
She rode on to Christmas
She rode to the farm
She rode to Japan
And we entered a town
By this time the river
Had changed one degree
She asked for the people
To let her go free
My wild love is crazy
She screams like a bird
She moans like a cat
When she wants to be heard
My wild love went riding
She rode for an hour
She rode and she rested
And then she rode on
Ride, come on
My Wild Love was written by John Densmore & Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek & Jim Morrison.
My Wild Love was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
The Doors released My Wild Love on Wed Jul 03 1968.