You're Lost Little Girl

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Robby Krieger's most Jim Morrison sounding song.

You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost
Tell me who
Are you?


I think that you know what to do
Impossible? Yes, but it's true
I think that you know what to do, yeah
I'm sure that you know what to do


You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost
Tell me who
Are you?


I think that you know what to do
Impossible? Yes, but it's true
I think that you know what to do, girl
I'm sure that you know what to do


You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost




Robby Krieger: Guitar Player Magazine 1998

Paul Rothschild was real good at getting vocals out of Jim, getting solos out of me, and stuff like that.
You know, he was good at playing mind games [laughs]. Sometimes I'd do just one take and that was it.
For example, when I recorded the solo on You're Lost, Little Girl, he turned off all the lights in the studio, got everybody out of there, and lit a couple of candles.
I got the solo in one take, it just kind of came out of nowhere, and it was totally different from what I was trying to do beforehand.
But that's one of my favorite solos.
In fact, I still play that song today, and I still do that solo exactly the same.

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Song Review by Tom Maginnis All Music Guide

"You're Lost Little Girl" is a delicately haunting ballad from the Doors' second album, Strange Days, a well-crafted song, blending a beautifully rendered vocal melody by Jim Morrison with subtly textured musical backing. The Doors display an ability to gracefully range from minimalist mood piece to light-tempered rock in their own inimitable style all within a standard three-minute pop song.

Beginning with a creeping bass line and a gently chiming circular guitar riff from Robbie Krieger, singer Jim Morrison sets the tone with a somber intro vocal, beautifully crooning, "You're lost little girl/You're lost little girl/You're lost/Tell me who/Are you?" The drums kick in for the chorus with a light, straight beat as Morrison's vocals rise with emotion, singing, "I think that you know what to do/Impossible?/Yes, but it's true," Ray Manzarek adding texture with his organ. The groove lurches into a staccato break for the third line of the chorus, the band accenting each chord in unison as Morrison draws out the line "I think that you know what to do, yeah" with stately conviction. Krieger contributes a delicately smooth guitar solo, milky soft notes floating above the music. The song gently builds through the last chorus, Densmore and company leaning into their instruments, Morrison repeating the chorus with increased fervor, until giving way once again to the song's haunting intro for the close.