Lyrics to
Crawling King Snake

This version of Crawling King Snake was released by The Doors in 1971.

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Well, I’m the Crawlin’ King Snake
And I rule my den
I’m the Crawlin’ King Snake
And I rule my den
Yeah, don’t mess ’round with my mate
Gonna use her for myself

Caught me crawlin’, baby, window
Grass is very high
Keep on crawlin’ till the day I die
Crawlin’ King Snake
And I rule my den
You better give me what I want
Gonna crawl no more

Caught me crawlin’, baby
Crawlin’ ’round your door
Seein’ everything I want
I’m gonna crawl on your floor
Let’s crawl
And I rule my den
C’mon, give me what I want
Ain’t gonna crawl no more

Alright, crawl a while

C’mon crawl
C’mon crawl
Get on out there on your hands and knees, baby
Crawl all over me
Just like the spider on the wall
Ooo, we gonn’ crawl, one more

Well, I’m the Crawlin’ King Snake
And I rule my den
Call me the Crawlin’ King Snake
And I rule my den
Yeah, don’t mess ’round with my mate
Gonna use her for myself

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About Lyrics and Crawling King Snake by The Doors

The lyrics for Crawling King Snake are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by The Doors. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Crawling King Snake have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Crawling King Snake - The Doors and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Crawling King Snake by The Doors in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Crawling King Snake" means the words set to the music of Crawling King Snake, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Crawling King Snake and the lyrics to Crawling King Snake are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to Crawling King Snake, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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