Saw this at a swap meet over the weekend. I got the same one for my fourth birthday. I don’t think any other gift my parents ever got me ended up having a greater influence on me. On second thought, the influence was my parents, themselves, this just kept me from stealing their tools for a while. (Ironically, I think a couple of the screwdrivers from this kit now float around my parents’ house). I digress. I think it’s great that the packaging notes that it’s made in Poland. Today, it would surely be made in China, and all the marvelous wood handles and “chest” would be plastic.

It’s too bad most of the tools were missing, it would have been a great nostalgic purchase.

The song starts out with a jazzy riff featuring Ray Manzarek on organ and John Densmore on drums. Right at the beginning of the song, you can hear Jim Morrison say, “Yeah, come on,” to add to the feel of the intro. Also the organ tune at the start is almost identical to the piece used in Soul Kitchen from the previous album. The band kicks in to start the first verse, which they repeat twice, and then Morrison sings the chorus. A guitar solo by Robby Krieger then commences, which lasts 44 seconds. Again, another song from the first album is recalled when Morrison sings, “Turn out the lights,”—it is performed in the same way as the lyric “End of the night” is on the track of the same name. The song’s volume gradually decreases as the epic poem begins. This very quiet portion of the song, which lasts about four minutes, features Morrison singing, with a quiet bass line from Manzarek, soft guitar by Krieger, and drums by Densmore. The poem portion is occasionally sparked from loud bursts from Densmore’s drums. The song is almost silent when the famous lyric “We want the world and we want it now!” is declared by all four members of the Doors. A drum roll crescendo is then heard. The song abruptly kicks into gear again as Morrison screams out the rest of the lyrics.

On my way to Florida.