Peace Frog


"Peace Frog" is a song by the Doors, which was released on their fifth studio album Morrison Hotel in 1970. Guitarist Robby Krieger explained that the music was written and recorded first, with the lyrics later coming from poems by singer Jim Morrison.

Lyrics

The line "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding, Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind" is from Morrison's poem "Newborn Awakening". Another poem, "Dawn's Highway", describes an event that occurred when he was young:

Critical reception

In an AllMusic album review of Morrison Hotel, critic Richie Unterberger describes the song as "the most political and controversial track, documenting the domestic unrest of late-'60s America before unexpectedly segueing into the restful ballad 'Blue Sunday'."