“At first flash of Eden, We race down to the sea.
Standing there on Freedom's shore.
Waiting for the sun…”

—  Jim Morrison

"Waiting for the Sun" on the album Morrison Hotel (1970)

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lead singer of The Doors 1943–1971

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