Anyone Can Play Guitar

destiny, destiny, protect me from the world
destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world
here we are with our running and confusion
and I don't see no confusion anywhere

and if the worm does turn
and if London burns
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
I wanna be in a band when I get to heaven
and anyone can play guitar
and they won't be a nothing anymore

grow my hair, grow my hair, I am Jim Morrison
grow my hair, I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be Jim Morrison
here we are with our running and confusion
and I don't see no confusion anymore

and if the worm does turn
and if London burns
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
I wanna be in a band when I get to heaven
and anyone can play guitar
and they won't be a nothing anymore

The song "Anyone Can Play Guitar" is slagging off that whole "I want to be Jim Morrison" thing. When they released Morrison's lyrics as poetry, I thought, "Oh, God." It just showed what he was - a real piss-head. There were flashes, though, and he was very good-looking. And in that sense, I'd like to be Jim Morrison.

Q: So instead of the "Lizard King", you'd like to be known as....

THOM: Any reptile would be fine.

--The Sunday Chronicle San Francisco