Love Street (song)

The song was originally a poem written by singer Jim Morrison about the street in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles, California, where he lived with his girlfriend Pamela Courson and watched hippies pass by. The song is noted for Morrison's spoken narration, which occurs in the middle of the composition: The verse end on an ambiguous note (with the line "I guess I like it fine so far"). Morrison refers to the Canyon Country Store across the street from his house. Morrison also wrote the majority of Waiting for the Sun album and much of The Soft Parade at the residence. The house was partially damaged during a spate of arson fires on December 30, 2011; the balcony was destroyed.{{cite news ==Critical reception==

Upon release, Morrison reported that he preferred "Love Street" over its A-side, "Hello, I Love You", which he said was surely not "one of our best". "Love Street" has been praised by many critics for its conventional style, with The Guardian ranking it as the 27th greatest Doors song. Planer also praised Ray Manzarek's keyboard playing as being "intricate and melodic" in the bridges but complains that Robby Krieger's "painfully understated and jazzy" guitar playing sometimes gets buried beneath the drums and keyboards. In Canada it charted just one week at #88 before it was replaced by "Hello, I Love You". ==Charts==