Hmmm, I just heard this wonderful little Hendrix ditty for the first time.

Belly Button Window:

Well. I'm up here in this womb
I'm looking all around
Well, I'm looking out my belly button window
And I see a whole lot of frowns
And I'm wondering if they don't want me around

What seems to be the fuzz out there?
Just what seems to be the hang?
'Cause you know if ya just don't want me this time around,
yeah I'll be glad to go back to Spirit Land
And even take a longer rest,
before I'm coming down the chute again
Man, I sure remember the last time, baby
They were still hawkin' about me then
So if you don't want me now,
Make up your mind, where or when
If you don't want me now,
Give or take, you only got two hundred days
'Cause I ain't coming down this way too much more again

You know they got pills for ills and thrills and even spills
But I think you're just a little too late
So I'm coming down into this world, daddy
Regardless of love and hate
And I'm gonna sit up in your bed, mama
And just a grin right in your face
And then I'm gonna eat up all your chocolates,
and say "I hope I'm not too late"

So if there's any questions,
make up your mind
'Cause you better give or take
Questions in your mind
Give it a take,
you only got two hundred days

Way up into this womb
looking all around
Sure's dark in here
And I'm looking out my belly button window
And I swear I see nothing but a lot of frowns
And I'm wondering if they want me around.



Anyone else think Prince had this in mind when he wrote Let's Go Crazy?

ummm, lemme think about that,, NO!!!

Had Belly Button Window been
released before 1983?
I'm not sure if it is one of those
Hendrix songs that came out years later.

I had noticed these matching lines myself.

Maybe SHOCK! HORROR! :OMFG: Prince had a bootleg?

Marrk said:

Belly button window was recorded in 1970 for the album 1st rays of the new rising sun, Jimi's last completed album which had remianed shelved for many years after jimi's death another configuration of that album called "the cry of love" was released handled by mr.Eddie Kramer who in turn destroyed and botched it up completely, destroyed segues and mixed the album terribly. Thanks to Al and Janey Hendrix the family now owns the Hendrix catalog and the only person allowed to touch these masters is Mr.Alan Douglas the original engineer at Jimi's Electric Ladyland studios here in NY.

Finess said:

I take it that's no then!

Amazing coincidences do happen.

Marrk said:

imagine that... (are you really surprised? lol)

Finess said:

Uh uh, Alan Douglas was the one fucking around with Jimi's musical heritage after he died. The one and only respectable Eddy Kramer was Jimi's original engineer!

funkaholic1972 said:

u know what i stand corrected.. im sorry, i had just woken up, and did not realize my error, i apologize

Jimi's Edit

Belly Button Window is one of his better songs. His lyrics were a bit too spacey, but songs were great.

I agree, it's a great song.