"Love Me Two Times" is a song by The Doors. It was written by Robby Krieger… Read Full Bio ↴"Love Me Two Times" is a song by The Doors. It was written by Robby Krieger and first appeared on the 1967 album Strange Days. It was released as the second single (after "People Are Strange") from that album, and reached #25 on the charts in the US.

Ray Manzarek played the final version of this song on a clavinet (the modern-day version of a clavichord), not a harpsichord.

"Love Me Two Times" was considered to be somewhat risqué for radio airplay.

According to band members, the song was about a soldier/sailor on his last day with his girlfriend before shipping out, ostensibly to war (Vietnam).

"Love Me Two Times" is a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

Love Me Two Times
The Doors Lyrics

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Love me two times baby
Love me twice today
Love me two times girl
I'm goin' away
Love me two times girl
One for tomorrow, one just for today
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me one time
Could not speak
Love me one time
Yeah, my knees got weak
Love me two times girl
Last me
All through the week
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me two times
I'm goin' away
Oh yeah

Love me one time
Could not speak
Love me one time, baby
Yeah, my knees got weak
Love me two times girl
Last me
All through the week
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me two times baby

Love me twice today
Love me two times baby
'Cause I'm goin' away
Love me two times girl
One for tomorrow, one just for today
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me two times
I'm goin' away
Love me two times I'm goin' away

Overall Meaning

The Doors’ song Love Me Two Times is a track about a man leaving his lover behind for an extended period of time. The lyrics “Love me two times, baby, Love me twice today” express his desire for affection and love before his departure. The repetition of the phrase “Love me two times girl” indicates his desperation for physical and emotional connection before he disappears.

The second verse, “Love me one time, could not speak, Love me one time, yeah, my knees got weak” describes how deeply infatuated the man is with his lover. However, despite his adoration, he must “go away” and leave her behind. It’s clear that the man is feeling regret for not being able to stay with her all week, which he expresses in the line “Love me two times girl, last me all through the week”.

Overall, the song is a passionate plea for love and connection, but also expresses the bittersweet nature of temporary relationships. The singer's intense emotions are heightened by the bluesy guitar riffs and Morrison's soulful voice. Love Me Two Times is regarded as one of the most iconic songs of The Doors, and is still a popular choice on classic rock radio.

Line by Line Meaning

Love me two times baby
Requesting his lover to love him twice as much as he usually does

Love me twice today
Asking his lover to shower him with love twice within the same day

Love me two times girl
Asking his lover for a double dose of love

I'm goin' away
He is leaving soon

One for tomorrow, one just for today
Asking his lover to provide him with love to help him to prepare for the future as well as give him the support that he needs today

Love me one time
Asking his lover to love him once

Could not speak
The love he received from his lover is strong enough to move him emotionally

Yeah, my knees got weak
The love he received from his lover is so strong that he cannot even stand or function properly

Last me
The love he received from his lover is powerful enough to endure for a long time

All through the week
He needs his lover's love and support throughout the entire week

'Cause I'm goin' away
He asks his lover to love him two times because he is going away soon

Love me two times baby
Asking his lover to love him two times again

Love me two times girl
Asking his lover to provide him with a double dose of love

I'm goin' away
He is leaving soon

Love me two times I'm goin' away
Asking his lover to love him twice because he is leaving soon

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: Jim Morrison, John Paul Densmore, Raymond D Manzarek, Robert A Krieger

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02You're Lost Little Girl3:03

03Love Me Two Times3:17

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05Horse Latitudes1:35

06Moonlight Drive3:01

07People Are Strange2:10

08My Eyes Have Seen You2:27

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@garygrasso3326

15w↑66

The Doors are and will always be the greatest band

@williammitchell8203

14w↑2

Yes indeed my friend

@lejo2036

14w↑1

And what is your opinion about creedence clearwater revival?

@DanaOndo

8w↑2

Yes I'm on 🔥

@mxnztr1088

6w↑1

Big Facts

@BetoSan79

15w↑103

I was 15 when the father of one of my childhood friends let us borrow his records. Ever since I've enjoyed every time I listen to any song from The Doors. Thank you very much to everyone involved into maintaining and updating this channel.

@williammitchell8203

14w↑7

My Dad's favorite band. He passed away in 91
Love you all my music friends ❤️

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme

15w↑48

This riff is something magical.

@fearsomename4517

15w↑18

Just another great tune by the The Doors. Rest easy Jim and Ray.

@nilavogjjakuk2811

15w↑16

Thank you so much for everything you are missed Jim❤🎸🎶.....Jim & Ray RIP🙏...

@pi7538

4w↑1

i think that the doors are most underrated rock band ever

@jackwillson8099

14w↑12

I love listening to the doors, couple beers, smoke, a little weed or some Coke epic Man, 40 years baby yeah yeah YEAH!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jdhanna8805

10w

😊😊😊

@CRS-fd6hp

@@jdhanna8805back when there was no fent in the coke. that good laurel canyon sniff was prob so fire.

@Snickely

15w↑15

Lyrics are so smooth. The song just rocks.

@anthonybarton2103

15w↑15

I remember listening to this on the radio in the early 70s best band ever.

@Woozie-r9d

15w

Damn born too late was I

@kevinkamphaus6567

15w↑18

My all time favorite Doors track!

@rykolo4005

15w↑8

I always thought of this song as one of Robbie's best performances. Pick out any 5 seconds in this song and I guarantee the guitar is amazing.

@joshwalden3236

15w↑9

One of the greatest! 👊🖤🔥❤️‍🔥🍻

@vanessapauwels8432

15w↑10

A neighbor, in spite of himself, introduced me to the Doors. In the early 1990s, I was 13 or 14 and he was in his twenties. In his bedroom (under mine), he listened to this music loudly. We hated each other, and I don't thank him – but I loved listening to the Doors, just as I still do today! 😉😂🌷🎶❣️.

@scottowens8474

15w

It was me ya Lil prick you're welcome

@scottowens8474

15w↑1

😆

@matejmarusic1258

15w↑12

B side of this single Moonlight Drive was the main reason I started to listen to The Doors ❤❤❤❤❤

@corabernal6432

12w↑1

Moonlight Drive was otherworldly 😮❤😎🎵🎶💯☮️🦄🌈👌🙏

@MikhnevichNatalya

15w↑8

Дорз❤❤❤необыкновенные!и величайшие!!короли!спасибо вам !❤

@chrisxavier3147

15w↑37

I was destined to find and love The Doors

@genghiskhan802

11w

Aren't we all.

@Alex-j8m-b1f

15w↑38

Love you Jim

@groupier123

14w↑2

🙌🙌🙌🙌

@bugeanuflorin1531

14w↑9

Absolutely, always, anytime, anywhere, enjoy life with DOORS, best

@KP-td9gh

15w↑13

Thanks so much.

@jorgegonzalez1500

15w↑13

The Doors lo mejor

@robertwjtaylor

14w↑6

My favourite song of all time!!!🎸🎸🎸

@GuillermoCruz-p8z

11w↑4

Verdaderos genios de la música, este cuarteto, el tecladista, el baterista, el guitarrista, y por supuesto, el toque mágico de Jim Morrison. Es la música que nunca pasará de moda, gracias por su creación, estoy seguro que seguirán deleitando a generaciones venideras

@SuperGoldenv

15w↑13

Awesome band!!!

@masonteague4039

15w↑1

Kick ass band

@masonteague4039

15w↑8

Love this song

@cherreelady

15w↑4

it warms my soul so much that The Doors are not only forever alive in people`s minds, playlists or in history, but also this channel (as well as other social media) exists!
it creates a feeling of reality, liveliness and closeness to the band for the current generation and helps to take away the sadness that I wasn't born 80 years ago and couldn't be in this vibrant energy of great artists
thank you, great musicians Robby Krieger and John Densmore (and to all of your team) for being with us🧡
loads of love and greeting from Russia :) 💌

@АлексейКонюхов-з6е

13w

🎉

@MlSSMADNESS

15w↑3

Love you so much Jim, Ray, John and Robby! 💕

@bestsongsbb6681

15w↑8

Clássico , adoro demais esse eterna banda ❤

@GUADALUPEGALAVIS

15w↑8

I love it Jim Morrison ❤️😍🖤♥️😘🫂

@gaborbergmann1241

14w↑3

One of my fav! Great song 👍🫶🤘

@thelordofdarkness141

14w↑1

Possibly one of the Greatest pleasures i have in life is being able listening to the doors, I first heard them when i was 13, im 44 now and i still get the same buzz listening to them now as i did when i first heard them they are just an amazing band

@misterbig9025.

15w↑5

The best doors song

@alomaalber6514

15w↑3

I think this is the only time the ensemble has a strong bass line. With Jim's voice and lyrics and Ray's piano work it was typically not needed and gave the band a fresh and everlasting classical quality. Rock on! P.S. Jim was A plus in English literature AND math at GWHS.. Cheers from Alexandria, VA.

@mikalunknown

12w↑2

Baseline❤ guitarman❤ drummer❤ ...Voice💖 ✨️✨️✨️✨️

@mritzs5142

14w↑2

This and “ Love Her Madly “ s…ee est songs on the planet

@TravelingIan

12w↑4

one just for today… ❤

@DarrellTrammell-k2l

14w↑3

Musical genius peace

@AbigailTorres08

5w↑2

Alguien aún en 2025?❤️🔥

@IdelvaniaSilva-90

Siempre! ❤🤘🏻🦎👑

@michaelcharlesthearchangel

15w↑2

The Doors opening up this week and showcasing. 🚪🚪
Looking forward to the 60th anniversary in July, here in Venice Beach on the Boardwalk!
🍾🥂🍺🍻

@KellysMagicalRealm

15w↑3

Miss you Jim ❤

@wepajepa

15w↑4

<< Love me two times, I′m goin' away...>> 🎶💫

@manoofade1236

15w↑5

One for tomorrow and one just for today

@Aramisbyjoe

Well, we’re on the internet. This is to be expected.
You have cool neighbors.
❤

@ferbenz8648

15w↑2

🏴‍☠️ Great song for a road trip! 🤟🏼

@RobbiPromotional

It is what it was. I dont know, I continue to try my best. Yet for what? A complete disregard for sentimental believes? What did I do wrong to you? I am apologetic for fault, yet I honestly gave it my all. I love you with my entire heart.

@JeffLudwick

14w↑2

The doors came in my life at 15. Now 66. See Robby when I can still wear doors t shirts. Probably be buried in it. Rock on

@dariootero6555

15w

The simple, transformed into something sublime and perfect...

@E.C.2

Alllllllriiiight yeeeaaaaaah!!!
Robby Kreiger looks like Chris Novaselic.

@musicmaven66

15w↑1

QUAUDRIFONIC "BABY" !!!

@DanaOndo

Pretty cool pretty neat

@robertcross9175

15w↑1

I met Jim at a charity fundraiser.
We chatted, drank coffee.
I autographed his guitar, then we went our separate ways.

@miechenka

15w↑3

immortal

@pablospaventi9583

11w

OOOOYYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH

@laceyriddle6602

❤uv

@metalinbrains9850

15w↑3

The doors back again...

@iraklimelkadze7220

❤❤

@EddieC3336

15w↑2

Originally written about a man going to prison then Vietnam and that took the song over about a kid coming home from Vietnam.

@brianpro666

6w↑1

here

@natanaelvelazquezpastrana2626

15w↑1

#FOREVERTHEDOORS 😜
Saludos desde Veracruz, MX

@emiliovurchio9558

15w↑1

🖤

@Mary..c

14w↑1

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ellepensetouthaut6174

13w

The windows are close and the doors too !

@LatrellMitchell-k1z

15w↑1

I'm fan of Jim Morrison and Ray manzarek the organist best of 1960s

@GuiseleBarrantes-ey5yi

15w

Los Doors por siempre, nunca desaparecerá Jinn Morrison ❤❤❤

@Marco-t4v1n

Adoro

@cristhianbarros3961

15w

Good morning for me right now

@FlyinggMushroom

15w

The goat

@JimMacDougall-r6i

15w

An Endless Ride

@igzhla

15w

I love you doors

@curientroll3763

15w

Magnífico 🕶️🥃🎤

@JonathanEzequielFresco

15w

The Doors ❤

@dannyturner7967

15w↑2

Excellent interview with Robby and John on Rick Beato yt channel

@crazy4277

15w↑2

Alright!

@DustinAustinson

14w

if your c.w msg me

@at1970

13w

This album will sound fresh and relevant in 50 years, just like it did when first released. This is in contrast to the vast majority of crap coming out now.

@dennisdini3233

14w↑1

the doors were the best , i just wish Jim woulda kept it together for all of us , but free people do what they please , & unfortunately jim couldn’t survive his recreational overuse of alcohol and drugs , the rest of us were just lucky , very , very lucky

@mariuszwnek2387

15w

🔥🔥🔥

@JamesBlake-yj2oe

❤ Love me two time... I'm a spy...❤

@CarolinaMoya-g6c

14w

De la época de mi papá ❤

@nancycastillo5632

12w

De todas las épocas.

@denvercolorado-olegmogilev576

The BEST rock band ever. For modern bands it's GOD!!!

@DanaOndo

That's right

@camera-plungerQ7

Volvio un urgido👀

@SMØN12

13w

Mi abuela dijo que el conoció a the Doors en los años 70s y que tiene autógrafiada una camisa y me lo va heredar 🤓 y pos rock es vida 🗣️

@johngalbicsek5567

14w

Am I the only one who has to remind myself ow fast the song is? For some reason I always remember it slower.

@PéterLászlóTóth

12w

😍

@francescocappelli4126

The doors. If yuo dont likes is your problem

@Vincent.Duquesne.

15w

Immense

@DianaDahl

15w

❤

@notyouraverageharleyquinnstan

15w

🖤🤘

@DanielGonzalez_94

15w

Nice

@lenioliveira5198

15w

❤❤🎶📻

@Filipe.1983

15w↑1

👍🎸

@RobTorresJr

🤙🙏🤙🙏

@polaroidordinaria

14w

vamo los door carajooo

@jorgecamoeiras8962

Hey ,😮😮😮😮😮

@JoelGarcia-dd7cj

12w

Please make waiting for the sun full music in a video please

@JoseGonzalezPeinado

15w

♥️🚪

@АлександрГлазырин-и2ш

МоррисонэтосуперСТАР

@SoledadGonzalez-zf6ii

5 de mayo 2025

@Scorpii1184

10w

👍

@TheGioTorre

14w

😮😮😮

@Simon_2912

15w

😮😮

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