«Magic Carpet Ride» es una canción de rock escrita por John Kay y Rushton Moreve de la banda canadiense Steppenwolf. Fue el sencillo de lanzamiento del álbum The Second, y alcanzó el tercer puesto en la lista de sencillos de los Estados Unidos. Es una de las canciones más famosas de la banda, superada solo por "Born to Be Wild". La versión del sencillo difiere notablemente de la versión del álbum, con un distinto rango vocal de Kay en el primer verso y con una producción distinta. Esta versión es también más corta que la original, que llega hasta los 4:27 minutos, mientras que el sencillo solo dura 2:55.

I like to dream

Yes yes right between the sound machine On a cloud a sound I drift into the night Any place it goes is right

Goes far flies near to the stars away from here Well you don't know what uh we can find Why don't you come with me little girl? On a magic carpet ride You don't know what we can see Why don't you tell your dreams to me? Fantasy will set you free Close your eyes girl Look inside girl

Let the sound take you away Last night I hold Aladdin's lamp and so I wished that I could stay Before the thing could answer me Well someone came and took the lamp away I looked around a lousy candle was all I found

Well you don't know what uh we can find Why don't you come with me little girl On a magic carpet ride Well you don't know what we can see Why don't you tell your dreams to me? Fantasy will set you free Close your eyes girl Look inside girl Let the sound take you away

You don't know what uh we can find Why don't you come with me little girl? On a magic carpet ride

Well you don't know what uh we can see.^[1]​