Dead To The World Patti Smith

Dead to the world my body was sleepin' On my mind was nothin' at all Come a mist, an air so appealing I'm here a whisperin', you summoned, I called I formed me a presence whose aspect was changin' Oh,

Dead City Patti Smith

This dead city Longs to be This dead city Longs to be free Seven screamin' horses Melt down in the sun Buildin' scenes on empty dreams And smokin' them one by one Hee haa The dead city Longs to be, yea

Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

I took a walk out to the sun But I just, just couldn't take it I followed a dream, it was circular But I just, just could not fake it Step to the left, the left, the left Step to the right, the right,

April Fool Patti Smith

Come be my April Fool Come you're the only one Come on your rusted bike Come we'll break all the rules We'll ride like writers ride Neither rich nor broke We'll race through alleyways In our tattered

Cartwheels Patti Smith

Come my one, look at the world Bird beast butterfly Girls sing notes of heaven Birds lift them up to the sky Spring is departing Spring is departing Her thoughts are darting like a rabbit Like a rabbit

Smells Like Teen Spirit Patti Smith

Load up on guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overboard myself assured I know, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, hello, Hello, hello, hello!

Memento Mori Patti Smith

Johnny waved He was on his way home He waved goodbye to his comrades in arms, And all the twisted things he'd seen.

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

the world revolved around a perfect circle City of Baghdad, city of scholars Empirical humble center of the world City in ashes, city of Baghdad City of Baghdad, abrasive aloof Oh, in Mesopotamia aloofness

Amerigo Patti Smith

We were going to see the world In this land We placed Baptismal fonts And an infinite number were baptized And they called us Carabi Which means Men of Great Wisdom Where are you going, And are

Gung Ho Patti Smith

On a field of red one gold star Raised above his head Raised above his head He was not like any other He was just like any other And the song they bled Was a hymn to him Awake my little one The seed of

People Have The Power Patti Smith

opened I awakened to the cry that the people have the power to redeem the work of fools upon the meek the graces shower it's decreed the people rule The people have the power The people have the

Beneath The Southern Cross Patti Smith

Oh to be not anyone gone this maze of being skin oh to cry not any cry so mournful that the dove just laughs the steadfast gasps oh to owe not anyone nothing to be not here but here forsaking

Maria Patti Smith

At the edge of the world Where you were no one Yet you were the girl The only one At the edge of the world In the desert heat One shivering star Sweet indiscreet I knew you When we were young

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

that bore his name Seeing his effigy I bowed my head And my racing heart I gave to him I kneeled and prayed And the sleep that I could not find in the night I found through him I saw before me the world

Upright Come Patti Smith

Hail brother The distant thunder Is nothing but hearts Beating as one Dance of a million On God's pavilion Come come Beat on your drum Awake people arise Awake upright come Fortune is falling

China Bird Patti Smith

One fine day these words I pray Will breathe a truth Within yourself upon a shelf A life anew So many roads It's hard to know what to do All your dreams All it seems Is as you choose For destiny my china

Lo And Beholden Patti Smith

I was alone and content in my world Dancing on air You sent to me a message that said I like your style Will you come to the temple tonight And dance for me there I pledge to you all that you wish

Lo and Beholden (Radio Edit) Patti Smith

I was alone and content in my world Dancing on air You sent to me a message that said I like your style Will you come to the temple tonight And dance for me there I pledge to you all that you wish The

Rock n Roll N****r Patti Smith

sheep Baby was a whore Baby got big and baby get bigger Baby get something Baby get more Baby baby baby was a rock and roll nigger Oh look around you all around you riding on a copper wave Do you like the

1959 Patti Smith

Listen to my story Got two tales to tell One of fallen glory One of vanity The world's roof was raging but we were looking fine 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings in Nineteen

Gloria Patti Smith

this knockin' on my door and I look up into the big tower clock and say oh my God here'smidnight and my baby is walkin' through the door leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big

Gloria: In Excelsis Deo Patti Smith

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine meltin' in a pot of thieves wild card up my sleeve thick heart of stone my sins my own they belong to me me people say beware but I don't care the words are

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

The lights were violet and white. I had an ornamental veil, but I couldn't bear to use it.

Up There Down There Patti Smith

Up there There's a ball of fire Some call it the spirit Some call it the sun Its energies are not for hire It serves man It serves everyone Down there where Jonah wails in the healing water in the

Spell Patti Smith

The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy!

Mother Rose Patti Smith

Mother rose Every little morn' To tend to me There she stood Waiting by the door Selflessly Took my hand Took it with a smile tenderly Mother rose Every little morn' To tend to me Now's the time To turn

Frederick Patti Smith

hi hello wake from thy sleep God has given your soul to keep all of the power that burns in the flame ignites the light in a single name Frederick name of care fast asleep in a room somewhere guardian

Paths That Cross Patti Smith

Speak to me, speak to me heart I feel a needing to bridge the clouds, softly go A way I wish to know, to know A way I wish to know, to know Oh, you'll ride, surely dance In a ring backwards and forwards

Mercy Is Patti Smith

Mercy is as mercy does Wandering the wild The stars arise watching you A breath upon a cloud Two white doves Two white wings To carry you away To a land in memory A land in memory The sky is high The earth

Boy Cried Wolf Patti Smith

Oh the story's told been told retold From the sacred scriptures to the tabloids All the fuss and fight none above a whisper The soul of gold the belly of a boy Well they drew him from the forest Like they

Because the Night Patti Smith

in your hands Take my hand come undercover They can\'t hurt you now, Can\'t hurt you now, can\'t hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to lust Because the night

Seneca Patti Smith

Oh chariot of insect Oh crowd of wind Two royal leopards run with him On a golden lead of tapered vine Oh the blood sky, oh the blood sky Vine of a god running wild Oh golden seed who made the winged

New Party Patti Smith

You say hey The state of the union Is fine fine fine I got the feeling that you're lying Lying lying lying I think we need Think we're gonna need A new party They say to me They say what's the word I say

Don't Say Nothing Patti Smith

Lower the thing the skin of a cat Skin it to the left just laying there No other thing is luck like that And you set it said it said nothing Went to the party very discouraged I watched the litter pile

Trespasses Patti Smith

Life is designed With unfinished lines That another sings Each story unfolds Like it was gold Upon a ragged wing The bold and the fair Suffer their share He whispered to his kin All of my debts Left with

Capitol Letter (From 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Soundtrack) Patti Smith

Rebellion has a heart Breaking as the dawn Bursting into song Bursting into song Bird in the hand Another role to play Mocking as the jay Mocking as the jay She's the silent one In her soft boots

Peaceable Kingdom Patti Smith

Yesterday I saw you standing there With your hand against the pane Looking out the window At the rain And I wanted to tell you That your tears were not in vain But I guess we both knew We'd never be the

Cash Patti Smith

Here we go around again Curve of life spiraling Everything we've ever known As the seed of life gets blown And the miracle of time When will that time just end?

So You Want To Be Patti Smith

so you want to be a rock and roll star well listen now to what I say get yourself an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play and when hair's combed right and your pants are tight

Banga Patti Smith

Loyalty rests in the heart of a dog Don't set all your eggs on the back of a frog You can lick it twice but it won't lick you And salvating salvation gone so long so Loyalty lives and We don't know why

Ravens Patti Smith

We'll turn our heads and make us reel We'll bare our arms as wings Before our feet a feather drifts Beyond us it will fall 'Cause time will bid and make us rise Make ravens of us all My love, he breathed the

This Is The Girl Patti Smith

This is the girl For whom all tears fall This is the girl Who was having a ball Just a dark smear masking the eyes Spirited away, hurrying inside This is the girl That crossed the bind This is the song

After The Gold Rush Patti Smith

Well I dreamed I saw the knights In armor coming Saying something about a queen There were peasants singing and Drummers drumming And the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowing To the sun That

Dream of Life Patti Smith

Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na I'm with you always, you're ever on my mind In a light to last, a whole life through Each way I turn, the sense of you Surrounds in every step I take in all I do Your

Strange Messengers Patti Smith

I looked upon the book of life Tracing the lines of face after face Looking down at their naked feet Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold We knew it was wrong but we looked

Nine Patti Smith

Night a nine of diamonds A woman lay and cries At the sister of Mercy On a Sabbath day Night a nine of diamonds As revelers commence To shiver as she bore In a babe, a radiance Brave in constant motion

Where Duty Calls Patti Smith

In a room in Lebanon They silently slept They were dreamin' crazy dreams In foreign alphabet Lucky young boys Cross on the main The driver was approachin' The American zone The wavin' of hands The tiniest

Glitter In Their Eyes Patti Smith

a new tree Man they'll cut you from limb to limb Pick your pocket with such delight Shake it to the right Shake it in the light Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Oh can't

My Blakean Year Patti Smith

into my ear mouthed a simple ode One road is paved in gold, one road is just a road In my Blakean year such a woeful schism Pain of our existence was not as I envisioned Boots that trudged from track to

Last Call Patti Smith

In a mansion high the young man stood Ready to join his companions good Outside the scent of Magnolia blossoms Down streets of gold the children were racin' Just another wandering soul Adrift among the