Whirl Away Patti Smith

Anything at all Whirl away now Whirl away now Whirl away now Whirl away There's a cross on the road, there's a great mill turnin' Some seeking answers, some born to dancers You can hold on the blade and

Cartwheels Patti Smith

Come my one, look around you Bird, beast, butterfly Girls sing notes from heaven Birds lift them up to the sky I see brown eyes That see girls turning Girls turning Cartwheels The good world The good whirl

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

mystery of childbirth of childhood itself grave visitations what is it that calls to us why must we pray screaming why must not death be redefined we shut our eyes we stretch out our arms and whirl

Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

scalding tail of a bright cold wind Slipped through the sand, footprints emerged Where no one was walking, Simon had been Dropped from heaven to a readymade world Says I'm no Sufi but I'll give it a whirl

Last Call Patti Smith

He put his shoes on and he laid down (Led, led away) Outside the clouds were swiftly gathering (Don't be led away) He drained his cup and his stirred the mixture (Led, led away) And he closed his eyes

Ain't It Strange Patti Smith Group

to me, Well, I move in another direction, I move in another dimension I move in another dimension oh oh oh I spin, I spiral, and I splatter Hand of god, I feel the finger, Hand of god, and I start to whirl

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

Strange Messengers Patti Smith

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 away

Don't Say Nothing Patti Smith

discouraged I watched the litter pile like a wall I looked at the river just couldn't forgive it It was ladened with all kinds of shit Still I admit that I didn't say nothing I turned my back walked away

Grateful Patti Smith

Ours is just another skin That simply slips away You can rise above it It will shed easily It all will come out fine I've learned it line by line One common wire One silver thread All that you desire Rolls

Redondo Beach Patti Smith

Late afternoon, dreaming hotel We just had the quarrel that sent you away. I was looking for you, are you gone gone Called you on the phone, another dimension.

Dead To The World Patti Smith

gone, I was gone on a smile With a strange way of walkin' And a strange way of breathin' More lives than a cat that let me astray All in all, he captured my heart Dead to the world and I just slipped away

Fireflies Patti Smith

I been walking Wherefore am I walking I been walking If you see me walking A-walking a-walking If you see me walking Don't avert your eyes Don't turn away Don't turn away I'm coming to you Oh-oh oh oh

China Bird Patti Smith

yearning for you If they say it's not that way Hold your view With my love fly above A light anew Oh spread your wings The open sky Is calling to you china bird My heart is yearning for you If you fly away

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

Distant Fingers Patti Smith Group

Feel, see your blue lights are flashing You and your alien arms Deep in the forest I whirl like I did as a little girl Let my eyes rise in the sky looking for you Oh, you know, I would go anywhere at all

Summer Cannibals Patti Smith

REFRAIN I felt a rising in my throat the girls a-saying grace and the air the viscous air pressed against my face and it all got too damn much for me just got too damn rough and I pushed away

New Party Patti Smith

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 it's thunderbird I say it's thunderbird Why don't you Fly fly fly Fly away

Jubilee Patti Smith

Weave the birth of harmony With children's happy cries Hand in hand We're dancing around In a freedom ring Come on now Oh my land Be a jubilee Come on girl Come on boy Be a jubilee We will never fade away

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

But I could not give myself to him I felt another call from the basilica itself The call of art - the call of man And the beauty of the material drew me away And I awoke, and beheld upon the wall The dream

Pissing In A River Patti Smith

Pissing in a river watching it rise Tattoo fingers shy away from me Voices voices mesmerize Voices voices beckoning sea Come come come come back come back Come back come back come back Spoke of

Break It Up Patti Smith

The boy flew away and he started to sing. He sang, break it up, oh, I don't understand. Break it up, I can't comprehend. Break it up, oh, I want to feel you. Break it up, don't look at me.

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith Group

We shut our eyes, we stretch out our arms And whirl on a pane of glass, an affixation, a fix on anything The line of life the limb of a tree The hands of he and the promise that she is blessed among women

Birdland Patti Smith

His father died and left him a little farm in New England. All the long black funeral cars left the scene And the boy was just standing there alone Looking at the shiny red tractor Him and his dadd...

Glitter In Their Eyes Patti Smith

It's been a while since I've seen your face It's been a while since I've walked this place I see the monkeys riding on their bikes Racing through the impossible night You say you're feeling like a...

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

{{ Babelogue }} I haven't fucked much with the past, but I've fucked plenty with the future. Over the skin of silk are scars from the splinters of stations and walls I've caressed. A stage is like...

Because the Night Patti Smith

Take me now baby here as I am Pull me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now try and understand The way I feel when I\'m in...

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 like...

Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana Cover) Patti Smith

Load up on guns and bring your friends It\'s fun to lose and to pretend She\'s over bored and self assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello! With the l...

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 yo...

Fuji-san Patti Smith

Oh mountain of our eyes What do you see The girl with the omen dice bowing to thee Mortal soldiers clear the path Shake the omen tree Oh mountain of our eyes Oh hear our plea Oh hear our plea See t...

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 I kne...

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 wing...

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 tatter...

Frederick Patti Smith

This is dedicated to my clarinet teacher Fred Sonic Smith

One Voice Patti Smith

In the garden of consciousnessIn fertile mind there lies the dormantseedWhen blooming as charityConscience breathes a sigh of reliefThe confessions of sleepThe awakening seedMoved by love to serveW...

Boy Cried Wolf Patti Smith

Oh the story's told been told retoldFrom the sacred scriptures to thetabloidsAll the fuss and fight none above awhisperThe soul of gold the belly of a boyWell they drew him from the forestLike they...

Persuasion Patti Smith

What is the system that gets aroundRecruits hearts with its timelessrhythmThe young glow but old men knowIt's all a part of some crazy schismComing on like the dawn unrelentinglightStreets thick wi...

Gone Pie Patti Smith

Hey thereCome and take a walk with meStroll into infinityWe'll stroll alongUntil the dawn is goneMidnight take it to the twilightJust a little slice of lightLet's turn it off and on off and onStrol...

Libbie's Song Patti Smith

If it wasn't for your golden hairI would not be belonelyIf it wasn't for your golden hairI would not be aloneIf it wasn't for your piercing stareI would not be belonelyIf it wasn't for your piercin...

Gung Ho Patti Smith

On a field of red one gold starRaised above his headRaised above his headHe was not like any otherHe was just like any otherAnd the song they bledWas a hymn to himAwake my little oneThe seed of rev...

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 i...

People Have The Power Patti Smith

I was dreaming in my dreaming of an aspect bright and fair and my sleeping it was broken but my dream it lingered near in the form of shining valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses new...

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 ...

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 equat...

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 Fift...

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 ...

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! With the lights out it...

Trampin' Patti Smith

I'm trampin' trampin' Try'na make heaven my home trampin trampin Try'na make a heaven my home I'm trampin' trampin' Try'na make heaven my home trampin trampin Try'na make a heaven my home I've neve...

Gloria 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 ...