Lo And Beholden Patti Smith

The moon and the stars Lo and beholden Why don't you give it up Lo and beholden Come on now you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you In the palace there was wild reverie And

Lo and Beholden (Radio Edit) Patti Smith

moon and the stars Lo and beholden Why don't you give it up Lo and beholden Come on now you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you In the palace there was wild reverie And the look in your

Dead To The World Patti Smith

air so appealing I'm here a whisperin', you summoned, I called I formed me a presence whose aspect was changin' Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all We sat for a while, he was very engagin' And

Gandhi Patti Smith

King, if you'll beg my pardon I was trespassing a sacred garden And the blossoms fell and they dropped like candy And the nature cried, "Gandhi, Gandhi" And the nature cried, "Gandhi, Gandhi" When he was

Farewell Reel Patti Smith

It's been a hard time And when it rains it rains on me The sky just opens And when it rains it pours I walk alone assaulted it seems By tears from heaven And darling I can't help Thinking those tears are

Gung Ho Patti Smith

revolution Sewn in the sleeve Of cloth humbly worn Where others are adorned Above the northern plain The great birds fly With great wings Over the paddy fields And the people kneel And the men they toil

Summer Cannibals Patti Smith

I was down in Georgia nothing was as real as the street beneath my feet descending into air The cauldron was a-bubbling the flesh was lean and the women moved forward like piranhas in a stream

Birdland Patti Smith

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 daddy used to sit inside And circle the blue fields and grease

Ravens Patti Smith

Common fortune seeks us all And slips our binding rings 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

Kimberly Patti Smith

The wall is high, the black barn, The babe in my arms in her swaddling clothes And I know soon that the sky will split And the planets will shift, Balls of jade will drop and existence will stop.

Gone Pie Patti Smith

Hey there Come and take a walk with me Stroll into infinity We'll stroll along Until the dawn is gone Midnight take it to the twilight Just a little slice of light Let's turn it off and on off and on Strolling

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

Gloria Patti Smith

regulations to me me I I walk in a room you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere well anything's allowed and I go to this here party and I just get bored until I look out the

Gloria: In Excelsis Deo Patti Smith

regulations to me me I I walk in a room you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere well anything's allowed and I go to this here party and I just get bored until I look out the window

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

"In Arezzo I dreamed a dream Of Saint Francis who kneeled and prayed For the birds and the beasts and all humankind.

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

Some nights I'd surprise everybody by skipping off with a skirt of green net sewed over with flat metallic circles which dazzled and flashed. The lights were violet and white.

Rock n Roll N****r Patti Smith

Baby was a black 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

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

Death Singing Patti Smith

With a throat smooth as a lamb Yet dry as a branch not snapping He throws back his head And he does not sing a thing mournful Have you seen death singin'? Have you seen death singin'?

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!

The Jackson Song Patti Smith

Little blue dreamer go to sleep Let's close our eyes and call the deep Slumbering land that just begins When day is done and little dreamers spin First take my hand then let it go Little blue boy, you're

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 And

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.

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 newly

Wing Patti Smith

One two three four I was a wing in Heaven blue Soared over the ocean, soared over Spain And I was free needed nobody It was beautiful, it was beautiful I was a pawn didn't have a move Didn't have nowhere

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

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

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

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

Suffer not your neighbor's affliction Suffer not your neighbor's paralysis But extend your hand, extend your hand Lest you vanish in the city and be but a trace Just a vanished ghost and your legacy All

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!

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

Where Duty Calls Patti Smith

American zone The wavin' of hands The tiniest train They never dreamed They'd never wake again Voice of the Swarm We follow we fall Kneel for priests Some wail at walls Flag on a match head God or the law And

Gone Again Patti Smith

now man's own kin We commend into the wind Grateful arms grateful limbs Grateful soul he's gone again I have a winter's tale How vagrant hearts relent prevail Sow their seed into the wind Seize the sky and

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

Mother Rose Patti Smith

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 the view Now that I have you And

New Party Patti Smith

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 hey And

Jubilee Patti Smith

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 Doves shall multiply Yet I see hawks circling the sky Scattering our glad day With debt and

Free Money Patti Smith

Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket win a lottery Scoop the pearls up from the sea Cash them in and buy you all the things you need Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills

Fireflies Patti Smith

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 Oh-oh oh to you Living in steps Till I can rest Living in steps Till I'm blessed by you I and

Blue Poles Patti Smith

Mother, as I write, the sun dissolves Blood life streaming, 'cross my hand And these words, these words Hope dashed immortal hope Hope streaking the canvas sky Blue poles infinitely winding As I write,

Going Under Patti Smith

Sun is rising on the water Light is dancing again Let's go under where the sun beams Let's go under my friend Are we sleeping, are we dreaming Are we dancing again Is it heaven, crack it open And we'll

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?

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

she is benediction she is addicted to thee she is the root connection she is connecting with he here I go and I don't know why I fell so ceaselessly could it be he's taking over me I'm dancing barefoot

Grateful Patti Smith

line One common wire One silver thread All that you desire Rolls on ahead Like a ship in a bottle Held up to the sun Sails ain't going nowhere You can count every one Until it crashes unto the earth And

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

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

Whirl Away Patti Smith

Anything at all From the earth's four corners the people are calling Forming equations but the questions are hard All men are brothers, killing each other And Mother Earth is wringing in wonder Who stands

Spell Patti Smith

The tongue and cock and hand and asshole holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! The bum's as holy as the seraphim!

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

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