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

One Voice Patti Smith

In the garden of consciousness In fertile mind there lies the dormant seed When blooming as charity Conscience breathes a sigh of relief The confessions of sleep The awakening seed Moved by love to serve

Birdland Patti Smith

And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight, No black funeral cars, nothing except for him the raven And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out, "No, daddy, don't leave me here

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

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

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

Trampin' Patti Smith

my home I'm trampin' trampin' Try'na make heaven my home trampin trampin Try'na make a heaven my home I've never been to heaven But I've been told Try'na make heaven my home That the streets up

Chiklets Patti Smith Group

Last night, last night I awoke up from a dream Came face to face with my face facing the tombstone teeth Of a man called Chiklets, he came down through the ages With the desperate beauty of a middleweight

So You Want To Be Patti Smith

electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play and when hair's combed right and your pants are tight it's gonna be all right with time you go downtown to the agent man he won't let you down

Waiting Underground Patti Smith

If you believe All your hope is gone Down the drain Of your humankind The time has arrived You'll be waitin' here as I was In a snow white shroud Waitin' underground There by the ridge Be a gathering beneath

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

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

25th Floor Patti Smith Group

Let's explore Up there, up there, up there, On the twenty-fifth floor. Circle all around me, Coming for the kill, kill, kill Oh kill me baby Like a kamikaze Heading for a spill.

People Have The Power Patti Smith

valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power The people have the power Where there

Fire Of Unknown Origin Patti Smith Group

Swept her up and off my wavelength. Swallowed her up like the ocean in a fire thick and gray. Death comes sweeping thru the hallway like a ladies' dress.

The Jackson Song Patti Smith

let it go Little blue boy, you're on your own Little blue wings as those feet fly Little blue shoes that walk across the sky May your path be your own But I'm with you And each day you'll grow He'll be there

Because the Night Patti Smith

Because tonight there are two lovers If we believe in the night we trust Because tonight there are two lovers ...

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

Elegie Patti Smith

Elegie - Patti Smith I just don't know what to do tonight, My head is aching as I drink and breathe Memory falls like cream in my bones, moving on my own.

Redondo Beach Patti Smith

Down by the ocean it was so dismal, Women all standing with a shock on their faces. Sad description, oh I was looking for you.

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

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

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

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

Memento Mori Patti Smith

He waved goodbye And the blades hit Something Maybe just fate, but the blades hit The 'copter went up in flames And johnny never went marchin' home Johnny never went marchin' home They took his name And

Frederick Patti Smith

flame ignites the light in a single name Frederick name of care fast asleep in a room somewhere guardian angels [line a bed] shed their light on my sleepy head I am a threshold yearning to sing down

Ravens Patti Smith

fell beneath his luck And in his heart a yearning yet Before his time, time shook All the gifts that God had given Owned by fate denied Gone to where all treasures laid And where the raven flies Oh, there

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

Gung Ho Patti Smith

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 Yet not for their own And the children are hungry And the wheel groans There

Boy Cried Wolf Patti Smith

Sebastian And he turned his head and let the arrows fly Through the trees, the trees The ornamental leaves Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf In the ancient mold they're dancing down

Amerigo Patti Smith

Wake Up! Wake Up! Where are you going, And are you going anywhere?

Glitter In Their Eyes Patti Smith

your mind Just for fun Quoth the raven Yum yum yum Children children everywhere Selling souls for souvenirs They've been sold out like as not Just for chunks of Ankgor Vat They'll trade you up

Break It Up Patti Smith

He cried, 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 talk to me that way, I'm not listening.

Space Monkey Patti Smith Group

Here comes a stranger up on Ninth Avenue Leanin' green tower, indiscreet view Over the cloud, over the bridge Sensitive muscle, sensitive ridge of my Space monkey, sign of the time, time Space monkey,

1959 Patti Smith

world's roof was raging but we were looking fine 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings in Nineteen Fifty Nine Wisdom was a teapot Pouring from above Desolation angels Served it up

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

Poppies Patti Smith Group

Heard it on the radio, it's no good Heard it on the radio, it's news to me When she gets something, it's understood Baby's got somethin' she's not used to Down, down, poppy, yeah Down, down, poppy, yeah

So You Want to Be Patti Smith Group

yourself an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play and when hair's combed right and your pants are tight it's gonna be all right with time you go downtown to the agent man he won't let you down

Gandhi Patti Smith

fell burning from the young girls' hair He was whispering into his God's ear Let the children be so, let children be so And the lamplight flickered, flickered And his mother withered like Job And he lay there

Citizen Ship Patti Smith Group

Ah, there were tags all over my sleeve. There was water outside the windows and children in the streets rats with tags. Ain't got a passport. Ain't got my real name.

Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

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, the right Pick up

My Blakean Year Patti Smith

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 track worn down

Radio Ethiopia Patti Smith Group

your brain is a lever Oh deep in the heart of your brain is a switch Oh deep in the heart of your flesh you are clever Oh honey you met your match in a bitch Deep in the heart of Deep in the heart of There

Abyssinia Patti Smith Group

your brain is a lever Oh deep in the heart of your brain is a switch Oh deep in the heart of your flesh you are clever Oh honey you met your match in a bitch Deep in the heart of Deep in the heart of There

Wave Patti Smith Group

to watch you when you're walking back and forth on the beach And the way you, the way your cloth looks, I like I like to see the edges, the bottom of it get all wet When you're walking near the water there

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

Going Under Patti Smith

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 slide down

Grateful Patti Smith

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 on ahead Like a ship in a bottle Held up

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

in ashes, city of Baghdad City of Baghdad, abrasive aloof Oh, in Mesopotamia aloofness ran deep Deep in the veins of the great rivers That form the base of Eden And the tree the tree of knowledge Held up