About A Boy Patti Smith

Toward another He has gone To breathe an air Beyond his own Toward a wisdom Beyond the shelf Toward a dream That dreams itself About a boy Beyond it all About a boy Beyond it all From the forest

Memento Mori Patti Smith

some day they'll make a movie about you And in the making of that movie Some mad apocalypse It will become even stranger than the simple act Just a boy going up up up Just a boy going up In flames in the

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

Pissing In A River Patti Smith

a wheel tip of a spoon Mouth of a cave I'm a slave I'm free When are you coming Hope you come soon Fingers fingers encircling thee Come come come come come come Come come come come come come

Jubilee Patti Smith

Oh glad day to celebrate 'Neath the cloudless sky Air so sweet Water pure Fields ripe with rye Come one, come all Gather round Discard your Sunday shoes Come on now Oh my land Be a jubilee Come on girl

Break It Up Patti Smith

Car stopped in a clearing, Ribbon of life, it was nearing. I saw the boy break out of his skin. My heart turned over and I crawled in.

Fuji-san Patti Smith

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 the five fingers laid like a

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

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

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

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

Whirl Away Patti Smith

Hello friend, I've come a callin' Passively stationed, active patrol Slidin' in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff Not wanna get involved in it all Who stands guard for each other?

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

Gandhi Patti Smith

I had a dream, Mr.

Birdland Patti Smith

His father died and left him a little farm in New England.

Pissing In A River Patti Smith Group

a wheel, tip of a spoon Mouth of a cave, I'm a slave, I'm free When are you coming?

My Blakean Year Patti Smith

In my Blakean year I was so disposed Toward a mission yet unclear, advancing pole by pole Fortune breathin' into my ear mouthed a simple ode One road is paved in gold, one road is just a road In my Blakean

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,

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

Death Singing Patti Smith

In the straw colored light In light rapidly changing On a life rapidly fading Have you seen death singin'? Have you seen death singin'?

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

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

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

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

Strange Messengers Patti Smith

on the auction block Bound in chains bound in chains Chains of leather chains of gold Men knew it was wrong but they looked away And led them to toil in fields of white As they turned their necks to a

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

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

A stage is like each bolt of wood, like a log of Helen, is my pleasure.

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,

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!

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

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

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

Mosaic Patti Smith

"Last night in Konya a voice carried me To the pulpit of the arrow - did you hear it too? The oracle was written on a silver leaf Last night I read the words - did you read them too?

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

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

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

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

Cash Patti Smith

Remember, you decide to take that vow Grab that ring it's not a whim, not a whim When you'd be cashing in Try to turn your life around And all the things you do resound And then you can't lose control

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

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 heading for a

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

Grateful Patti Smith

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 on ahead Like a

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

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!

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

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

Amerigo Patti Smith

Where are you going Send me a letter, if you go at all Ahh, the salvation of souls, But wisdom we had not For these people had neither King nor Lord And bowed to no one And they had lived in their

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