Paths That Cross Patti Smith

to know A way I wish to know, to know Oh, you'll ride, surely dance In a ring backwards and forwards Those who seek feel the glow A glow we all will know will know A glow we all will know will know On that

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

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

his world The bright fields, the birds in abundance All of nature of which he sang Singing of him All the beauty that surrounded him as he walked His nature that was nature itself And I heard him - I

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 'cross

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,

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

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

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?

Birdland Patti Smith

And then the little boy's face lit up with such naked joy That the sun burned around his lids and his eyes were like two suns, White lids, white opals, seeing everything just a little bit too clearly

My Blakean Year Patti Smith

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 year such a woeful schism Pain of our existence was not as I envisioned Boots 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

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

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

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

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

Farewell Reel Patti Smith

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 yours Our wild love came from above And wilder still is the wind that

Mercy Is Patti Smith

feet So swiftly now beneath the bow Your father waits for thee To wrap you in his healing hands As the night sky weeps Two white doves Two white wings To carry you away For mercy is the healing wind That

Boy Cried Wolf Patti Smith

the bowl around And the blood the blood the sacramental blood Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf I am the body I am the stream I am the wake of everything They bring me flowers that

Persuasion Patti Smith

What is the system that gets around Recruits hearts with its timeless rhythm The young glow but old men know It's all a part of some crazy schism Coming on like the dawn unrelenting light Streets thick

Mother Rose Patti Smith

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 the view Now that

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

Glitter In Their Eyes Patti Smith

a commodity Our sacred stage Has been defaced Replaced to grace The marketplace Dow is jonesing at the bit 42nd Disney Street Ragged hearts unraveling Look out kids The gleam the gleam All that

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

went marchin' home They took his name And they carved it on a slab of marble With several thousand other names All the fallen idols The apples of their mother's eye Just another name Meanwhile Back on that

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

he's taking over me I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin some strange music draws me in makes me come on like some heroine she is recreation she intoxicated by thee she has the slow sensation that

Amerigo Patti Smith

Going in circles Going in circles, anywhere I saw the new The inconstant shifting of fortune And now I write to you Words that have not been written Words from the New World Tracing the circles

Dead To The World Patti Smith

shift, he would not shift at all We sat for a while, he was very engagin' And when he was 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

Hell To Pay (Feat. Telle Smith) Too Close To Touch

Rewind back to then see I was just a kid And I didn't know oh Mother where did he go And that solemn look she gave oh God that image stayed The pain alive despite disguise through her trembling lips and

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

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 ran deep Deep in the veins of the great rivers That

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

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.

Trampin' Patti Smith

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 never been to heaven But I've been told Try'na make heaven my home That

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.

Gone Pie Patti Smith

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 ain't it wonderful Into a light that

Gung Ho Patti Smith

against Colonialism imperialism Who remained awake While others slept Who penned like Jefferson Let independence ring And the cart of justice turns Slow and bitterly And the people were crying Plant that

China Bird Patti Smith

For destiny my china bird Is calling for you The world turns The flame burns Bright and true Near and far Where you are Guiding you china bird The open skies Are yearning for you If they say it's not that

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

Wing Patti Smith

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 that

Upright Come Patti Smith

Raise your lantern Come come Beat on your drum Awake people arise Awake upright come Fortune is falling like Tears from the skies Open your eyes United action is what we need Time to say that

Waiting Underground Patti Smith

Hammering the earth And as the earth resounds Where the great ones tremble And your humankind becomes as one And then we will arise In our snow white shrouds Ohh, when we'll be as one Ohh, but until that

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.

Gloria Patti Smith

through my door here she comes crawlin' up my stair here she comes waltzin' through the hall in a pretty red dress and oh she looks so good oh she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling that

Gloria: In Excelsis Deo Patti Smith

comes comin' through my door here she comes crawlin' up my stair here she comes waltzin' through the hall in a pretty red dress and oh she looks so good oh she looks so fine and I got this crazy feeling that

Ravens Patti Smith

fall 'Cause time will bid and make us rise Make ravens of us all My love, he breathed the air of kings Yet fell beneath his luck And in his heart a yearning yet Before his time, time shook All the gifts that

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

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

So You Want To Be Patti Smith

glass that's because of the sound what you pay for all these riches and fame well it's all a vicious game you're a little insane well you're a little insane oh a little insane 'cause the thing that

Jubilee Patti Smith

Our sacred realms are being squeezed Curtailing civil liberties Recruit the dreams that sing to thee Let freedom ring Freedom ring Freedom ring Jubilee Oh my land Oh glad day Oh my land Hear our cry Freedom

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

I would measure the success of a night by the way by the way by the amount of piss and seed I could exude over the columns that nestled the P.A.