One Voice Patti Smith

to need And you will hear the call All action great and small Received joyfully Heaven abounds Let love resound If he be mute Give him a bell If he be blind, an eye It he be down, a hand Lift up your voice

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

Where Duty Calls Patti Smith

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 train They never dreamed They'd never wake again Voice

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?

Farewell Reel Patti Smith

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 howls Like a voice

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

Seneca Patti Smith

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 child Run, run my little one

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

Spell Patti Smith

The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy!

Capitol Letter (From 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Soundtrack) Patti Smith

Rebellion has a heart Breaking as the dawn Bursting into song Bursting into song Bird in the hand Another role to play Mocking as the jay Mocking as the jay She's the silent one In her soft boots

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

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

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

Lions and lambs shall abide Maybe one day we'll be strong enough To build it back again Build the peaceable kingdom Back again Build it back again Why must we hide all these feelings inside?

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 tattered

Gone Again Patti Smith

back and his own people shot him And he fell on his knees Before the burning plane And he beheld fields of gold his land his sun And he arose his blood aflame The clouds pressed with hand prints stained one

Waiting Underground Patti Smith

Beneath the pilgrim moon Where the railroad thunders Oh, where we shall await The beat of your feet Hammering the earth And as the earth resounds Where the great ones tremble And your humankind becomes as one

Trespasses Patti Smith

share He whispered to his kin All of my debts Left with regrets I'm sorry for everything Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one

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

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

Frederick Patti Smith

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 with the the dancers having one

Don't Say Nothing Patti Smith

nothing I turned my back walked away Got to face the fact that I didn't say nothing Everyone was dancing I stood over in the corner I was listening they were saying this and saying that And putting this one

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

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

Kimberly Patti Smith

I was goin' crazy, so crazy I knew I could break through with you, So with one hand I rocked you and with one heart I reached for you.

Cash Patti Smith

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 Say, your time has come and then Hard to pinpoint find the seam Where that one

New Party Patti Smith

Left right And hey by the way The human event Is the party of the century And you're all invited It's where you are Wherever you are 'Cause this party Is for everyone And the price of admission Is love one

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

Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

sign, the sign, the sign For a stride of the mind, the mind, the mind Simon of the desert blew into town The scalding tail of a bright cold wind Slipped through the sand, footprints emerged Where no one

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

Gandhi Patti Smith

the young girls Well, they dropped all around, they dropped like candy The people cried, "Gandhi, Gandhi" Awake little man, awake from your slumber And get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers One

Memento Mori Patti Smith

Souls cleaved from hearts They come back to us And our hands are filled with their rotting tissues But we turn not our backs We press our lips Into their cancer into the dust into the remains of each one

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

knowledge Of the cradle of civilization Of the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates Oh, in Mesopotamia aloofness ran deep The face of Eve turning, what sky did she see What garden beneath her feet, the one

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...

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 th...

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...

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...

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...

Strange Messengers Patti Smith

I looked upon the book of lifeTracing the lines of face after faceLooking down at their naked feetBound in chains bound in chainsChains of leather chains of goldWe knew it was wrong but we lookedaw...

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...

Redondo Beach Patti Smith

Late afternoon, dreaming hotelWe just had the quarrel that sent you away.I was looking for you, are you gone goneCalled you on the phone, another dimension.Well, you never returned, oh you know wha...

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.He cried, break it up, oh I don't understand,Break it up, I can't ...

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 a w...

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 bare...

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...