Pissing In A River Patti Smith Group

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

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

Babelogue Patti Smith Group

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 each bolt of wood Like

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

Radio Ethiopia Patti Smith Group

Oh I'll send you a telegram Oh I have some information for you Oh I'll send you a telegram Send it deep in the heart of you Deep in the heart of your brain is a lever Oh deep in the heart of your brain

Abyssinia Patti Smith Group

Oh I'll send you a telegram Oh I have some information for you Oh I'll send you a telegram Send it deep in the heart of you Deep in the heart of your brain is a lever Oh deep in the heart of your brain

Frederick Patti Smith Group

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

Citizen Ship Patti Smith Group

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. Ain't got a chance, sport, at fortune and fame.

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

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith Group

I'm dancing barefoot Heading for a spin Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine She is sublimation, she is the essence of thee She is concentrating on, he, who's chosen by she

Rock n Roll N****r Patti Smith Group

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

25th Floor Patti Smith Group

Circle all around me, Coming for the kill, kill, kill Oh kill me baby Like a kamikaze Heading for a spill. Oh but it's all spilt milk to me. Desire to dance; Too startled to try.

Fire Of Unknown Origin Patti Smith Group

A fire of unknown origin took my baby away. Fire of unknown origin took my baby away. Swept her up and off my wavelength. Swallowed her up like the ocean in a fire thick and gray.

Wild Leaves Patti Smith Group

Wild leaves are falling Falling to the ground Every leaf a moment A light upon the crown That we'll all be wearing In a time unbound And wild leaves are falling Falling to the ground Every word that's

Space Monkey Patti Smith Group

Blood on the T.V., ten o'clock news Souls are invaded, heart in a groove Beatin' and beatin', so outta time What's the mad matter with the church chimes?

Seven Ways Of Going Patti Smith Group

Oh, I was undulating in the lewd impostered night. Steeped in a dream to rend the seams to redeem the rock of right. Swept through the seas of Galilee and the Seven Hills of Rome.

Ain't It Strange Patti Smith Group

Down in vineland there's a clubhouse, Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff Oh, don't you know that anyone can join And they come and they call and they fall on the floor Don't you see when you're

Poppies Patti Smith Group

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 Goin' on the corner, I'm gonna score Baby wants somethin', she's in

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!

So You Want to Be Patti Smith Group

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 it's

Broken Flag Patti Smith Group

Lullaby a broken song. Oh, the cradle was our call. When it rocked we carried on. And we marched on toward Algiers. For we're marching toward Algiers We're still marching for Algiers.

Because The Night Patti Smith Group

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

Blue Poles Patti Smith

canvas sky Blue poles infinitely winding As I write, as I write Blue poles infinitely winding As I write, as I write We joined the long caravan Hungry, dreaming, going west Just for work, just to get a

Privilege (Set Me Free) Patti Smith Group

Oh, God, give me something: A reason to live. My body is aching. Don't want sympathy. Come on. Come and love me. Come on. Set me free. Set me free. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

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

Till Victory Patti Smith Group

No one to bow to, to vow to, to blame Legions of light, virtuous flight ignite, excite And you will see us coming, V-formation through the sky Film survives, eyes cry On the hill hear us call through a

Distant Fingers Patti Smith Group

Feel, see your blue lights are flashing You and your alien arms Deep in the forest I whirl like I did as a little girl Let my eyes rise in the sky looking for you Oh, you know, I would go anywhere at all

We Three Patti Smith Group

hope away from me You say you want me I want another, baby You say you wish for me Wish for your brother Oh, the dice roll so deceptively For we three It was just another Saturday And everything was in

Ask The Angels Patti Smith Group

Everybody got the feelin' You know the feeling and it's stronger each day Everybody wants to be reelin' And baby baby I'll show you the way And I know it's hard sometimes, You got a piece and hit across

Revenge Patti Smith Group

hand you played Ah, the sands and hands of time have run out Run out, ah you better face it Ah, this thing's run amok, this luck I do know how to replace it with revenge Oh, sweet revenge I gave you a

Easter Patti Smith Group

I am the gas in a womb of light, the evening star, The ball of sight that leads that sheds the tears of Christ Dying and drying as I rise tonight. Isabella, we are rising.

As The Night Goes By Patti Smith Group

Darlin' come under cover Another night to discover Let's slip where senses gather Let's drift between the sea and sky As the night goes by Sands shift Orchids so strange In the moonlight Brushing our faces

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!

High On Rebellion Patti Smith Group

what i feel when i'm playing guitar is completely cold and crazy, like i don't owe nobody nothing and it's just a test just to see how far i can relax into the cold wave of a note.

Wave Patti Smith Group

Hi, hi, I was running after you for a long time I, I was watching you for, actually, I've watched you for a long time I like to watch you when you're walking back and forth on the beach And the way you

Hymn Patti Smith Group

When I am troubled in the night He comes to comfort me. He wills me thru the darkness And the empty child is free To take his hand his sacred heart The heart that breaks the dawn. Amen.

Ghost Dance Patti Smith Group

ghost Bread of your bread, ghost of your host We are the tears that fall from your eyes Word of your word, cry of your cry We shall live again, we shall live again We shall live again What is it, father, in

Birdland Patti Smith

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

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'?

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

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

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

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

Dead To The World Patti Smith

he would 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