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

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

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

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

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

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

Memento Mori Patti Smith

Johnny waved He was on his way home He waved goodbye to his comrades in arms, And all the twisted things he'd seen.

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

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

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

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

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

1959 Patti Smith

Fifty Nine Wisdom was a teapot Pouring from above Desolation angels Served it up with Love Ignitin' like every form of light then moved by bold design slid in that thing and it grew wings

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

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

Dead City Patti Smith

, yea This dead city, yea Longs to be livin', ohh Is it any wonder There's squalor in the sun?

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

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

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

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 is chosen by she here I go and I don't know why

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

Kimberly Patti Smith

Oh baby, I remember when you were born, It was dawn and the storm settled in my belly And I rolled in the grass and I spit out the gas And I lit a match and the void went flash And the sky split and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fireflies Patti Smith

I been walking Wherefore am I walking I been walking If you see me walking A-walking a-walking If you see me walking Don't avert your eyes Don't turn away Don't turn away I'm coming to you Oh-oh oh oh

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

Gandhi Patti Smith

I had a dream, Mr.

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

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?

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

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

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