Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

the right Pick up the 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

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

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

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.

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

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

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,

Glitter In Their Eyes Patti Smith

a new tree Man they'll cut you from limb to limb Pick your pocket with such delight Shake it to the right Shake it in the light Oh can't you see the glitter The glitter in their eyes Oh can't

Last Call Patti Smith

In a mansion high the young man stood Ready to join his companions good Outside the scent of Magnolia blossoms Down streets of gold the children were racin' Just another wandering soul Adrift among the

Memento Mori Patti Smith

The fans were whirlin' Like the blades of a 'copter Liftin' into the skies above some foreign land Soaked with the bodies of so many friends.

Gandhi Patti Smith

, when he was a boy, he was afraid of the dark And his mother would fast and pray at his feet The lamp burned as he slept, slept as he dreamed He was dreaming' of his sisters, dressed in white muslin Dressed

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 Baghdad Patti Smith

ran deep Deep in the veins of the great rivers That form the base of Eden And the tree the tree of knowledge Held up its arms to the sky All the branches of knowledge All the branches of knowledge, cradling

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

of 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 -

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Spell Patti Smith

Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse!

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

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

Rock n Roll N****r Patti Smith

world around you Are you ready to behave Outside of society they're waitin' for me Outside of society that's where I want to be Lenny Baby was a black sheep Baby was a whore You know she got big Well

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

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

Birdland Patti Smith

Then he put his head in the crux of his arm And he started to drift, drift to the belly of a ship, Let the ship slide open, and he went inside of it And saw his daddy 'hind the control board streamin

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

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 is chosen by she here I go and

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

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

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?

Whirl Away Patti Smith

Anything at all From the earth's four corners the people are calling Forming equations but the questions are hard All men are brothers, killing each other And Mother Earth is wringing in wonder Who stands

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

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

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

Ravens Patti Smith

And slips our binding rings We'll turn our heads and make us reel We'll bare our arms as wings Before our feet a feather drifts Beyond us it will fall 'Cause time will bid and make us rise Make ravens of

Amerigo Patti Smith

We were going to see the world In this land We placed Baptismal fonts And an infinite number were baptized And they called us Carabi Which means Men of Great Wisdom Where are you going, And are

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

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

Smells Like Teen Spirit Patti Smith

I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, hello, Hello, hello, hello!

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

Going Under Patti Smith

Sun is rising on the water Light is dancing again Let's go under where the sun beams Let's go under my friend Are we sleeping, are we dreaming Are we dancing again Is it heaven, crack it open And we'll

People Have The Power Patti Smith

I was dreaming in my dreaming of an aspect bright and fair and my sleeping it was broken but my dream it lingered near in the form of shining valleys where the pure air recognized and my senses newly

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

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

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

My Blakean Year Patti Smith

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 year such a woeful schism Pain of

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

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