Where Duty Calls Patti Smith

The tiniest train They never dreamed They'd never wake again Voice of the Swarm We follow we fall Kneel for priests Some wail at walls Flag on a match head God or the law And they'll all go together Where

Lo And Beholden Patti Smith

Come on now you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you In the palace there was wild reverie And the look in your eyes As I dropped veil after veil Was drunken desire The dove calls

Lo and Beholden (Radio Edit) Patti Smith

beholden Come on now you know it's true Lo and beholden Oh I'm beholden to you In the palace there was wild reverie And the look in your eyes As I dropped veil after veil Was drunken desire The dove calls

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

in makes me come on like some heroine oh god I fell for you the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face the mystery of childbirth of childhood itself grave visitations what is it that calls

Waiting Underground Patti Smith

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 the pilgrim moon Where

Ravens Patti Smith

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 God had given Owned by fate denied Gone to where

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

Rock n Roll N****r Patti Smith

and roll nigger Oh look around you all around you riding on a copper wave Do you like the world around you Are you ready to behave Outside of society they're waitin' for me Outside of society that's where

Stride Of The Mind Patti Smith

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 emerged Where

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

Mother Rose Patti Smith

Now's the time To turn the view Now that I have you Now's the time To turn the view Now that I have you Roses growing by my door Climbing up the vine All the thorns and pain obscured Roses shall divine Where

Cash Patti Smith

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

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

Beneath The Southern Cross Patti Smith

through the callow mist dressed in scraps who walked the curve of the world whose bone scraped whose flesh unfurled who grieves not anyone gone to greet lame the inspired sky amazed to stumble where

Birdland Patti Smith

the raven And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out, "No, daddy, don't leave me here alone, Take me up, daddy, to the belly of your ship, Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it Where

Gung Ho Patti Smith

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 revolution Sewn in the sleeve Of cloth humbly worn Where

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

Rock N Roll Nigger Patti Smith

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, she's gonna get bigger.

China Bird Patti Smith

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 bird Is calling for you The world turns The flame burns Bright and true Near and far Where

Persuasion Patti Smith

love is so complicated Feeling funny don't know why On a plane circling high Equation persuasion It's just persuasion What is the body that has nobody Go through life with nobody at all It come and go where

The Jackson Song Patti Smith

with you And each day you'll grow He'll be there too And someday, you go We'll follow you As you go, as you go Little blue star that offers light Little blue bird that offers flight Little blue path where

New Party Patti Smith

it tainted by greed We got to surely clean it up Clean our house Our inner house Our outer house Left right And hey by the way The human event Is the party of the century And you're all invited It's where

So You Want To Be Patti Smith

a little insane what you get is the public acclaim don't forget who you are you're a rock and roll star na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na hey you come here get up ah this is the era where

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

Free Money Patti Smith

things you need for free I'll buy you a jet plane baby Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream And take you through the stratosphere And check out the planets there and then take you down Deep where

Gandhi Patti Smith

called to him, "Gandhi, Gandhi" The children of God with hands full of candy They called to him, "Gandhi, Gandhi" Feel our woes, man of the giving Rejoin the living, rejoin the living Awake from the net where

Radio Baghdad Patti Smith

flames, your shooting stars Shock and awe, shock and awe Like some, some imagined warrior production Twenty-first century, no chivalry involved No Bushido Oh, the code of the West long gone Never been, where

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

itself The call of art - the call of man And the beauty of the material drew me away And I awoke, and beheld upon the wall The dream of Constantine The handiwork of Piero della Francesca Who had stood where

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...

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...

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 like...

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...

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 wing...

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 tatter...

Frederick Patti Smith

This is dedicated to my clarinet teacher Fred Sonic Smith

One Voice Patti Smith

In the garden of consciousnessIn fertile mind there lies the dormantseedWhen blooming as charityConscience breathes a sigh of reliefThe confessions of sleepThe awakening seedMoved by love to serveW...

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...

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...

Grateful Patti Smith

Ours is just another skinThat simply slips awayYou can rise above itIt will shed easilyIt all will come out fineI've learned it line by lineOne common wireOne silver threadAll that you desireRolls ...

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...

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 Fift...

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! With the lights out it...

Trampin' Patti Smith

I'm trampin' trampin' Try'na make heaven my home trampin trampin 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 neve...

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 ...