Patti Smith Lyrics

“ Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. / One of fallen glory. One of... ”

“ We explore the men's room. / We don't give a shit. / Ladies' lost electricity; / take vows inside of... ”

“ Toward another / he has gone / to breathe an air / beyond his own / toward a wisdom / beyond the... ”

“ Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse, / Girl in white dress, boy shoot white... ”

“ Moooooove! Ask the angels who they're calling, / Go ask the angels if they're calling to... ”

“ I haven't fucked much with the past, but I've fucked plenty with the... ”

“ take me now baby here as I am / pull me close, try and... ”

“ Oh / to be / not anyone / gone / this maze of being / skin / oh / to cry / not any cry / so mournful... ”

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

“ Mother as I write the sun dissolves / Blood life streaming cross my... ”

“ (Smith) / Oh the story's told been told retold / From the sacred scriptures to the /... ”

“ Car stopped in a clearing, / Ribbon of life, it was nearing. / I saw the boy break out of his... ”

“ Nodding tho the lamp's lit low, nod for passers... ”

“ Come my one, look at the world Bird beast... ”

“ (Smith/Ray) / One fine day these words I pray / Will breathe a truth / Within yourself upon a... ”

“ I was nothing. It didn't matter to me. / Ah, there were tags all over my... ”

“ she is benediction / she is addicted to thee / she is the root connection / she is connecting with... ”

“ This dead city longs to be / This dead city longs to be free / Seven screaming... ”

“ Dead to the world my body was sleeping / on my mind was nothing at... ”

“ In the straw-colored light / In light rapidly changing / On a life rapidly... ”

“ When, when will you be landing? / When, when will you return? / Feel, feel my heart... ”

“ Lower the thing the skin of a cat / Skin it to the left just laying... ”

“ Na na na na na / Na na na na na / I'm with you always / You're ever on my... ”

“ Easter Sunday, we were walking. / Easter Sunday, we were... ”

“ I just don't know what to do tonight, / My head is aching as I drink and... ”

“ It's been a hard time / and when it rains / it rains on me / the sky just opens / and when it... ”

“ I been walking / wherefore am I walking / I been walking / If you see me walking / a-walking... ”

“ hi hello / wake from thy sleep / god has granted / thy soul to keep / all of the power / and all of the... ”

“ Every night before I go to sleep / Find a ticket, win a lottery, / Scoop the pearls up from the... ”

“ We shall live again, we shall live. / What is it children that falls from the sky... ”

“ (Smith/Ray) / It's been a while since I've seen your / face / It's been a while since I've walked... ”

“ Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine / meltin' in a pot of thieves / wild card up my... ”

“ Sun is rising on the water / Light is dancing again / Let's go under where the sun... ”

“ Hey now man's own kin / we commend into the wind / grateful arms grateful... ”

“ (Smith/Shanahan) / Hey there / Come and take a walk with me / Stroll into infinity / We'll stroll... ”

“ (Smith) / Ours is just another skin / That simply slips away / You can rise above it / It will shed... ”

“ (Smith/Ray/Kaye/Shanahan/Daugherty) / On a field of red one gold star / Raised above his... ”

“ When I am troubled in the night he comes to comfort... ”

“ The wall is high, the black barn, / The babe in my arms in her swaddling... ”

“ The boy was in the hallway drinking a glass of... ”

“ In a mansion high the young man stood / Ready to join his companions... ”

“ (Smith) / If it wasn't for your golden hair / I would not be... ”

“ (Smith/Kaye) / I was alone and content in my world / Dancing on air / You sent to me a message that... ”

“ In the medieval night / 'Twas love's design / And the sky was open / like a... ”

“ the fans were whirlin' / like the blades of a 'copter / liftin' into the skies above some foreign... ”

“ We waltzed beneath motionless skies / all heaven's glory turned in your... ”

“ (Smith/Shanahan) / You say hey / The state of the union / Is fine fine... ”

“ (Smith/Daugherty) / In the garden of consciousness / In fertile mind there lies the dormant /... ”

“ Speak to me / Speak to me heart / I feel a needing / to bridge the clouds / Softly go / A way I wish to... ”

“ I was dreaming in my dreaming / of an aspect bright and fair / and my sleeping it was... ”

“ (F. Smith/P. Smith) / What is the system that gets around / Recruits hearts with its timeless /... ”

“ Pissing in a river, watching it rise / Tattoo fingers shy away from me / Voices voices... ”

“ He's delighted to love me, but you know, / I just don't know what to say to him. I just don't... ”

“ I see it all before me: / the days of love and torment; / the nights of... ”

“ Oh I see you stare spi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi (spiraling) up there and... ”

“ Oh I'll send you a telegram / Oh I have some information for you / Oh I'll send you a... ”

“ Common fortune seeks us all / and slips our binding rings / we'll turn our heads / and make us... ”

“ Late afternoon, dreaming hotel / We just had the quarrel that sent you... ”

“ I feel upset. / Let's do some celebrating. / Come on honey, don't hesitate... ”

“ Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore. / Baby got big and baby get... ”

“ I've got seven ways of going, seven wheres to... ”

“ so you want to be a rock & roll star / well listen now to what I say / get yourself an electric... ”

“ Now, I don't want to lose you / but I don't want to use you / just to have somebody by my... ”

“ Blood on the T.V., ten o'clock news. / Souls are invaded, heart in a... ”

“ Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! / Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy... ”

“ (Smith/Kaye) / I looked upon the book of life / Tracing the lines of face after... ”

“ I was down in Georgia / nothing was as real / as the street beneath my feet / descending into... ”

“ Little blue dreamer go to sleep / Let's close our eyes and call the... ”

“ (Bob Dylan) / There was a wicked messenger / From Eli he did come, / With a mind that... ”

“ Raise the sky. / We got to fly over the land, over the sea. / Fate unwinds and if we die, souls... ”

“ Up there / There's a ball of fire / Some call it the spirit / Some call it the... ”

“ (Smith/Ray) / Hail brother / The distant thunder / Is nothing but hearts / Beating as... ”

“ If you believe all your hope is gone / down the drain of your humankind / the time has... ”

“ hi. hi. i was running after you for a long time. / i i was watching you from. ... ”

“ (Every Sunday I will go down to the bar / and leave him the guitar.) / You say you want... ”

“ In a room in Lebanon / they silently slept / They were dreaming crazy dreams / in foreign... ”

“ Hello friend I've come a-calling / passively stationed / active... ”

“ I was a wing in heaven blue / soared over the ocean / soared over Spain / and I was free / needed... ”