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'?

My Madrigal Patti Smith

We waltzed beneath motionless skies All heaven's glory turned in your eyes We expressed such sweet vows Oh, till death do us part Oh, till death do us part Oh oh We waltzed beneath God's point of view

Grateful Patti Smith

unto the earth And simply slips away You can hide in the open Or just disappear Ours is just a craving And a twist of the wrist Will undo the stopper With abrupt tenderness Die little sparrow And awake Singing

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

Redondo Beach Patti Smith

Everyone was singing, girl is washed up On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad. I was looking for you, are you gone gone ? Pretty little girl, everyone cried. She was the victim of sweet suicide.

Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith

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 to us why must we pray screaming why must not death

Frederick Patti Smith

some day now but tonight on the wings of a dove up above to the land of love now I lay me down to sleep pray the Lord my soul to keep kiss to kiss breath to breath my soul surrenders astonished to death

Fire Of Unknown Origin Patti Smith Group

Death comes sweeping thru the hallway like a ladies' dress. Death comes riding down the hallway in it's sunday best. Death comes driving; death comes creeping; death comes I can't do nothing.

Up There Down There Patti Smith

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 ready depths Twisting like silver swans No line of death

Gloria Patti Smith

mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria and the tower bells chime ding dong they chime they're singing

Gloria: In Excelsis Deo Patti Smith

make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria G L O R I A Gloria and the tower bells chime ding dong they chime they're singing

Constantine's Dream Patti Smith

kneeled and prayed And the sleep that I could not find in the night I found through him I saw before me the world of his world The bright fields, the birds in abundance All of nature of which he sang Singing

Birdland Patti Smith

His father died and left him a little farm in New England. All the long black funeral cars left the scene And the boy was just standing there alone Looking at the shiny red tractor Him and his dadd...

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...

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. A stage is like...

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...

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 yo...

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...

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 I kne...

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...

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...

Persuasion Patti Smith

What is the system that gets aroundRecruits hearts with its timelessrhythmThe young glow but old men knowIt's all a part of some crazy schismComing on like the dawn unrelentinglightStreets thick wi...

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...

China Bird Patti Smith

One fine day these words I prayWill breathe a truthWithin yourself upon a shelfA life anewSo many roadsIt's hard to know what to doAll your dreamsAll it seemsIs as you chooseFor destiny my china bi...

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...

New Party Patti Smith

You say heyThe state of the unionIs fine fine fineI got the feeling that you're lyingLying lying lyingI think we needThink we're gonna needA new partyThey say to meThey say what's the wordI say it'...

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...

Gung Ho Patti Smith

On a field of red one gold starRaised above his headRaised above his headHe was not like any otherHe was just like any otherAnd the song they bledWas a hymn to himAwake my little oneThe seed of rev...

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...

So You Want To Be Patti Smith

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 i...

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 new...

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 equat...

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...

Lo And Beholden Patti Smith

I was alone and content in my world Dancing on air You sent to me a message that said I like your style Will you come to the temple tonight And dance for me there I pledge to you all that you wish ...

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...

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 bil...

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. L...

Elegie Patti Smith

Elegie - Patti Smith I just don't know what to do tonight, My head is aching as I drink and breathe Memory falls like cream in my bones, moving on my own.

Waiting Underground Patti Smith

If you believeAll your hope is goneDown the drainOf your humankindThe time has arrivedYou'll be waitin' here as I wasIn a snow white shroudWaitin' undergroundThere by the ridgeBe a gathering beneat...

Whirl Away Patti Smith

Hello friend, I've come a callin'Passively stationed, active patrolSlidin' in at high noon like some reluctant sheriffNot wanna get involved in it allWho stands guard for each other?Why must we gua...

Spell Patti Smith

Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand an...

Don't Say Nothing Patti Smith

Lower the thing the skin of a catSkin it to the left just laying thereNo other thing is luck like thatAnd you set it said it said nothingWent to the party very discouragedI watched the litter pile ...

Dead City Patti Smith

This dead cityLongs to beThis dead cityLongs to be freeSeven screamin' horsesMelt down in the sunBuildin' scenes on empty dreamsAnd smokin' them one by oneHee haaThe dead cityLongs to be, yea, yeaT...