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Patti Smith : Horses
1975

  1. Gloria
  2. Redondo Beach
  3. Birdland
  4. Free Money

  5. Kimberly
  6. Break It Up
  7. Land
  8. Elegie

Gloria

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| ... 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 just Rules and regulations to me, me I, I walk in a room, you know I look so proud I'm movin' in this here atmosphere where anything's allowed And I go to this here party and I just get bored Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing Humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter Oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine And I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine Ooh I'll put my spell on her Here she comes, walkin' down the street Here she comes, comin' through my door Here she comes, crawlin' up my stair Here she comes, waltzin' through the hall In a pretty red dress And oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine And I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine And then I hear this knockin' on my door Hear this knockin' on my door And I look up into the big tower clock And say, "oh my God here's midnight!" And my baby is walkin' through the door Leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge And oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine And I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine And I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name She whispered to me, she told me her name And her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is G-L-O-R-I-A 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! I was at the stadium There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me Marie and Ruth, but to tell you the truth I didn't hear them, I didn't see I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock And I heard those bells chimin' in my heart Going ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong Counting the time, then you came to my room And you whispered to me and we took the big plunge And oh, you were so good, oh, you were so fine And I gotta tell the world that I make her mine, 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, Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine Gloria! 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! ...

Redondo Beach

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Late afternoon, dreaming hotel
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We just had the quarrel that sent you away
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I was looking for you, are you gone, gone? Called you on the phone, another dimension Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean I went looking for you, are you gone, gone?
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Down by the ocean it was so dismal
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Women all standing with shock on their faces
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Sad description, oh I was looking for you 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 I went looking for you, are you gone, gone? Down by the ocean it was so dismal Women all standing with shock on their faces Sad description, oh I was looking for you Desk clerk told me girl was washed up Was small, an angel with apple blonde hair, now I went looking for you, are you gone, gone? Picked up my key, didn't reply Went to my room, started to cry You were small, an angel, are you gone, gone? Down by the ocean it was so dismal I was just standing with shock on my face The hearse pulled away, and the girl that had died, it was you You'll never return into my arms, 'cause you were gone gone Never return into my arms, 'cause you were gone, gone
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Gone, gone Gone, gone Goodbye

Birdland

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 daddy used to sit inside And circle the blue fields and grease the night It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars 'Cause when he looked up they started to slip 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' beads of light He saw his daddy 'hind the control board And he was very different tonight 'Cause he was not human, he was not human And then the little boy's face lit up with such naked joy That the sun burned around his lids and his eyes were like two suns White lids, white opals, seeing everything just a little bit too clearly And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight No black funeral cars, nothing except for him 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 you're not human, you are not human" But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm Nobody there 'cept for the birds around the New England farm And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered And they were like compass grass coming together into the head of a shaman bouquet Slit in his nose and all the others went shooting And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake Grabbing at his cheeks, taking out his neck All his limbs, everything was twisted and he said "I won't give up, won't give up, don't let me give up I won't give up, come here, let me go up fast Take me up quick, take me up, up to the belly of a ship And the ship slides open and I go inside of it where I am not human" I am helium raven and this movie is mine So he cried out as he stretched the sky Pushing it all out like latex cartoon, am I all alone in this generation? We'll just be dreaming of animation night and day And won't let up, won't let up and I see them coming in Oh, I couldn't hear them before, but I hear 'em now It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights Moving in like black ships, they were moving in, streams of them And he put up his hands and he said, "It's me, it's me I'll give you my eyes, take me up, oh now please take me up I'm helium raven waitin' for you, please take me up Don't leave me here!" The son, the sign, the cross Like the shape of a tortured woman, the true shape of a tortured woman The mother standing in the doorway letting her sons No longer presidents but prophets They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophet He's gonna run through the fields dreaming in animation It's all gonna split his skull It's gonna come out like a black bouquet shining Like a fist that's gonna shoot them up Like light, like Mohammed Boxer Take them up up up up up up Oh, let's go up, up, take me up, I'll go up I'm going up, I'm going up Take me up, I'm going up, I'll go up there Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up Up, up to the belly of a ship Let the ship slide open and we'll go inside of it Where we are not human, we're not human Well, there was sand, there were tiles The sun had melted the sand and it coagulated Like a river of glass When it hardened he looked at the surface He saw his face And where there were eyes were just two white opals, two white opals Where there were eyes there were just two white opals And he looked up and the rays shot And he saw raven comin' in And he crawled on his back and he went up Up up up up up up Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, sha da do wop, da shaman do way Sha da do wop, da shaman do way We like birdland

Free Money

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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 go swirling round my bed I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad I take that money, buy you things you never had
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Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me
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Oh, baby, to buy you all the 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 it's hot, hot in Arabia, baby Then cool, cold fields of snow And we'll roll, dream, roll, dream Roll, roll, dream, dream When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it We'll dream it, dream it for free, free money Free money, free money, free money Free money, free money, free money Every night before I go to sleep Find a ticket, win a lottery Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling round my bed Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me Baby, I know our troubles will be gone Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin' gone If we dream, dream, dream for free And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it Let's dream it, we'll dream it for free, free money Free money, free money, free money Free money, free money, free money, free

Kimberly

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| ... 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
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Little sister, the sky is falling
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I don't mind, I don't mind
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Little sister, the fates are calling on you Ah, here I stand again in this old 'lectric whirlwind The sea rushes up my knees like flame And I feel like just some misplaced Joan Of Arc And the cause is you lookin' up at me 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 the planets hit balls of jade dropped And existence stopped, stopped, stop, stop Little sister, the sky is falling I don't mind, I don't mind Little sister, the fates are calling on you I was goin' crazy So crazy I knew I could break through with you So with one hand I rocked you And with one heart I reached for you Ah, I knew your youth was for the takin', fire on a mental plane So I ran through the fields as the bats with their baby vein faces Burst from the barn and flames in a violent violet sky And I fell on my knees and pressed you against me Your soul was like a network of spittle Like glass balls movin' in like cold streams of logic And I prayed as the lightning attacked That something will make it go crack Something will make it go crack Something will make it go crack Something will make it go crack The palm trees fall into the sea It doesn't matter much to me As long as you're safe, Kimberly And I can gaze deep into your starry eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby Into your starry eyes, oh In your starry eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby, oh Looking deep in your eyes, baby Into your starry eyes, baby Looking deep in your eyes, baby

Break It Up

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Car stopped in a clearing
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Ribbon of life, it was nearing
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I saw the boy break out of his skin
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My heart turned over and I crawled in
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He cried, Break it up, oh I don't understand
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Break it up, I can't comprehend
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Break it up, oh, I want to feel you
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Break it up, don't talk to me that way, I'm not listening Snow started falling I could hear the angel calling We rolled on the ground, he stretched out his wings The boy flew away and he started to sing He sang, Break it up, oh, I don't understand Break it up, I can't comprehend Break it up, oh, I want to feel you Break it up, don't look at me
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The sky was raging, the boy disappeared
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Atmosphere broke up, the boy reappeared
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I cried, Take me please! Ice, it was shining I could feel my heart, it was melting I tore off my clothes, I danced on my shoes I ripped my skin open and then I broke through I cried, Break it up, oh, now I understand Break it up, and I want to go Break it up, oh please take me with you Break it up, I can feel it breaking I can feel it breaking, I can feel it breaking I can feel, I can feel, I can feel, I can feel So break it up, oh now I'm coming with you Break it up, now I'm gonna go Break it up, oh, feel me, I'm coming Break it up, break it up, break it up Break it up, break it up, break it up

Land

The boy was in the hallway drinking a glass of tea From the other end of the hallway a rhythm was generating Another boy was sliding up the hallway He merged perfectly with the hallway He merged perfectly, the mirror in the hallway
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The boy looked at Johnny, Johnny wanted to run But the movie kept moving as planned The boy took Johnny, he pushed him against the locker He drove it in, he drove it home, he drove it deep in Johnny The boy disappeared, Johnny fell on his knees Started crashing his head against the locker Started crashing his head against the locker Started laughing hysterically When suddenly Johnny gets the feeling he's being surrounded by Horses, horses, horses, horses Coming in in all directions White shining silver studs with their nose in flames He saw horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses
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Do you know how to pony like Bony Maroney? Do you know how to twist? Well, it goes like this, it goes like this Baby mash potato, do the alligator, do the alligator And you twist the twister like your baby sister I want your baby sister, give me your baby sister, dig your baby sister Rise up on her knees, do the sweet pea, do the sweet pee-pee Roll down on her back, got to lose control, got to lose control Got to lose control and then you take control Then you're rolled down on your back and you like it like that Like it like that, like it like that, like it like that Then you do the watusi, yeah do the watusi Life is filled with holes, Johnny's laying there, his sperm coffin Angel looks down at him and says, "Oh, pretty boy Can't you show me nothing but surrender?" Johnny gets up, takes off his leather jacket Taped to his chest there's the answer You got pen knives and jack-knives and Switch-blades preferred, switch-blades preferred Then he cries, then he screams, saying Life is full of pain, I'm cruisin' through my brain And I fill my nose with snow and go Rimbaud Go Rimbaud, go Rimbaud, and go Johnny go And do the watusi, oh do the watusi There's a little place, a place called space It's a pretty little place, it's across the tracks Across the tracks and the name of the place is You like it like that, you like it like that You like it like that, you like it like that And the name of the band is the Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes, Twistelettes Baby calm down, better calm down In the night, in the eye of the forest There's a mare, black and shining, with yellow hair I put my fingers through her silken hair and found a stair I didn't waste time, I just walked right up and saw that Up there -- there is a sea Up there -- there is a sea Up there -- there is a sea The sea's the possibility There is no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities) There is no sea but the sea (up there is a wall of possibilities) There is no keeper but the key (up there there are several walls of possibilities) Except for one who seizes possibilities One who seizes possibilities (up there) I seize the first possibility, is the sea around me I was standing there with my legs spread like a sailor (in a sea of possibilities) I felt his hand on my knee (on the screen) And I looked at Johnny And handed him a branch of cold flame (in the heart of man) The waves were coming in like Arabian stallions Gradually lapping into sea horses He picked up the blade And he pressed it against his smooth throat (the spoon) And let it dip in (the veins) Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening in my hand And I felt the arrows of desire I put my hand inside his cranium, oh we had such a brainiac-amour But no more, no more, I gotta move from my mind to the area (go Rimbaud go Rimbaud go Rimbaud) And go Johnny go and do the watusi Yeah do the watusi, do the watusi ... Shined open coiled snakes white and shiny twirling and encircling Our lives are now entwined, we will fall yes we're together twining Your nerves, your mane of the black shining horse And my fingers all entwined through the air I could feel it, it was the hair going through my fingers The hairs were like wires going through my body I I that's how I, that's how I, I died At that Tower of Babel they knew what they were after Everything on the current moved up I tried to stop it, but it was too warm, too unbelievably smooth Like playing in the sea, in the sea of possibility, the possibility Was a blade, a shiny blade, I hold the key to the sea of possibilities There's no land but the land Looked at my hands, and there's a red stream That went streaming through the sands like fingers Like arteries, like fingers (how much fits between the eyes of a horse?) He lay, pressing it against his throat (your eyes) He opened his throat (your eyes) His vocal chords started shooting Like mad pituitary glands (of a horse) The scream he made was so high pitched That nobody heard (and my heart, my heart) No one heard that cry No one heard the butterfly flapping in his throat (Johnny, his fingers) Nobody heard, he was on that bed It was like a sea of jelly (his vocal chords shot up) And so he seized the first possibility (like mad pituitary glands) It was a black tube, he felt himself disintegrate (there is nothing happening at all) And go inside the black tube So when he looked out into the steep Saw this sweet young thing (Fender one) Humping on the parking meter Leaning on the parking meter In the sheets there was a man dancing around To the simple rock and roll song

Elegie

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 There must be something I can dream tonight The air is filled with the moves of you All the fire is frozen yet still I have the will, ooh, ah Trumpets, violins, I hear them in the distance And my skin emits a ray, but I think it's sad, it's much too bad That our friends can't be with us today