1.Amerigo
Lyricist:Tony ShanahanPatti Smith
Writer(s):Tony ShanahanPatti 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 Caribe
Which means men of great wisdom
Where are you going?
And are you going anywhere?
Where are we going?
Send me a letter
If you go at all
Ah the salvations of souls
But wisdom we had not
For these people had neither king nor lord
And bowed to no one
For they have lived in their own liberty
Where are you going?
And are you going anywhere?
Going in circles,going in circles anywhere
I saw and knew the inconstant shifting of fortune
And now I write to you
Words that have not been written
Words from the New World
Tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
Lying on the ship
And gazing at the western sky
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
Hey wake up! wake up!
Where are you going?
And are you going anywhere?
Where are you going?
Send me a letter
If you go at all
It's such a delight to watch them dance
Free of sacrifice and romance
Free of all the things that we hold dear
Is that clear Your Excellency?
And I guess it's time to go but
I gotta send you just a few more lines
From the New World
Tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
Lying on the ship
And gazing at the western sky
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
And the sky opened
And we laid down our armor
And we danced naked as they
Baptized in the rain
Of the New World
2.April Fool
Lyricist:Tony ShanahanPatti Smith
Writer(s):Tony ShanahanPatti 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 cloaks so
Come be my April Fool
Come we'll break all the rules
We'll burn all of our poems
Add to God's debris
We'll pray to all of our saints
Icons of mystery
We'll tramp through the mire
When our souls feel dead
With laughter we'll inspire
Then back to life again
Come you're the only one
Come be my April Fool
Come come
Be my April Fool
We'll break all the rules
3.Fuji - San
Lyricist:Lenny KayePatti Smith
Writer(s):Lenny KayePatti Smith
4.This Is The Girl
Lyricist:Stewart LermanTony ShanahanPatti Smith
Writer(s):Stewart LermanTony ShanahanPatti 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 about smothering vine
Twisted as laurels to crown her head
Raised as a reef upon her bed
This is the Girl
This the blind that turned in wine
This is the wine of the house it is said
This is the Girl who Yearned to be heard
So Much for cradling a smoldering bird
This is the Girl
For whom all tears fall
This is the Girl
Who was having a ball
This is the Girl
For whom all tears have ahead
This is the Wine of the House it is said
This the blind that turned in wine
This is the wine of the house it is said
This is the Girl who Yearned to be heard
So Much for cradling a smoldering bird
5.Banga
Lyricist:Patti Smith
Writer(s):Patti Smith
6.Maria
Lyricist:Tony ShanahanPatti Smith
Writer(s):Tony ShanahanPatti 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 knew you when we were young
Now you're gone
In a little narcissus pool, drowned by a spell
We saw ourselves, raw, exciteable
I knew you when we were young
I knew you when we were young
Now you're gone
We didn't know the precariousness of our young powers
All the emptiness
Wild wild hair, such sad eyes
White shirt black tie you were mine
You grabbed the ring of the carousel
Time going from heaven to hell
I knew you
7.Mosaic
Lyricist:Jay Dee DaughertyPatti Smith
Writer(s):Jay Dee DaughertyPatti 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?
Aah
Precious heart, precious seed, precious life conceived
In the ring of fire, in the sleep of peace
Nothing stops desire for the human beat
Last night was a rapture in the mosaic sky
Dropping shards of love, dropping shards of love
Aah-
Precious heart, precious seed, precious life conceived
In the ring of fire, in the sleep of peace
Nothing stops desire for the human beat
I hunger for the cooling flame, I hunger for the infinite game
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?
Devour me, yeah devour me
Oh Precious heart, oh precious seed, oh precious life conceived
In a ring of fire, in a sleep of peace
Nothing stops desire for the human beat the human beat
8.Tarkovsky(The Second Stop Is Jupiter)
Lyricist:Sun RaPatti Smith
Writer(s):Sun RaPatti Smith
9.Nine
Lyricist:Patti Smith
Writer(s):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
Wherein perfection brews
Darkness as his brother
Mischief as his moon
Summoning beneath
With his gypsy moves
Yearning as the foal
Shy and beautiful
Every card he drew
Had a different face
Lingering and lost
Unholy holy ghosts
I tend to play them all
He spoke with confidence
Another kind of strange
To shift in loneliness
He sought not for himself
The empire he would find
Save the golden womb
He enter in his mind
We will die a littler
The rogues whistling
Nine blue-eyed sailors
Tip their caps to him
As he passes through them
More vagabond than king
With diamonds on his sleeves
Like a harlequin
10.Seneca
Lyricist:Lenny KayePatti Smith
Writer(s):Lenny KayePatti Smith
11.Constantine's Dream
Lyricist:Lenny KayePatti Smith
Writer(s):Lenny KayePatti Smith
12.After The Gold Rush
Lyricist:Neil Young
Writer(s):Neil Young
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