SMITH, Patti
People Have The Power’
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Vengeful aspects became suspect
And bending low as if to hear
And the armies ceased advancing
Because the people had their ear
And the shepherds and the soldiers
Lay beneath the stars
Exchanging visions
And laying arms
to waste in the dust
In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognised.”
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
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Redondo Beach
Late afternoon, dreaming hotel
We just had the quarrel that sent you away
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?
Down by the ocean it was so dismal,
Women all standing with a shock on their faces
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,
…..
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 a 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
Gone gone, gone gone, good-bye.
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?
Down by the ocean, it was so dismal,
…..
April Fool
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
Oath
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.
Because the night
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 your hands
take my hand come undercover
they can't hurt you now
can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now
because the night belongs to lovers
because the night belongs to life
because the night belongs to lovers
because the night belongs to us
have I doubt when I'm alone
love is a ring, the telephone
love is an angel disguised as lust
here in our bed until the morning comes
come on now try and understand
the way I feel under your command
take my hand as the sun descends
they can't touch you now
can't touch you now, can't touch you now
because the night belongs to lovers
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with love we sleep
with doubt the vicious circle
turn and burns
without you I cannot live
forgive the yearning burning
I believe it's time, too real to feel
so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
because the night belongs to lovers
…..
because tonight there are two lovers
if we believe in the night we trust
because tonight there are two lovers
because the night belongs to lust