Patti Smith - Kimberly Live 1976

Audio Only, Patti Smith, Kimberly Live, Cellar Door, Washington DC, January 1976

Lyrics:

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.
Little sister, the sky is falling, I dont mind, I dont mind.
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 dont mind, I dont 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 doesnt matter much to me
As long as youre 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.

Oh, in your starry eyes, baby,
Looking deep in your eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby, oh.

Oh, looking deep in your eyes, baby,
Into your starry eyes, baby, looking deep in your eyes, baby

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Patti
• Smith
• Kimberly
• Live
• 1976
• Florianklose
• cellar
• door
• washington

[s3xp0tl1d4]

I was named after this song, it's awesome!

[nevesytnewt]

This song is a trip through somebody's bloodstream when they're dancing.

Somewhere. : )

[iponsoyenage]

@s3xp0tl1d4 Lucky you... <3!!

[hilldrifts]

I think I might name my daughter after this song

[scoresman69er]

Why are there no singers like this anymore?

[scoresman69er]

THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER!

[alicitapalomita]

Love you Patti. <3 She's so great this is a great performance too makes me so happy listen to how she makes everyone so happy and laugh at the end. She seems so tough in actuality she is a nice person i saw an interview of her from january this year and she came across as just the sweetest and most humble LEGEND one could imagine. :) Great recording, thank you for sharing this Patti and Oloferne8181 many many thanks. :)

[blubbiblubblubb]

Probably my favourite of hers. :)

[desasterz]

@missZiggy549 That's what I meant.