Patti Smith Pissing In A River

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 wheel, tip of a spoon
Mouth of a cave, I'm a slave I'm free.
When are you coming ? Hope you come soon
Fingers, fingers encircling thee
Come come come come come come
Come come come come come come for me oh

My bowels are empty, excreting your soul
What more can I give you ? Baby I don't know
What more can I give you to make this thing grow?
Don't turn your back now, I'm talking to you

Should I pursue a path so twisted ?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted ?
Should I go the length of a river
[The royal, the throne, the cry me a river]
Everything I've done, I've done for you
Oh I give my life for you.
Every move I made I move to you,
And I came like a magnet for you now.

What about it, you're gonna leave me,
What about it, you don't need me,
What about it, I can't live without you,
What about it, I never doubted you
What about it ? What about it ?
What about it ? What about it ?

Should I pursue a path so twisted ?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted ?
Should I go the length of a river,
[The royal, the throne, the cry me a river]
What about it, what about it, what about it ?
Oh, I'm pissing in a river.

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[smford117]

The cover of RADIO ETHIOPA is so beautiful.Patti is unbelievably -words escape me. Did her brilliant photog/best friend MAPPLETHORPE take this?Must have- only a person w/his monumental talent could have taken such a picture. She is so beautiful-vulnerable-w/an ethereal quality2 it.It is comepletly mesmerizing-i could stare at it4/ever.

[smford117]

OMG!!! I 2 am obssed with this song.I 2 1st heard it in "Times Square"!Seen on a late-nite show called"NightFlight"in'84.I still LOVE it!!!

[apokryphos117g]

@PlanTonto I also commented on this post.

[apokryphos117g]

@PlanTonto 1st,I'm smford117 which is why I didn't answer sooner(smford is a friend who's computer I used when mine was KO.I agree absolutely about Mapplethorpe,abrilliant photographer who left us 2 soon..BTW,the cover 4 Radio Ethiopia was done by Judy Linn ,but,the cover of Horses was.done by Mapplethorpe & Patti,who was his roomate early on in both their lives/careers,was often his subject.

[apokryphos117g]

@cmallen0999 What happened 2 college radio?

[apokryphos117g]

@PlanTonto Oh my god! Can't believe you remember that song! I was almost8 when I'd seen this,but I got 2 see it again when my Dad took me 2 1 of the last drive-ins.I was young & really got in2 the movie,rooting 4 the girls,screaming when they took over the radio station & crossing my fingers rich-girl's dad (Tim C.) didn't find them! I still sing that song 2day at 35(36 in 6mos.).

[DirtyGoddess]

One of my favourite songs

[SexyPianist89]

Perfection!!! Seriously want to french kiss her so I put some of her talent in my words

[ve1who]

whats so beautiful about that album cover, oh i see I go have a wank

[BryonThePoet]

I saw the movie when I was basically a kid. I remember this song and I remember Tim Curry playing a pervert, not much else. Love the song!

[PlanTonto]

@eatmoresoap You're a litte harsh on the movie. Remember, it came out in 1979, in those times, us youngsters were suffering through the ending of disco. It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't for any Academy Awards either. It was a movie dedicated to youngsters who felt and were treated different. These days, the movie would go nowhere, but back then, it gave gope to the hopeless.