SMITH, Patti

People Have The Power’

…..
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
…..


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
…..

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