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Patti Smith
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Listen to my story
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Got two tales to tell
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One of fallen glory
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One of vanity
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The world's roof was raging
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But we were looking fine
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'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings
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In 1959
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Wisdom was a teapot
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Pouring from above
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Desolation angels
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Served it up with love
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Igniting like every form of light
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Then moved by bold design
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Slid in that thing and it grew wings
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In 1959
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It was blood shining in the sun
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First, freedom
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Speeding the American claim
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Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
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China was the tempest
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Madness overflowed
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Lama was a young man
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And watched his world in flames
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Taking glory down by the edge of clouds
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It was a crying shame
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Another lost horizon
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Tibet the fallen star
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Wisdom and compassion crushed
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In the land of Shangri-La
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But in the land of the Impala
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Honey, well, we were lookin' fine
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'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings
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In 1959
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'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings
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In 1959
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It was the best of times, it's the worst of times
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In 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
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1959
Patti Smith Group - Because the Night (O...
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