Whirl Away
Patti Smith

hello friend I've come a-calling
passively stationed
active patrol
sliding in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff
not want to get involved in it all

who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
anything at all

from the earth's four corners the people are calling
forming equations but the questions are hard
all men are brothers killing each other
and mother earth is wringing in wonder

who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
anything at all
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away

there's a cross on the road
there's a great mill turning
some seeking answers
some born to dancers
you can hold on the blade and turn around forever
be flung into space into another kind of grace

who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
anything at all
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away now
whirl away

[?]
some giveth their hand
some giveth their land
some giveth their life
you lay in the fields of grain
the staff of life all around you
but yet you, you will cut someone down for their possessions
some material thing
and our children are being blown away like wishes in the wind
for the sake of their coat
or the colors of their coat
or the color of their skin
or the name on their shoes
and the mother cries Why they taken my son?
and the father wonders Are they taking my boy?
he extended his hand
he gave them his land
he gave them his bread
he gave them his heart
said hello friend
hello friend
hello friend
hello friend.
hello friend


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  1959   25th Floor   25th Floor (& High on Rebellion)   25th Floor (& High on Rebellion)   25th Floor High on Rebellion   About A Boy   After the Gold Rush   Ain't It Strange   Ain't It Strange   Amerigo   April Fool   April Fool (Single)   Are You Experienced?   As The Night Goes By   Ask The Angel   Ask the Angels   Babelogue   Banga   Because The Night   Beneath The Southern Cross   Birdland   Blue Poles   Boy Cried Wolf   Break It Up   Broken Flag   Capital Letter   Cartwheels   Cash   Changing Of The Guards   Chiklets   China Bird   Come Back Little Sheba   Come Back Little Sheba (Outtake)   Constantine’s Dream   Dancing Barefoot   Dead City   Dead City [Live]   Dead To The World   Death Singing   Distant Fingers   Distant Fingers (Demo)   Don't Say Nothing   Don't Say Nothing   Dream Of Life   Easter   Elegie   Everybody Hurts   Everybody Wants To Rule The World   Farewell Reel   Fire of Unknown Origin   Fireflies   Frederick   Free Money   Fuji-san   Gandhi   Ghost Dance   Gimme Shelter   Glitter In Their Eyes   Gloria   Gloria: In Excelsis Deo; In Excelsis Deo\\ Gloria   Godspeed   Going Under   Gone Again   Gone Pie   Grateful   Gung Ho   Helpless   Hey Joe (Version)   High On Rebellion   Hymn   It Takes Time   Jubilee   Just Kids   Kimberly   Land   Land:; Horses\\ Land Of A Thousand Dances\\ La Mer...   Landmine   Last Call   Libbie's Song   Libbie's Song   Lo & Beholden   Lo And Beholden   Look At What Love Has Done   Looking For You   Looking For You (I Was)   Maria   Memento Mori   Memorial Tribute   Midnight Rider   Mosaic   Mother Rose   My Blakean Year   My Generation   My Madrigal   New Party   Nine   No Mistakes   Notes To The Future   One Voice   Pastime Paradise   Paths That Cross   Peaceable Kingdom   People Have the Power   Persuasion   Piss Factory   Pissing In A River   Poppies   Privilege   Privilege (Set Me Free)   Pumping   Pumping (My Heart)   Radio Baghdad   Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia   Radio Ethiopia\/Abyssinia   Ravens   Redondo Beach   Revenge   Rock N Roll Nigger   Seneca   Seven Ways of Going   Smells Like Teen Spirit   So You Wanna Be   So You Wanna Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star)   So You Want To Be   So You Want To Be (A Rock 'n Roll Star)   So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star   Somalia   Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough   Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough   Soul Kitchen   Space Monkey   Spell   Strange Messengers   Stride Of The Mind   Summer Cannibals   Tarkovsky (The Second Stop is Jupiter)   The Boy In The Bubble   The Jackson Song   The Mermaid Song   The Wicked Messenger   This is the Girl   Till Victory   Trampin'   Trampin'   Trespassers   Trespasses   Up There Down There   Upright Come   Waiting Underground   Walkin Blind   Walkin' Blind   Wave   We Three   When Doves Cry   Where Duty Calls   White Rabbit   Wicked Messenger   Wild Leaves   Wing   Wing [Live]   Within You Without You   Words Of Love

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