Babelogue Lyrics - Land (1975-2002) - Patti Smith

I haven't fucked much with the past, 

But I've fucked plenty with the future. 

Over the skin of silk are scars 

From the splinters of stations 

And walls I've caressed. 

A stage is like each bolt of wood, 

Like a log of Helen, is my pleasure. 

I would measure the success of a night 

By the way by the way by the amount of piss and seed 

I could exude over the columns that nestled the P.A. 

Some nights I'd surprise everybody by skipping off 

With a skirt of green net sewed over 

With flat metallic circles which dazzled and flashed. 

The lights were violet and white. 

I had an ornamental veil, but I couldn't bear to use it. 

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When my hair was cropped, I craved covering, 

But now my hair itself is a veil, 

And the scalp inside is a scalp of 

A crazy and sleepy Comanche 

Lies beneath this netting of the skin. 

I wake up. I am lying peacefully 

I am lying peacefully and my knees are open to the sun. 

I desire him, and he is absolutely ready to seize me. 

In heart I am a Moslem; 

In heart I am an American; 

In heart I am Moslem, 

In heart I'm an American artist, 

And I have no guilt. 

I seek pleasure. 

I seek the nerves under your skin. 

The narrow archway; the layers; 

The scroll of ancient lettuce. 

We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, 

The mole on the belly of an exquisite whore. 

He spared the child and spoiled the rod. 

I have not sold myself to God.