Whirl Away Lyrics - Peace And Noise - 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 

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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