Birdland-Patti Smith

[ti:Birdland] [ar:Patti Smith] [al:Horses] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Birdland - Patti Smith (帕蒂·史密斯) [00:00.02]Written by：Patti Smith [00:00.04] [00:25.94]His father died and left him a little farm in New England [00:32.00]All the long black funeral cars left the scene [00:34.63]And the boy was just standing there alone [00:37.44]Looking at the shiny red tractor [00:40.38]Him and his daddy used to sit inside [00:43.44]And circle the blue fields and grease the night [00:49.19]It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars [00:52.26]＇Cause when he looked up slip they started to [00:56.00]Then he put his head in the crux of his arm [00:58.57]And he started to drift drift to the belly of a ship [01:04.69] [01:11.60]Let the ship slide open and he went inside of it [01:22.11]And saw his daddy ＇hind the control board streamin＇ beads of light [01:33.42]He saw his daddy ＇hind the control board [01:40.04]And he was very different tonight [01:42.86] [01:44.79]＇Cause he was not human he was not human [02:08.47]And then the little boy＇s face lit up with such naked joy [02:12.35]That the sun burned around his lids [02:14.79]And his eyes were like two suns [02:18.42]White lids white opals seeing everything just a little bit too clearly [02:22.29]And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight [02:25.73]No black funeral cars nothing except for him the raven [02:30.04]And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out [02:35.23]“No daddy don＇t leave me here alone [02:44.67]Take me up daddy to the belly of your ship [02:55.42]Let the ship slide open and I＇ll go inside of it [03:05.54]Where you＇re not human you are not human ” [03:27.48]But nobody heard the boy＇s cry of alarm [03:38.61]Nobody there ＇cept for the birds around the New England farm [03:43.42]And they gathered in all directions like roses they scattered [03:46.93]And they were like compass grass coming together [03:50.24]Into the head of a shaman bouquet [03:53.05]Slit in his nose and all the others went shooting [03:58.18]And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake [04:02.43] [04:03.84]Grabbing at his cheeks taking out his neck [04:06.28]All his limbs everything was twisted and he said [04:10.09]“I won＇t give up won＇t give up don＇t let me give up [04:13.78]I won＇t give up come here let me go up fast [04:17.47]Take me up quick take me up up to the belly of a ship [04:28.48]And the ship slides open [04:33.48]And I go inside of it where I am not human ” [04:49.73]I am helium raven and this movie is mine [04:53.61]So he cried out as he stretched the sky [04:57.11]Pushing it all out like latex cartoon [04:59.92]Am I all alone in this generation [05:02.73]We＇ll just be dreaming of animation night and day [05:07.61]And won＇t let up won＇t let up and I see them coming in [05:12.30]Oh I couldn＇t hear them before but I hear ＇em now [05:15.49]It＇s a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights [05:21.36]Moving in like black ships they were moving in streams of them [05:26.86]And he put up his hands and he said “It＇s me it＇s me [05:30.11]I＇ll give you my eyes take me up oh now please take me up [05:35.49]I＇m helium raven waitin＇ for you please take me up [05:40.86]Don＇t let me here ” the son the sign the cross [05:45.37]Like the shape of a tortured woman [05:48.24]The true shape of a tortured woman [05:50.80]The mother standing in the doorway letting her sons [05:53.86]No longer presidents but prophets [05:57.30]They＇re all dreaming they＇re gonna bear the prophet [05:59.68]He＇s gonna run through the fields dreaming in animation [06:01.74]It＇s all gonna split his skull [06:04.24]It＇s gonna come out like a black bouquet shining [06:06.68]Like a fist that＇s gonna shoot them up [06:09.24]Like light like Mohammed Boxer [06:10.18]Take them up up up up up up [06:13.68]Oh let＇s go up up take me up I＇ll go up [06:17.12]I＇m going up I＇m going up [06:19.05]Take me up I＇m going up I＇ll go up there [06:21.74]Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up [06:25.05]Up up to the belly of a ship [06:32.79]Let the ship slide open and we＇ll go inside of it [06:42.98]Where we are not human we＇re not human [07:10.61]Well there was sand there were tiles [07:16.30]The sun had melted the sand and it coagulated [07:20.92]Like a river of glass [07:24.55]When it hardened he looked at the surface [07:28.05]He saw his face [07:29.86]And where there were eyes were just two white opals [07:33.36]Two white opals [07:34.79]Where there were eyes there were just two white opals [07:37.55]And he looked up and the rays shot [07:40.18]And he saw raven comin＇ in [07:46.41] [07:49.15]And he crawled on his back and he went up [07:55.78]Up up up up up up [08:05.78]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:14.65]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:25.97] [08:27.55]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:37.74]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:48.62]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:58.12]We like birdland