Lyrics and translation Patti Smith Group - Abyssinia
Oh
I'll
send
you
a
telegram
Oh,
je
vais
t'envoyer
un
télégramme
Oh
I
have
some
information
for
you
Oh,
j'ai
des
informations
pour
toi
Oh
I'll
send
you
a
telegram
Oh,
je
vais
t'envoyer
un
télégramme
Send
it
deep
in
the
heart
of
you
Envoie-le
au
plus
profond
de
ton
cœur
Deep
in
the
heart
of
your
brain
is
a
lever
Au
plus
profond
de
ton
cerveau
se
trouve
un
levier
Oh
deep
in
the
heart
of
your
brain
is
a
switch
Oh,
au
plus
profond
de
ton
cerveau
se
trouve
un
interrupteur
Oh
deep
in
the
heart
of
your
flesh
you
are
clever
Oh,
au
plus
profond
de
ta
chair,
tu
es
maline
Oh
honey
you
met
your
match
in
a
bitch
Oh,
chéri,
tu
as
rencontré
ton
égal,
une
salope
Deep
in
the
heart
of
Au
plus
profond
de
Deep
in
the
heart
of
Au
plus
profond
de
[]
[]
There
will
be
no
famine
in
my
existence
Il
n'y
aura
pas
de
famine
dans
mon
existence
I
merge
with
the
people
of
the
hills
Je
fusionne
avec
les
gens
des
collines
Oh
people
of
Ethiopia
Oh,
peuple
d'Éthiopie
Your
opiate
is
the
air
that
you
breathe
Votre
opiacé
est
l'air
que
vous
respirez
All
those
mint
bushes
around
you
Tous
ces
buissons
de
menthe
autour
de
vous
Are
the
perfect
thing
for
your
system
Sont
la
chose
parfaite
pour
votre
système
Aww
clean
clean
it
out
Aww,
nettoie-le,
nettoie-le
You
must
rid
yourself
from
these,
these
animal
fixations
Tu
dois
te
débarrasser
de
ces
fixations
animales
You
must
release
yourself
Tu
dois
te
libérer
From
the
thickening
blackmail
of
elephantiasis
Du
chantage
épaississant
de
l'éléphantiasis
You
must
divide
the
wheat
from
the
rats
Tu
dois
séparer
le
blé
des
rats
You
must
turn
around
[and
look
oh
God]
Tu
dois
te
retourner
[et
regarder
oh
Dieu]
When
I
see
Brancusi
Quand
je
vois
Brancusi
His
eyes
searching
out
the
infinite
abstract
spaces
Ses
yeux
cherchant
les
espaces
abstraits
infinis
In
the
[radio]
rude
hands
of
sculptor
Dans
les
[radio]
mains
grossières
du
sculpteur
Now
gripped
around
the
neck
of
a
[duosonic]
Maintenant
serrées
autour
du
cou
d'un
[duosonique]
[]
[]
[I
swear
on
your
eyes
no
pretty
words
will
sway
me]
[Je
jure
sur
tes
yeux,
aucun
beau
mot
ne
me
fera
changer
d'avis]
[]
[]
Oh
look
at
me
aah
Oh,
regarde-moi
aah
[] cannot
move
ahh
so
much
aahh
everything
I
am
[] ne
peut
pas
bouger
ahh
tellement
aah
tout
ce
que
je
suis
[] possible
[] possible
Aah
[]
Aah
[]
Feel
so
fucked
up
Me
sentir
tellement
foutu
[]
[]
Much
too
Trop
I
know
I
know
[]
Je
sais,
je
sais
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
Tell
him
to
get
out
of
here
Dis-lui
de
se
casser
Go
down
to
the
sea
Va
jusqu'à
la
mer
[] if
he
would
just
tell
me
[] s'il
pouvait
juste
me
dire
He
appreciates
Brancusi's
[] space
Il
apprécie
l'espace
[] de
Brancusi
The
sculptor's
mallet
has
been
taken
in
place
Le
maillet
du
sculpteur
a
été
pris
en
place
[]
[]
Every
time
I
see
[]
Chaque
fois
que
je
vois
[]
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2 Gloria
3 Farewell Reel
4 Fireflies
5 Chiklets
6 Wicked Messenger
7 Ravens
8 Abyssinia
9 Wing
10 Dead To the World
11 Summer Cannibals
12 My Madrigal
13 About a Boy
14 Beneath the Southern Cross
15 Gone Again
16 Wild Leaves
17 As the Night Goes By
18 The Jackson Song
19 Looking for You (I Was)
20 Going Under
21 Where Duty Calls
22 Waiting Underground
23 Whirl Away
24 1959
25 Spell
26 Radio Ethiopia
27 Libbie's Song
28 Distant Fingers
29 New Party
30 Upright Come
31 Grateful
32 Strange Messengers
33 Glitter In Their Eyes
34 China Bird
35 Gone Pie
36 Dream of Life
37 Persuasion
38 Lo and Beholden
39 One Voice
40 Last Call
41 Memento Mori
42 Death Singing
43 Blue Poles
44 Dead City
45 Don't Say Nothing
46 Boy Cried Wolf
47 Paths That Cross
48 Up There Down There
49 People Have the Power
50 Pumping
51 My Generation
52 Pissing In a River
53 Poppies
54 Space Monkey
55 Ain’t It Strange
56 Ask the Angels
57 Elegie
58 Land
59 Break It Up
60 Kimberly
61 Free Money
62 Because the Night
63 Birdland
64 Redondo Beach
65 Citizen Ship
66 Gung Ho
67 Fire of Unknown Origin
68 Revenge
69 Hymn
70 Ghost Dance
71 So You Want to Be
72 Frederick
73 Wave
74 Broken Flag
75 Godspeed
76 Easter
77 High On Rebellion
78 25th Floor
79 We Three
80 Privilege (Set Me Free)
81 Dancing Barefoot
82 Babelogue
83 54321/Wave
84 Seven Ways of Going
85 Rock N Roll Nigger
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