Lyrics Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer(de) [Live] - Patti Smith
The
boy
was
in
the
hallway
drinking
a
glass
of
tea
From
the
other
end
of
the
hallway
a
rhythm
was
generating
Another
boy
was
sliding
up
the
hallway
He
merged
perfectly
with
the
hallway,
He
merged
perfectly,
the
mirror
in
the
hallway
The
boy
looked
at
Johnny,
Johnny
wanted
to
run,
But
the
movie
kept
moving
as
planned
The
boy
took
Johnny,
he
pushed
him
against
the
locker,
He
drove
it
in,
he
drove
it
home,
he
drove
it
deep
in
Johnny
The
boy
disappeared,
Johnny
fell
on
his
knees,
Started
crashing
his
head
against
the
locker,
Started
crashing
his
head
against
the
locker,
Started
laughing
hysterically
When
suddenly
Johnny
gets
the
feeling
he′s
being
surrounded
by
Horses,
horses,
horses,
horses
Coming
in
in
all
directions
White
shining
silver
studs
with
their
nose
in
flames,
He
saw
horses,
horses,
horses,
horses,
horses,
horses,
horses,
horses.
Do
you
know
how
to
pony
like
bony
maroney
Do
you
know
how
to
twist,
well
it
goes
like
this,
it
goes
like
this
Baby
mash
potato,
do
the
alligator,
do
the
alligator
And
you
twist
the
twister
like
your
baby
sister
I
want
your
baby
sister,
give
me
your
baby
sister,
dig
your
baby
sister
Rise
up
on
her
knees,
do
the
sweet
pea,
do
the
sweet
pee
pee,
Roll
down
on
her
back,
got
to
lose
control,
got
to
lose
control,
Got
to
lose
control
and
then
you
take
control,
Then
you're
rolled
down
on
your
back
and
you
like
it
like
that,
Like
it
like
that,
like
it
like
that,
like
it
like
that,
Then
you
do
the
watusi,
yeah
do
the
watusi
Life
is
filled
with
holes,
Johnny′s
laying
there,
his
sperm
coffin
Angel
looks
down
at
him
and
says,
"Oh,
pretty
boy,
Can't
you
show
me
nothing
but
surrender?"
Johnny
gets
up,
takes
off
his
leather
jacket,
Taped
to
his
chest
there's
the
answer,
You
got
pen
knives
and
jack
knives
and
Switchblades
preferred,
switchblades
preferred
Then
he
cries,
then
he
screams,
saying
Life
is
full
of
pain,
I′m
cruisin′
through
my
brain
And
I
fill
my
nose
with
snow
and
go
Rimbaud,
Go
Rimbaud,
go
Rimbaud,
And
go
Johnny
go,
and
do
the
watusi,
oh
do
the
watusi
There's
a
little
place,
a
place
called
space
It′s
a
pretty
little
place,
it's
across
the
tracks,
Across
the
tracks
and
the
name
of
the
place
is
you
like
it
like
that,
You
like
it
like
that,
you
like
it
like
that,
you
like
it
like
that,
And
the
name
of
the
band
is
the
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes,
Twistelettes
Baby
calm
down,
better
calm
down,
In
the
night,
in
the
eye
of
the
forest
There′s
a
mare
black
and
shining
with
yellow
hair,
I
put
my
fingers
through
her
silken
hair
and
found
a
stair,
I
didn't
waste
time,
I
just
walked
right
up
and
saw
that
Up
there
--
there
is
a
sea
Up
there
--
there
is
a
sea
Up
there
--
there
is
a
sea
The
sea′s
the
possibility
There
is
no
land
but
the
land
(Up
there
is
just
a
sea
of
possibilities)
There
is
no
sea
but
the
sea
(Up
there
is
a
wall
of
possibilities)
There
is
no
keeper
but
the
key
(Up
there
there
are
several
walls
of
possibilities)
Except
for
one
who
seizes
possibilities,
one
who
seizes
possibilities.
(Up
there)
I
seize
the
first
possibility,
is
the
sea
around
me
I
was
standing
there
with
my
legs
spread
like
a
sailor
(In
a
sea
of
possibilities)
I
felt
his
hand
on
my
knee
(On
the
screen)
And
I
looked
at
Johnny
and
handed
him
a
branch
of
cold
flame
(In
the
heart
of
man)
The
waves
were
coming
in
like
Arabian
stallions
Gradually
lapping
into
sea
horses
He
picked
up
the
blade
and
he
pressed
it
against
his
smooth
throat
(The
spoon)
And
let
it
deep
in
(The
veins)
Dip
in
to
the
sea,
to
the
sea
of
possibilities
It
started
hardening
Dip
in
to
the
sea,
to
the
sea
of
possibilities
It
started
hardening
in
my
hand
And
I
felt
the
arrows
of
desire
I
put
my
hand
inside
his
cranium,
oh
we
had
such
a
brainiac-amour
But
no
more,
no
more,
I
gotta
move
from
my
mind
to
the
area
(Go
Rimbaud
go
Rimbaud
go
Rimbaud)
And
go
Johnny
go
and
do
the
watusi,
Yeah
do
the
watusi,
do
the
watusi
...
Shined
open
coiled
snakes
white
and
shiny
twirling
and
encircling
Our
lives
are
now
entwined,
we
will
fall
yes
we're
together
twining
Your
nerves,
your
mane
of
the
black
shining
horse
And
my
fingers
all
entwined
through
the
air,
I
could
feel
it,
it
was
the
hair
going
through
my
fingers,
(I
feel
it
I
feel
it
I
feel
it
I
feel
it)
The
hairs
were
like
wires
going
through
my
body
I
I
that's
how
I
That′s
how
I
I
died
(At
that
Tower
of
Babel
they
knew
what
they
were
after)
(They
knew
what
they
were
after)
Moved
up
I
tried
to
stop
it,
but
it
was
too
warm,
too
unbelievably
smooth,
Like
playing
in
the
sea,
in
the
sea
of
possibility,
the
possibility
Was
a
blade,
a
shiny
blade,
I
hold
the
key
to
the
sea
of
possibilities
There′s
no
land
but
the
land
Looked
at
my
hands,
and
there's
a
red
stream
That
went
streaming
through
the
sands
like
fingers,
Like
arteries,
like
fingers
(How
much
fits
between
the
eyes
of
a
horse?)
He
lay,
pressing
it
against
his
throat
(your
eyes)
He
opened
his
throat
(your
eyes)
His
vocal
chords
started
shooting
like
(of
a
horse)
mad
pituitary
glands
The
scream
he
made
(and
my
heart)
was
so
high
(my
heart)
pitched
that
nobody
heard,
No
one
heard
that
cry,
No
one
heard
(Johnny)
the
butterfly
flapping
in
his
throat,
(His
fingers)
Nobody
heard,
he
was
on
that
bed,
it
was
like
a
sea
of
jelly,
And
so
he
seized
the
first
(His
vocal
chords
shot
up)
(Possibility)
(Like
mad
pituitary
glands)
It
was
a
black
tube,
he
felt
himself
disintegrate
(There
is
nothing
happening
at
all)
And
go
inside
the
black
tube,
so
when
he
looked
out
into
the
steep
Saw
this
sweet
young
thing
(Fender
one)
Humping
on
the
parking
meter,
leaning
on
the
parking
meter
In
the
sheets
There
was
a
man
Dancing
around
To
the
simple
Rock
& roll
Song
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