Language   

People Have The Power

Patti Smith
Language: English


Patti Smith


I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people have the power
to redeem the work of fools
upon the meek the graces shower
it's decreed the people rule

People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power

Vengeful aspects became suspect
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear.
And the shepherds and the soldiers
lay among the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste in the dust.

In the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

People have the power
people have the power
people have the power
people have the power

Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize.
And the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found

I was dreaming in my dreaming
God knows a purer view
As I lay down to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you

People have the power
people have the power
people have the power
people have the power

The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the Earth from fools
it's decreed: the people rule
it's decreed: the people rule

Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the Earth's revolution

We have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power

The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the Earth from fools
it's decreed: the people rule
it's decreed: the people rule

People have the power
We have the power
People have the power
We have the power



Main Page

Please report any error in lyrics or commentaries to antiwarsongs@gmail.com

Note for non-Italian users: Sorry, though the interface of this website is translated into English, most commentaries and biographies are in Italian and/or in other languages like French, German, Spanish, Russian etc.




hosted by inventati.org