25th Floor - Live Songtext
von Patti Smith

(Graceful little thing aren′t I!)
(Parents, don't get upset or get pissed out there
Because we′ve done you a favor, we've redefined the word
"Fuck" as a word meaning "jam", to "fuck" means to "jam"
To experience mutually, not necessarilly by sexual means)
(Communication is our great sonic smith)

We explore the men's room
We don′t give a shit
Ladies′ lost electricity
Take vows inside of it

Desire to dance
Too startled to try
Wrap my legs 'round you
Starting to fly

Let′s explore
Up there, up there, up there
On the twenty-fifth floor


Circle all around me
Coming for the kill, kill, kill
Oh kill me baby
Like a kamikaze
Heading for a spill
Oh but it's all spilt milk to me

Desire to dance
Too startled to try
Wrap my legs ′round you
Starting to fly

Let's soar
Up there, up there, up there
On the twenty-fifth floor


We do not eat
Flower of creation
Do not eat
Eat anything at all
Love is, love was, love is a manifestation
I′m waiting for a contact to call
Love's war. Love's cruel
Love′s pretty, love′s pretty cruel tonight
I'm waiting here like a fool
I′m gonna make contact tonight
Love in my heart
The night to exploit
Twenty-five stories over Detroit
And there's more
Up there, up there, up there

I feel it swirling around you
I feel it feeling no pain
I′m going 'round with you baby
Oh god, I′ll see you again
I'm tripping in like I'm backward
I′m going around and around
I′m moving up in the sky dear
And I'm never gonna come down!

I′m going on a door backward
I'm going in a dainty black ship
I′m going deep, deep, deep in backward

Hey, hey celebrate with us
Hey, hey as I loathe the rain
Yeah, yeah, yeah give out rain
Goodbye and I'll see you again