Pissing In a River - Live Songtext
von Patti Smith

Pissing in a river
Watching it rise
Tattoo fingers
Shy away from me

Voices, voices
Mesmerize
Voices, voices
Beckoning sea, now you

Come, come, come
Come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back

Spoke of a wheel
Tip of a spoon
Mouth of a cave
I′m a slave I'm free

When are you coming?
Hope you come soon
Fingers, fingers
Encircling thee, now you


Come, come, come back
Come back, come back, come back

My bowels are empty
Excreting your soul
What more can I give you?
Baby I don′t know

What more can I do dear
To make this thing grow?
Don't turn your back now
When I'm talking to you

Should I follow a path so twisted?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
Should I go to the length of a river
The royal, the throne, the cry me a river

Everything I need, I′ve looked to you
Everything I need I came to you
All I′ve done I've run to you
And then I came like a magnet for you now


What about it, you′re gonna leave me
What about it, you don't need me
What about it, I can′t live without you
What about it, I never doubted you

What about it?
What about it?
What about it?
What about it?

Should I follow a path so twisted?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
Should I go to the length of a river
The royal, the throne, the cry me a river

What about it
What about it
What about it?
Oh, I'm pissing in a river