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Pissing in a River Lyrics by Patti Smith Group

Radio Ethiopia

1976

[Verse 1]
Pissing in a river watching it rise
Tattoo fingers shy away from me
Voices voices mesmerize
Voices voices beckoning sea
[Refrain]
Come, come, come, come back
Come back, come back, come back, come back
[Verse 2]
Spoke of a wheel, tip of a spoon
Mouth of a cave, I'm slave I'm free
When are you coming hope you come soon
Fingers fingers encircling thee
[Refrain]
Come, come, come, come come
Come, come, come, come, come, come, come for me
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
My bowels are empty excreting your soul
What more can I give you baby I don't know
What more can I give you to make this thing grow
Don't turn your back now I'm talking to you
[Bridge]
Should I pursue a path so twisted?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
Should I go the length of a river
The royal, the throne, the cry me a river
Everything I've done I've done for you
Oh I give my life for you
Every move I made I move to you
And I came like a magnet for you know
What about it you're going to 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
[Outro]
Should I pursue a path so twisted?
Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
Should I go the length of a river?
The royal the throne the cry me river
What about it what about it what about it
Oh I'm pissing in a river
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Patti Smith Group

Patti Smith Group

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"Pissing in a River" appears on "Radio Ethiopia" in 1976.

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