1959 Lyrics - Land (1975-2002) - Patti Smith

Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. 

One of fallen glory. One of vanity. 

The world's roof was raging, but we were looking fine; 

'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, 

in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. 

Desolation angels 

Served it up with Love. 

Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, 

then moved by bold design, 

slid in that thing and it grew wings, 

in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

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It was Blood, shining in the Sun; 

First: Freedom! 

Speeding the american claim: 

Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! 

China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. 

[The] Lama was a young man, 

and [he] watched his world in flames. 

Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; 

It was a cryin'[g] shame. 

Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. 

Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri-La. 

But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, 

we were lookin' Fine, 

'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; 

In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; 

In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

It was the best of times, it's [was] the worst of times; 

In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. 

It was the best of times; It was the worst of times. 

[In] Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.