Významná americká zpěvačka, představitelka newyorského punku a new wave, vl. jm. Patricia Lee Smith. Narozena r. 1946 v Chicagu, vyrůstala v New Jersey, později žije v N.Y.C. (od r. 1967), Paříži (od r. 1969) a v Londýně. Na přelomu 60. a 70....

Píseň: Death Singing

Interpret:
Patti Smith
Album:
Peace And Noise
In the straw-colored light
In light rapidly changing
On a life rapidly fading


Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing


With a throat smooth as a lamb
Yet dry as a branch not snapping
He throws back his head
And he does not sing a thing mournful


Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
In the straw-colored light


He sings a black embrade
And white opals swimming
In a child's leather purse
Have you seen death swimming
Have you seen death swimming


With a throat smooth as a lamb
Yet dry as a branch not snapping
He throws back his head
And he does not sing a thing mournful


Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
Have you seen death singing
In the straw-colored light


He sings of youth enraged
And the burning of Atlanta
And these viral times
And May ribbons streaming
And straw-colored curls a-turning
A mother's vain delight
And woe to the sun
And woe to the young
Another hearse is drawn
Have you seen death singing
In the straw-colored light