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: Stride Of The Mind

Interpret:
Patti Smith
Album:
Trampin'
I took a walk out to the sun 
But I just, just couldn't take it
I followed a dream 
It was circular
But I just, just could not fake it


Step to the left the left the left 
Step to the right the right the right
Pick up the sign the sign the sign 
For a stride of the mind the mind


Simon of the desert blew into town 
On the scalding tail of a bright cold wind
Slipped through the sand 
Footprints emerged
Where no one was walking 
Simon had been


Dropped from heaven 
To a ready made world
Said I'm no Sufi 
But I'll give it a whirl
We booked passage on the Book of the Dead
Time to travel 
Simon said


Step to the left the left the left 
Step to the right the right the right
Pick up the sign the sign the sign 
On the stride of the mind the mind the mind


Come on move where dreams increase 
Where every man is a masterpiece
If you want to be counted 
As another kind
And you're true, pursue 
Stride of the mind the mind the mind...


He bowed three times 
Removed his fez
Pointed to heaven 
And Simon says
The mind the mind the mind 
Pick up the sign the mind the mind
It's a vertical climb the climb the climb 
Stride of the mind the mind the mind
Pick up the sign the sign the sign 
It's a vertical climb the climb
Take it in stride