premier concert umplug de Patti SMITH br "rock'n'rimbaud rock'n'roll 50 years br live in Brussels March 26 2004 br at *Palais des Beaux-Arts* br song *1959* album *peace & noise* br br 1959 br br (SmithShanahan) br (C)1997 druse music, inc.slea head music br (ascap) br br Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. br One of fallen glory. One of vanity. br The world's roof was raging, but we were looking fine; br 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, br in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. br br Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. br Desolation angels br Served it up with Love. br Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, br then moved by bold design, br slid in that thing and it grew wings, br in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. br br **************** br It was Blood, shining in the Sun; br First: Freedom! br Speeding the american claim: br Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! br ****************** br br China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. br [The] Lama was a young man, br and [he] watched his world in flames. br Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; br It was a cryin'[g] shame. br Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. br Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri-La. br But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, br we were lookin' Fine, br 'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; br In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. br 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; br In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. br br It was the best of times, it's [was] the worst of times; br In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. br It was the best of times; It was the worst of times. br [In] Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.