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Patti Smith

"People Have The Power"

I was dreaming, in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping, it was broken
but my dream, it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

that the people have the power
to redeem the work of fools
upon the meek the graces shower
it's decreed, the people rule

the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power

vengeful aspects became suspect
bending low as if to hear
but then the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
they lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions, laying arms
to waste in the dust

in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power

where there were deserts, I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
no one to laugh or criticize
and the leopard, and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping, I was hoping
to recall what I had found

I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows, a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you

the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power
the people have the power

the power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the earth from fools
it's decreed, the people rule
it's decreed, the people rule

listen!
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
the people have the power

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