Patti Smith - Stride Of The Mind lyrics

(Smith/Ray)

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