Patti Smith - Trespasses lyrics

(Smith/Daugherty)

Life is designed With unfinished lines

That another sings Each story unfolds

Like it was gold Upon a ragged wing

The bold and the fair Suffer their share

He whispered to his kin All of my debts

Left with regrets I'm sorry for everything

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day

And she pinned back her hair Shouldered with care

The burdens that were his Mending the coat

That hung on the post In heart remembering

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Winding as they may

Trespasses stretch like broken fences Hope to mend them one day

And her time was to come Called to her son

This your song to sing All of our debts

Wove with regrets Upon a golden string

And he found the old coat Hung on a post

Like a ragged wing And took as his own

The sewn and unsown Joyfully whistling