Patti Smith - Whirl Away lyrics

I've come a-calling

Passively stationed

Active patrol

Sliding in high noon

Like some reluctant sheriff

Not want to get involved in at all

Who stands guard for each other

Why must we guard anything at all

Anything at all

From the earth's four corners

The people are calling

Forming questions

But the questions are hard

All men and brothers are killing each other

And mother earth is ringing in wonder

Who stands guard for each other

Why must we guard anything at all

Anything at all

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away

There's a cross on the road

There's a great will turning

Some seeking answers

Some are born with answers

You can hold on to the blade

And turn around forever

Be flung into space into another kind of grace

Who stands guard for each other

Why must we guard anything at all

Anything at all

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Some give up their hands

Some give up their land

Some giving their life

There in the fields of green

Stops life all around you

And yet you will

Cut someone down for their posesssions

Some material things

And our children they'll be blown away

Wishes in the wind

For the sake of their coat

Or the colours of their coat

For the colour of their skin

Or the name of their shoes

And the mother cries

Why are they taking my son

And the father wonders

Why they've taken my boy

He extended his hand

He gave him his land

He gave him his bread

He gave him his heart

Hello friend

Hello friend