Patti Smith — Whirl Away

Hello friend I've come a calling Passively station active patrol Sliding in high noon Like some reluctant sheriff Not want to get involved in it 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 equations but the questions are hard All men are brothers killing each other And mother earth is wringing 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 mill turning Some seeking answers, some are born with answers You can hold on 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 Some give of the hand Some give of their land Some giveth their life Lying in a field of grain The staff of life all around you Yet you will cut someone down For their possessions Some material thing And our children are being blown away Like wishes in the wind For the sake of their coat Or their colors or their code Or the color of their skin Or the name of their shoes And the mother cries why'd they take my son And the father wonders why'd they take my boy He extended his hand he gave of his land He gave of his bread he gave of his heart Said hello friend Hello friend Hello friend Hello friend