Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Patti Smith
Canonical path: /patti-smith/china-bird
Related lyric paths: 6
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China Bird
Read China Bird lyrics by Patti Smith on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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China Bird
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One fine day these words I pray
Will breathe a truth
Within yourself upon a shelf
A life anew
So many roads
It's hard to know what to do
All your dreams
All it seems
Is as you choose
For destiny my china bird
Is calling for you
The world turns
The flame burns
Bright and true
Near and far
Where you are
Guiding you china bird
The open skies
[Is] yearning for you
If they say it's not that way
Hold your view
[Fly above and with my love]
A light anew
Oh spread your wings
The open sky
Is calling to you china bird
My heart is yearning for you
If you fly away
I'll be waiting come what may
All my love a fragile ray
For you for you...
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Patti Smith performs "China Bird", and this lyric page sits inside the Patti Smith catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Looking For You (I Was) and After The Gold Rush with a short reason for opening each page next.
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