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Artist: Patti Smith
Canonical path: /patti-smith/elegie
Related lyric paths: 6
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Elegie
Read Elegie lyrics by Patti Smith on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Elegie
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I just don't know what to do tonight
My head is aching as I drink and breathe
Memory falls like cream in my bones
Moving on my own
There must be something I can dream tonight
The air is filled with the moves of you
All the fire is frozen yet still
I have the will
Trumpets, violins
I hear them in the distance
And my skin emits a ray
But I think it's sad, it's much too bad
That our friends can't be with us today
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Patti Smith performs "Elegie", 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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