Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Patti Smith
Canonical path: /patti-smith/grateful
Related lyric paths: 6
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Grateful
Read Grateful lyrics by Patti Smith on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Grateful
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Ours is just another skin
That simply slips away
You can rise above it
It will shed easily
It all will come out fine
I've learned it line by line
One common wire
One silver thread
All that you desire
Rolls on ahead
Like a ship in a bottle
Held up to the sun
Sails ain't going nowhere
You can count every one
Until it crashes unto the earth
And simply slips away
You can hide in the open
Or just disappear
Ours is just a craving
And a twist of the wrist
Will undo the stopper
With abrupt tenderness
Die little sparrow
And awake
Singing
It all will come out fine
I've learned it line by line
One common wire
One silver thread
All that you desire
Rolls on ahead
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Patti Smith performs "Grateful", 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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