Song Lyrics Patti Smith - Radio Baghdad    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> P>> Patti Smith Singer Lyrics [Patti Smith other resources]>> Radio Baghdad Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Patti Smith Music Title/Track: Radio Baghdad Theme ID: 4955 Album: N/A (SmithRay) Suffer not Your neighbor's affliction Suffer not Your neighbor's paralysis But extend your hand Extend your hand Lest you vanish in the city And be but a trace Just a vanished ghost And your legacy All the things you knew Science, mathematics, thought Severely weakened Like irrigation systems In the tired veins forming From the Tigris and Euphrates In the realm of peace All the world revolved All the world revolved Around a perfect circle City of Baghdad City of scholars Empirical humble Center of the world City in ashes City of Baghdad City of Baghdad Abrasive aloof Oh, in Mesopotamia Aloofness ran deep Deep in the veins of the great rivers That form the base Of Eden And the tree The tree of knowledge Held up its arms To the sky All the branches of knowledge All the branches of knowledge Cradling Cradling Civilization In the realm of peace All the world revolved Around a perfect circle Oh Baghdad Center of the world City of ashes With its great mosques Erupting from the mouth of god Rising from the ashes like a speckled bird Splayed against the mosaic sky Oh, clouds around We created the zero But we mean nothing to you You would believe That we are just some mystical tale We are just a swollen belly That gave birth to Sinbad, Scheherazade We gave birth Oh, oh, to the zero The perfect number We invented the zero And we mean nothing to you Our children run through the streets And you sent your flames Your shooting stars Shock and awe Shock and awe Like some, some Imagined warrior production Twenty-first century No chivalry involved No Bushido Oh, the code of the West Long gone Never been Where does it lie? You came, you came Throu Related Lyrics Random lyrics: So You Wanna Be, So You Want to Be, So You Want To Be (A RocknRoll Star), Somalia, Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough, Space Monkey, Spell, Strange Messengers, Stride Of The Mind, Summer Cannibals, The Jackson Song, The Wicked Messenger, Till Victory, Trampin, Trampin, Trespassers, Trespasses, Up There Down There, Upright Come, Waiting Underground, Wave, We Three, We Three Kings, When Doves Cry, Where Duty Calls, Whirl Away, wild leaves, Wing, Because The Night, Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough, Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough, Mixed-up, Shook-up Girl, Dont Just Stand There, A Place to Stand, Alex Chilton, Boston, Boxes, Buck Naked Heart, Cain, Calling Me Home, Ceux Qui Nont Rien, Connie and Val, Crazy, Daddy, Driving, Entrer Dans La Lumire, Even Here We Are, Falling Down, Fatigue Dattendre, Half a Person, Other Patti Smith song Lyrics 1959 Lyrics 25th Floor Lyrics 25th Floor ( High On Rebellion) Lyrics 25th Floor (& High On Rebellion) Lyrics 25th Floor / High On Rebellion Lyrics About A Boy Lyrics Aint It Strange Lyrics Aint It Strange Lyrics As the Night Goes By Lyrics Ask The Angels Lyrics Babelogue Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Patti Smith Group Lyrics Patti Smyth & Don Henley Lyrics Patti Symth Lyrics Patty Lyrics Patty Duke Lyrics Griffin Patty Lyrics Patty Griffin Lyrics Patty Loveless Lyrics Patty Loveless F/ Jon Randall Lyrics Patty Loveless F/ Rebecca Lynn Howard Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy