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Patti Smith: After the Gold Rush

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    Performing
    "After the Gold Rush,"
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    please welcome Patti Smith
    and Tony Shanahan.
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    And I dreamed of our world,
    a spinning ball of confusion,
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    heart-wrenching injustice,
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    unconstitutional arrogance,
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    fires raging the Earth,
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    yet I still keep thinking
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    that something wonderful
    is about to happen.
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    Maybe tomorrow.
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    A tomorrow following a whole
    succession of tomorrows.
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    Well, I dreamed I saw
    the knights in armor coming
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    Saying something
    about a queen
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    There were peasants singing
    and drummers drumming
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    The archer split the tree
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    There was a fanfare
    blowing overhead
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    Floating in the breeze
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    Look at Mother Nature
    on the run
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    In the 1970s
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    Look at Mother Nature
    on the run
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    In the 1970s
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    I was lying
    in a burned-out basement
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    With the full moon
    in my eyes
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    I was searching
    for a replacement
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    When the sun burst
    through the sky
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    There was a band
    playing in my head
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    And I felt like getting high
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    I was thinking about
    what a friend had said
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    I was hoping
    it was a lie
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    Thinking about
    what a friend had said
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    I was hoping
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    Well, I dreamed
    I saw the silver spaceship
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    In the yellow haze
    of the sun
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    There were children crying
    and colors flying
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    All around the chosen ones
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    All in a dream,
    all in a dream
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    The loading had begun
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    They were flying
    Mother Nature's silver seed
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    To a new home in the sun
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    Flying Mother Nature's
    silver seed
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    To a new home
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    Look at Mother Nature
    on the run
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    In the 21st century
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    Look at Mother Nature
    on the run
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    In the 21st century
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    Oh!
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    Good! Beautiful!
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    Crusher!
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    Oh, fantastic!
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    Oh, my gosh!
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    Patti Smith!
    Tony Shanahan!
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    Her new book
    "Year of the Monkey" is out now.
Title:
Patti Smith: After the Gold Rush
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Music guest Patti Smith performs a cover of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" for the Tonight Show audience.

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
04:52

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