1959

About 1959

"1959" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan, and released as a promo single from Patti Smith 1997 album Peace and Noise. In 1998 the song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

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1997

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Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. 
One of fallen glory. One of vanity. 
The world's roof was raging, but we were looking fine; 
'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, 
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. 
Desolation angels 
Served it up with Love. 
Ignitin'[g strife] like every form of light, 
Then moved by bold design, 
Slid in that thing and it grew wings, 
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

It was blood, shining in the Sun; 
First: Freedom! 
Speeding the American claim: 
Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom!  

China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed. 
[The] Lama was a young man, 
And [he] watched his world in flames. 
Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; 
It was a cryin'[g] shame. 
Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. 
Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri-La. 
But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, 
We were lookin' fine, 
'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; 
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 
'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; 
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. 

It was the best of times, it's [was] the worst of times; 
In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. 
It was the best of times; It was the worst of times. 
[In] Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.

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Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. more »

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