Amerigo
We were going to see the world
In this land
We placed Baptismal fonts
And an infinite number were baptized
And they called us "Carabi"
Which means "Men of great wisdom"
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Where are you going?
Send me a letter, if you go at all
Ah, the salvation of souls
But wisdom we had not
For these people had neither king nor lord
And bowed to no one
And they have lived in their own liberty
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Going in circles
Going in circles anywhere
I saw the new
The inconstant shifting of fortune
And now I write to you
Words that have not been written
Words from the New World
(Tracing the circles) tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
(Lying on a ship) lying on a ship
And gazing at the western skies
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
Hey!
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Where are you going?
Send me a letter, if you go at all
It's such a delight
To watch them dance
Free of sacrifice and romance
Free of all the things that we hold dear
Is that clear, Your Excellency?
And I guess it's time to go, but
I gotta send you just a few more lines
From the New World
(Tracing the circles) tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
(Lying on a ship) lying on a ship
And gazing at the western skies
(Tracing lazy) tracing lazy circles in the sky
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
Tracing lazy circles
And the sky opened
And we laid down our armor
And we danced naked as they
Baptized in the rain
Of the New World
In this land
We placed Baptismal fonts
And an infinite number were baptized
And they called us "Carabi"
Which means "Men of great wisdom"
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Where are you going?
Send me a letter, if you go at all
Ah, the salvation of souls
But wisdom we had not
For these people had neither king nor lord
And bowed to no one
And they have lived in their own liberty
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Going in circles
Going in circles anywhere
I saw the new
The inconstant shifting of fortune
And now I write to you
Words that have not been written
Words from the New World
(Tracing the circles) tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
(Lying on a ship) lying on a ship
And gazing at the western skies
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
Hey!
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
Where are you going
And are you going anywhere?
Where are you going?
Send me a letter, if you go at all
It's such a delight
To watch them dance
Free of sacrifice and romance
Free of all the things that we hold dear
Is that clear, Your Excellency?
And I guess it's time to go, but
I gotta send you just a few more lines
From the New World
(Tracing the circles) tracing the circles
Moving across my eyes
(Lying on a ship) lying on a ship
And gazing at the western skies
(Tracing lazy) tracing lazy circles in the sky
Tracing lazy circles in the sky
Tracing lazy circles
And the sky opened
And we laid down our armor
And we danced naked as they
Baptized in the rain
Of the New World
Credits
Writer(s): Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
© 2024 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.