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Artist/Band: Patti Smith
Lyrics for Song: Where Duty Calls
Lyrics for Album: Masters [1996]



In a room in Lebanon

they silently slept

They were dreaming crazy dreams

in foreign alphabet

Lucky young boys

cross on the main

The driver was approaching

the American zone

The waving of hands

The tiniest train

They never dreamed

they'd never wake again



Voice of the Swarm

We follow we fall

Some kneel for priests

Some wail at walls

Flag on a match head

God or the law

And they'll all go together

Where duty calls



United children

Child of Iran

Parallel prayers

Baseball Koran

I'll protect Mama

I'll lie awake

I'll die for Allah

In a holy war

I'll be a ranger

I'll guard the streams

I'll be a soldier

A sleeping Marine



Voice of the Swarm

We follow we fall

Some kneel for priests

Some wail at walls

Flag on a match head

God or the law

And they'll all go together

Where duty calls



In the heart of the ancient

Ali smiles

In the soul of the desert

the sun blooms

Awake

into the glare of all out little wars

Who pray to return to salute

the coming and dying of the moon

Oh sleeping sun



Assassin in prayer

laid a compass deep

Exploding dawn

and himself as well

Their eyes for his eyes

Their breath for his breath

All to his end



And a room in Lebanon

Dust of scenes

Erase and blend

May the blanket of Kings

Cover them and him



Forgive them Father

They know not what they do

From the vast portals

of their consciousness

they're calling to you


Album Lyrics: Masters [1996]


Patti Smith
"Masters [1996]"


1. Going Under
2. Where Duty Calls
3. Looking For You (I Was)
4. The Jackson Song
5. Space Monkey
6. Privilege (Set Me Free)
7. We Three
8. High On Rebellion
9. Ask The Angels
10. Poppies
11. Pumping (My Heart)
12. Hymn
13. Revenge
14. Citizen Ship
15. Broken Flag