SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Patti Smith lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Patti Smith Lyrics for Song: Boy Cried Wolf Lyrics for Album: Original Album Classics [2010] Oh the story's told been told retold From the sacred scriptures to the tabloids All the fuss and fight none above a whisper The soul of gold the belly of a boy Well they drew him from the forest Like they draw blood Tied him to a tree like St. Sebastian And he turned his head and let the arrows fly Through the trees, the trees The ornamental leaves Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf In the ancient mold they're dancing down Calling to the moon but it don't answer And they fell on their knees and passed the bowl around And the blood the blood the sacramental blood Boy cried wolf Wolf don't come Wolf within Boy cried wolf I am the body I am the stream I am the wake of everything They bring me flowers that are myself Garlands of blood that are myself Slain the lamb that is himself Torn reborn the cries of our dismay Are nothing to the wind but whose to mind Kings are lifted up and kings are thrown Lost received retrieved The human tide Innocence had its day Innocence had its day Innocence innocence Album Lyrics: Original Album Classics [2010] Patti Smith "Original Album Classics [2010]" 1. Gone Again 2. Don't Say Nothing 3. About A Boy 4. My Madrigal 5. Dead To The World 6. Wing 7. Ravens 8. Fireflies 9. Farewell Reel 10. One Voice 11. Lo And Beholden 12. Boy Cried Wolf 13. Persuasion 14. Gone Pie 15. China Bird 16. Strange Messengers 17. Grateful 18. Upright Come 19. New Party 20. Libbie's Song 21. Gung Ho 22. Dead City 23. Spell 24. Waiting Underground 25. Whirl Away 26. Blue Poles 27. Death Singing 28. Memento Mori 29. Last Call