La Mer(de) [Live] Patti Smith

The boy was in the hallway drinking a glass of tea
From the other end of the hallway a rhythm was generating
He looked and he saw
A fountain of water
It was just the water fountain
First, it was just the water fountain
But then it kept spurting and erupting in sheets
And then, sort of a static sheen
Out of a glassy eye, static sheen
He looked again
And he saw love
He saw love
Out of a pinhole
And he went up to it
And stuck his finger in it
And when he stuck his finger in it
On the other side was something so sweet and pleasurable
He moved his finger around
And suddenly he felt
His finger disintegrating
He felt the tip of his finger disintegrating
It scared the shit out of him
So he removed his hand
And stood there
And he saw this guy standing there
Saying "Hey, hey kid
Come here
Come here"
And he felt all the aggression of his age
He felt all the senseless bloated aggression of his age
He felt
He felt all the material
The bloated material senselessness of his age
He saw, he saw sides of beef
Studded in the sun swinging carcasses of beef
He just stood there
He stood there in the rain
He stood there and the boy beckoned him
He beckoned him and he said "Come on, come on"
And Johnny, he just…
He just looked at him and said
"Alright motherfucker
Come on, come on
You want me?
Come on, come and get me man
Cause I'm waitin'
I'm ready for you
I'm ready!
I'm ready, and you can bring it on down
Bring it on down
Bring it on, come on
Bring me everything you got
Bring me everything you got
I'm waiting here
I'm waiting here!
You standing at the water cooler
You think you're so fucking...
You think... you think...
You want me?
You want to mess with me?
I don't care anymore!
Come on and get me
Come on and get me motherfucker
'Cause I'm ready, I'm ready!

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