Stride Of The Mind

Patti Smith


I took a walk out to the sun But I just, just couldn't take it 
I followed a dream It was circular 
But I just, just could not fake it 

Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right 
Pick up the sign the sign the sign For a stride of the mind the mind 

Simon of the desert blew into town On the scalding tail of a bright cold wind 
Slipped through the sand Footprints emerged 
Where no one was walking Simon had been 

Dropped from heaven To a ready made world 
Said I'm no Sufi But I'll give it a whirl 
We booked passage on the Book of the Dead 
Time to travel Simon said 

Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right 
Pick up the sign the sign the sign On the stride of the mind the mind the mind 

Come on move where dreams increase Where every man is a masterpiece 
If you want to be counted As another kind 
And you're true, pursue Stride of the mind the mind the mind... 

He bowed three times Removed his fez 
Pointed to heaven And Simon says 
The mind the mind the mind Pick up the sign the mind the mind 
It's a vertical climb the climb the climb Stride of the mind the mind the mind 
Pick up the sign the sign the sign It's a vertical climb the climb 
Take it in stride

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