Quotation
***Patti Smith sang in present day "My Blakean Year" ***
Boots that tramped from track to track
Worn down to the sole
One road was paved in gold
One road was just a road
Mercy has a human heart.
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Patti on her guitar:
These old guitars seem to have a song ready-made for you. They always have old songs... loan... I can go on for hours with one chord. It's just one chord hammering. "Glory of a good man
Come on and they carry him home..."
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It's what they gave runners who didn't win a marathon but finished the race.
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I played with the flame of life.
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She was your girlfriend?
-Mm-hmm.
What happened?
-I went out with her, and I never called her again.
Did you love her?
-I didn't realize it at the time.
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His hands were in everything. The money, the fame. I Thought he could help me.-... if I paid my dues.