Lyrics Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Trespasses

Life is designed with unfinished lines

That another sings

Each story unfolds like it was gold

Upon a ragged wing

Bold and the fair suffer their share

He whispered to his kin

All of my debts left with regrets

I'm sorry for everything

Trespass stretch like broken fences

Winding as they may

Trespasses stretch like broken fences

Hope to mend them one day

And she pinned back her hair

Shouldered with care the burdens that were his

Mending the coat that hung on the post

In heart remembering

Trespass stretch like broken fences

Winding as they may

Trespasses stretch like broken fences

Hope to mend them one day

And her time was to come, called to her son

This your song to sing

All of our debts wove with regrets

Upon a golden string

And he found the old coat hung on a post

Like a ragged wing

And took as his own the sewn and unsown

Joyfully whistling