[00:02.57]1959 [00:05.57]Patti Smith [00:08.57] [00:18.57]Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell. [00:25.67]One of fallen glory. One of vanity. [00:32.89]The world's roof was raging, [00:36.51]but we were looking fine; [00:39.96]'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings, [00:43.70]in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. [00:46.42] [00:54.60]Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above. [01:01.84]Desolation angels [01:05.40]Served it up with Love. [01:09.01]Igniting strife like every form of light, [01:12.68]then moved by bold design, [01:16.21]slid in that thing and it grew wings, [01:19.80]in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. [01:22.52] [01:27.48]It was Blood, shining in the Sun; [01:31.02]First: Freedom! [01:34.43]Speeding the american claim: [01:42.79]Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom! [01:46.03] [02:21.47]China was the tempest; [02:24.92]And Madness overflowed. [02:28.45]The Lama was a young man, [02:32.07]and he watched his world in flames. [02:35.47]Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds; [02:39.29]It was a crying shame. [02:42.83]Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star. [02:50.30]Wisdom and compassion Crushed, [02:53.79]in the land of Shangri-La. [02:56.85]But in the land of the Impala, honey, well, [03:00.93]we were lookin' Fine, [03:04.22]'cause we built that thing and it grew wings; [03:07.98]In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. [03:11.47]'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings; [03:15.16]In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. [03:17.74] [03:18.36]It was the best of times, [03:20.32]it's was the worst of times; [03:22.33]In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959. [03:47.15]It was the best of times; [03:48.93]It was the worst of times. [03:51.11]In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. [03:53.85]