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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Patti Smith
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Patti Smith
Composer
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Hanlon
Producer
Lyrics
I was dreaming in my dreaming
Of an aspect, bright and fair
And my sleeping, it was broken
But my dream, it lingered near
In the form of shining valleys
Oh, where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
And I awakened into the cry
That the people have the power
To redeem the world from fools
Upon the meek, the graces shower
Well, it's decreed, the people rule
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
Vengeful aspects became suspect
And bending low as if to hear
Well, and the armies they ceased advancing
Because the people, oh, held their ear
Oh, and the shepherds, and the soldiers
Well, they laid beneath the stars
Exchanging visions and laying arms
Oh, to waste in the dust
In the form of shining valleys
Oh, where the pure air recognized
And my senses are newly opened
'Cause I awakened into the cry
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
Well, there were deserts, I saw fountains
And like cream, the world has rised
And we strolled all of it together
When none done laugh, nor criticized
Well then, the leopard, and the lamb
They laid together, retreat abound
Well, I was hoping in my hoping
To recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
Oh, God knows a pure view
And I surrender into my sleeping
Well, I commit my dream to you
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
The power to dream, to rule
And to wrestle the world from fools
Well, it's decreed, the people rule
Well, it's decreed, the people rule
Listen, I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
Oh, we can turn the world around
We can turn the Earth's revolution
(People have the power) we have the power
People have the power
The people have the power
People have the power
Power
Power
People have the power
Power
The power to dream
Good night, God bless you, thank you
Writer(s): Patricia Lee Smith, Fred Smith
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