[00:00.00] 作曲 : Lenny Kaye/Ivan Král/Patti Smith/Richard Sohl [00:25.640]His father died and left him a little farm in New England [00:31.700]All the long black funeral cars left the scene [00:34.330]And the boy was just standing there alone [00:37.140]Looking at the shiny red tractor [00:40.080]Him and his daddy used to sit inside [00:43.140]And circle the blue fields and grease the night [00:48.890]It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars [00:51.960]'Cause when he looked up slip they started to [00:55.700]Then he put his head in the crux of his arm [00:58.270]And he started to drift drift to the belly of a ship [01:04.390] [01:11.300]Let the ship slide open and he went inside of it [01:21.810]And saw his daddy 'hind the control board streamin' beads of light [01:33.120]He saw his daddy 'hind the control board [01:39.740]And he was very different tonight [01:42.560] [01:44.490]'Cause he was not human he was not human [02:08.170]And then the little boy's face lit up with such naked joy [02:12.050]That the sun burned around his lids [02:14.490]And his eyes were like two suns [02:18.120]White lids white opals seeing everything just a little bit too clearly [02:21.990]And he looked around and there was no black ship in sight [02:25.430]No black funeral cars nothing except for him the raven [02:29.740]And fell on his knees and looked up and cried out [02:34.930]“No daddy don't leave me here alone [02:44.370]Take me up daddy to the belly of your ship [02:55.120]Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it [03:05.240]Where you're not human you are not human ” [03:27.180]But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm [03:38.310]Nobody there 'cept for the birds around the New England farm [03:43.120]And they gathered in all directions like roses they scattered [03:46.630]And they were like compass grass coming together [03:49.940]Into the head of a shaman bouquet [03:52.750]Slit in his nose and all the others went shooting [03:57.880]And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake [04:02.130] [04:03.540]Grabbing at his cheeks taking out his neck [04:05.980]All his limbs everything was twisted and he said [04:09.790]“I won't give up won't give up don't let me give up [04:13.480]I won't give up come here let me go up fast [04:17.170]Take me up quick take me up up to the belly of a ship [04:28.180]And the ship slides open [04:33.180]And I go inside of it where I am not human ” [04:49.430]I am helium raven and this movie is mine [04:53.310]So he cried out as he stretched the sky [04:56.810]Pushing it all out like latex cartoon [04:59.620]Am I all alone in this generation [05:02.430]We'll just be dreaming of animation night and day [05:07.310]And won't let up won't let up and I see them coming in [05:12.000]Oh I couldn't hear them before but I hear 'em now [05:15.190]It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights [05:21.060]Moving in like black ships they were moving in streams of them [05:26.560]And he put up his hands and he said “It's me it's me [05:29.810]I'll give you my eyes take me up oh now please take me up [05:35.190]I'm helium raven waitin' for you please take me up [05:40.560]Don't let me here ” the son the sign the cross [05:45.070]Like the shape of a tortured woman [05:47.940]The true shape of a tortured woman [05:50.500]The mother standing in the doorway letting her sons [05:53.560]No longer presidents but prophets [05:57.000]They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophet [05:59.380]He's gonna run through the fields dreaming in animation [06:01.440]It's all gonna split his skull [06:03.940]It's gonna come out like a black bouquet shining [06:06.380]Like a fist that's gonna shoot them up [06:08.940]Like light like Mohammed Boxer [06:09.880]Take them up up up up up up [06:13.380]Oh let's go up up take me up I'll go up [06:16.820]I'm going up I'm going up [06:18.750]Take me up I'm going up I'll go up there [06:21.440]Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up [06:24.750]Up up to the belly of a ship [06:32.490]Let the ship slide open and we'll go inside of it [06:42.680]Where we are not human we're not human [07:10.310]Well there was sand there were tiles [07:16.000]The sun had melted the sand and it coagulated [07:20.620]Like a river of glass [07:24.250]When it hardened he looked at the surface [07:27.750]He saw his face [07:29.560]And where there were eyes were just two white opals [07:33.060]Two white opals [07:34.490]Where there were eyes there were just two white opals [07:37.250]And he looked up and the rays shot [07:39.880]And he saw raven comin' in [07:46.110] [07:48.850]And he crawled on his back and he went up [07:55.480]Up up up up up up [08:05.480]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:14.350]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:25.670] [08:27.250]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:37.440]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:48.320]Sha da do wop da shaman do way [08:57.820]We like birdland