Gandhi - Patti Smith

I had a dream Mr. King If you’ll beg my pardon

I was trespassing A sacred garden

And the blossoms fell And they dropped like candy

And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi

And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi

When he was a boy He was afraid of the dark

His mother would fast And pray at his feet

And the lamp burned as he slept Slept as he dreamed

He was dreaming of his sisters Dressed in white muslin

Dressed in white muslin Dancing in a ring

He was afraid of the dark And the lamp burned

And his mother fasted And prayed as he slept

Dreaming of blossoms They were burning his throat

He had eaten flowers Fell burning

Flowers fell burning From the young girls' hair

He was whispering Into his god’s ear

Let the children be so Let the children be so And the lamplight flickered flickered And his mother withered like Job

And he lay there dreaming And the blossoms fell

And Tilak’s trumpet Proceeded to call

And the blossoms fell And they dropped like candy

And the people cried Gandhi Gandhi…

I had a dream Mr. King If you’ll beg my pardon

I was trespassing The sacred garden

And the blossoms fell Well, they dropped like candy

And nature cried Gandhi Gandhi

Hey little man Awake from your slumber

Get 'em with the numbers Get 'em with the numbers

He was frail and shy And the cast of his mind

Was mercurial Was mercurial

As the sacred verbs Scrawled

In the dust On the floor

On the floor Long live revolution

And the spinning wheel And a handful of salt

And a handful of salt The untouchables

Dropped like candy They called to him

Gandhi Gandhi The children of god

With hands full of candy They called to him

Gandhi Gandhi Feel our woes-acap