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People Have The Power

by Siobhán O'Brien

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People Have The Power is a song written by Patti Smith and Fred sonic Smith. I've always loved it and took the opportunity to record it when i had the band together to record Mumbo Jumbo Bla Bla Bla. Released Oc 23rd 2020.

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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
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people have the power
to redeem the work of fools
upon the meek the graces shower
it's decreed the people rule

The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

Vengeful aspects became suspect
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste in the dust
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you

The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power

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released October 23, 2020
Written by Patti Smith & Fred Sonic Smith

Siobhán O'Brien - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Jon Carroll - Keyboards, Piano, Bass
Don Zientara - Jangly Guitars
Fred Hof - Electric Guitar

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Siobhán O'Brien Alexandria, Virginia

Limerick Native Siobhán O'Brien relocated to the DC metro area in May 2017. career highlights include being invited on stage by Bob Dylan (after an impromptu street audition earlier that day), American Songwriter magazine – “Siobhan O’Brien Delivers a Superb Set of Songs on Latest Album”
Americana Highways – "You Can’t Run Out Of Love is melody magic and lyrical magic” ... more

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