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Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg) Lyrics
today i
said goodbye
to my conflicted goddess
her lush eyes
show surprise
at how we could gather knowledge
the painting has a dream
where shadow breaks the scene
and the colors run off
blue is bashful
green is my goal
yellow girls are running backwards
until the nextime
with six hits of sunshine
the lights will blind us with blues in haiku
the shadow has a dream
where painters look to sea
the colors burn out
now i know where
i once saw you
stepping into muddy water
john’s reflection
decried perfection
now you walk him through the gardren
waiting in the wings
painters shade their dreams
with falling colors
see me wave good
bye forever
happiness the goddess lover
hurry back re
member last time
the hits of sunshine
the hits of goldmine
i’ll see you back tonight
where painters love the light
and yellow shadow girls
today i
say goodbye
to my complicious goddess
her hushed eyes
show surprise
and how we captured knowledge
i’ll see you back tonight
where shadows dream of light
let’s slip on outside
said goodbye
to my conflicted goddess
her lush eyes
show surprise
at how we could gather knowledge
the painting has a dream
where shadow breaks the scene
and the colors run off
blue is bashful
green is my goal
yellow girls are running backwards
until the nextime
with six hits of sunshine
the lights will blind us with blues in haiku
the shadow has a dream
where painters look to sea
the colors burn out
now i know where
i once saw you
stepping into muddy water
john’s reflection
decried perfection
now you walk him through the gardren
waiting in the wings
painters shade their dreams
with falling colors
see me wave good
bye forever
happiness the goddess lover
hurry back re
member last time
the hits of sunshine
the hits of goldmine
i’ll see you back tonight
where painters love the light
and yellow shadow girls
today i
say goodbye
to my complicious goddess
her hushed eyes
show surprise
and how we captured knowledge
i’ll see you back tonight
where shadows dream of light
let’s slip on outside
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shut On Dec 23, 2001
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I think the lyrics themselves are a tribute to Ginsberg. The flowing stream-of-consciousness style is 100% his.
Members of the band were at Allen Ginsburg's deathbed when he died. I don't know for fact, but I think it was Lee, Steve, Thurston, and Jim O. This is a beautiful tribute to the beat poet that inspired Lee as much as any other single person.
Members of the band were at Allen Ginsburg's deathbed when he died. I don't know for fact, but I think it was Lee, Steve, Thurston, and Jim O. This is a beautiful tribute to the beat poet that inspired Lee as much as any other single person.
obviously refering to hits of acid and acid trips, but i think it goes deeper...maybe just a tribute to artists and poets. How can nobody have commented on this song yet?
This song never fails to amaze me. It's has the ethereal quality that pervades much of SY's down tempo work.
this is one of my favorite sonic youth songs, so incredibly beautiful. i had a dream the other night that was centered around this song. it was a trip.
Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, a great poet dead one year before the release of A Thousand Leaves, such a beautiful song and one of the longest of SY
Yo digo que es sobre ir más allá de lo común y lo cotidiano. Sobretodo, salir de la fantasía de la felicidad y mirar a esta en términos reales, sin idealizarla o obsesionarse con ella.
Google translator: I say it's about going beyond the ordinary and the common sense. Above all, get out of the fantasy of happiness and look at it in real terms, without idealizing it or becoming obsessed with it.
Google translator: I say it's about going beyond the ordinary and the common sense. Above all, get out of the fantasy of happiness and look at it in real terms, without idealizing it or becoming obsessed with it.
Google translator: I say it's about going beyond the ordinary and the common sense. Above all, get out of the fantasy of happiness and look at it in real terms, without idealizing it or becoming obsessed with it.