Here we go everyone, the final days! By the time most of you read this it will be just 24 hours before Election Day. This song depicts what we Obama supporters are all about. Let's close strong and make true these lyrics from one of my favorite songs of all time. Give your all for two more days. Keep talking, keep calling, keep knocking, keep donating, keep believing. Who knew she would be so ahead of her time singing about redeeming the world from the work of fools?
"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
Its decreed the people rule
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
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 power to dream / to rule
To wrestle the world from fools
Its decreed the people rule
Its 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 earths revolution
We have the power
People have the power ..."
-Patti Smith - 1988
He is link to a YouTube video of this inspiring song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXdJqWc1U4
