BLONDE ON BLONDE

EDIE SEDGWICK (1943-1971)

I don't know how she did it. Fire

She was shaking all over. It took

her hours to put her make-up on.

But she did it. Even the false eye-lashes.

She ordered gin with triple

limes. Then a limosine. Everyone

knew she was the real heroine of

Blonde on Blonde.

oh it isn't fair

oh it isn't fair

how her ermine hair

turned men around

she was white on white

so blonde on blonde

and her long long legs

how I used to beg

to dance with her

but I never had

a chance with her

oh it isn't fair

how her ermine hair

used to swing so nice

used to cut the air

how all the men

used to dance with her

I never got a chance with her

though I really asked her

down deep

where you do

really dream

in the mind

reading love

I'd get

inside

her move

and we'd

turn around

and she'd

turn around

and turn the head

of everyone in town

her shaking shaking

glittering bones

second blonde child

after brian jones

oh it isn't fair

how I dreamed of her

and she slept

and she slept

forever

and I'll never dance

with her no never

she broke down

like a baby

like a baby girl

like a lady

with ermine hair

oh it isn't fair

and I'd like to see

her rise again

her white white bones

with baby brian jones

baby brian jones

like blushing

baby dolls

Patti Smith
Seventh Heaven (1972)