Frederick

Album: Wave (1979)
Charted: 63 90
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  • Hi hello, wake from thy sleep
    God has given you soul to keep
    All of the power that burns in the flame
    Ignites the light in a single name

    Frederick, name of care
    Fast asleep in a room somewhere
    Guardian angels lay a bed
    Shed their light on my sleepy head

    High on a threshold, yearning to sing
    Down with the the dancers having one last fling
    Here's to the moment when you said hello
    Come on my spirit, are you ready, let's go

    Hi hi, hey hey
    Maybe I will come back some day now
    But tonight on the wings of a dove
    Up above to the land of love

    Now I lay me down to sleep
    Pray the Lord my soul to keep
    Kiss to kiss, breath to breath
    My soul surrenders astonished to death

    Night of wonder for us to keep
    Set our sails, channel the deep
    After the rapture two hearts meet
    Mine entwined in a single beat

    Frederick, you're the one
    As we journey from sun to sun
    All the dreams I waited so long for
    Fly tonight so long, so long

    Bye bye, hey hey
    Maybe we will come back some day now
    But tonight on the wings of a dove
    Up above to the land of love

    Frederick, name of care
    High above in sky that's clear
    All the things I've been dreamin' of
    Are expressed in this name of love

    Bye bye, hey hey
    Maybe we will come back some day now
    But tonight on the wings of a dove
    Up above to the land of love Writer/s: Patti Smith
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