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Patti Smith – The Boy in the Bubble (2007) | Track profile | Dork

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Twelve
The Boy in the Bubble

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The Boy in the Bubble

Release date: 12th April 2007

From Twelve

Track 8

4:31

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"The Boy in the Bubble" is a track by Patti Smith, from the album Twelve, released 12th April 2007. The track is 4:31 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Patti Smith.

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Lyrics

The Boy in the Bubble

It was a slow day and the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light, a shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
Dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
Don't cry baby don't cry, don't cry
It was a dry wind and it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers and the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
Dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
Don't cry baby don't cry, don't cry
It's a turn-around jump shot, it's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop chart
Medicine is magical and magical is art
Think of the Boy in the Bubble and the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe there're lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
Dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
Don't cry baby don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry

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Track details

From Twelve

4:312007

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Album

13th April 2007

Track number

8

Release year

2007

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Forere Motloheloa, Paul Simon
Writer: Forere Motloheloa, Paul Simon
Producer: Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan
Drums: Jay Dee Daugherty
Guitar: Lenny Kaye
Bass Guitar: Tony Shanahan
Dulcimer: Rich Robinson
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Mixing Engineer: Emery Dobyns
Percussion: Jay Dee Daugherty