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AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I\u2019m Amy Goodman.<\/p>\n
We end today\u2019s show with \u201cPeople Have the Power.\u201d At Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration Monday at the historic Riverside Church, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe got on stage for a rare joint appearance, a performance of \u201cPeople Have the Power,\u201d along with Aaron Dessner, Alynda Segarra and Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Patti Smith’s bandmates, Tony Shanahan and Jesse Smith.<\/p>\n
PATTI SMITH, ET AL.: [performing \u201cPeople Have the Power\u201d]
I was dreaming in my dreaming
well, 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 rarefied
and my senses newly opened
’cause I awakened to the cry
that the people have the power
to redeem the work of fools
upon the meek the graces shower
it’s decreed the people rule<\/p>\n
People have the power \u2014\u00a0believe it
People have the power \u2014\u00a0make it so
People have the power
People have the power<\/p>\n
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
well, lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste in the dust
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air rarefied
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry \u2014\u00a0come on<\/p>\n
People have the power \u2014\u00a0believe it
People have the power \u2014\u00a0make it so
People have the power
People have the power<\/p>\n
Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
and like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
well, and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
well, 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 into my sleeping
I commit my dream to you \u2014\u00a0come on<\/p>\n
People have the power \u2014 to dream
People have the power \u2014\u00a0to vote
People have the power \u2014\u00a0to march
People have the power \u2014\u00a0to love<\/p>\n
The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it\u2019s decreed the people rule
well, it\u2019s decreed the people rule
Listen
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through a union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the Earth\u2019s revolution
we have the power<\/p>\n
People have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget it: Use your voice! Democracy now!<\/p>\n