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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Composer
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Shanahan
Tony Shanahan
Producer
James Frazee
James Frazee
Mixing Engineer
Alan Douches
Alan Douches
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
Melt in a pot of thieves
Wild card up my sleeve
Thick heart of stone
My sins, my own
They belong to me, me
[Verse 2]
People say, beware
But I don't care
The words are just
Rules and regulations to me, me
[Verse 3]
I walk in a room
You know I look so proud
I'm moving in this here as for fear
Oh, well, uh, uh, anything's allowed
[Verse 4]
Then I go to this here party and I just get bored
Until I look out the window, sweet young thing
Humping on the parking meter
Leaning on the parking meter
[Verse 5]
Whoa, she looks so good
Whoa, she looks so fine
And I got this crazy feeling
That I'm gonna ah, ah, make her mine
[Verse 6]
Oh, I'll put my spell on her
Here she comes, walking down the street
Here she comes, coming through my door
Here she comes, crawling up my stair
Here she comes, in a pretty red dress
In a pretty red dress and
[Verse 7]
Oh, she looks so good, ooh
Oh, she looks so fine
And I gotta tell the world
That I'm gonna ah, ah, make her mine
[Verse 8]
Oh, I hear this knocking on my door
Knocking on my door
I look up into the big tower clock, and say
Oh, my God, it's midnight
[Verse 9]
And my baby is walking through the door
Laying on my ouch, she whispers to me, and I
Take the big plunge, and
[Verse 10]
Oh, she was so good, ooh
Whoa, she was so fine
And I gotta tell the world
That I'm gonna ah, ah, make her mine
[Verse 11]
I said, darling, tell me your name
She told me her name
She whispered to me
She told me her name
[Verse 12]
She told me her name
She told me her name
She told me her name
She told me her name
[Verse 13]
And her name is
And her name is
And her name is
And her name is
[Verse 14]
G-L-O-R
I, I, I, I, I, I, I
G-L-O-RI-A
[Verse 15]
Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
Oh, Gloria
[Verse 16]
It was in the stadium
All twenty thousand girls called their name out to me
Marie, Ruth, but to tell you the truth
I didn't hear them, I didn't see
[Verse 17]
I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
And I heard those bells chiming in my heart
Going, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong
Loving the time, then you came in my room
And you whispered to me and I took the big plunge, and
[Verse 18]
Oh, she was so good, ooh
Oh, she was so fine
I gotta tell the world that I'll
Make her mine, make her mine
Make her mine, make her mine
Make her mine, make her mine
[Verse 19]
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
[Verse 20]
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria
[Verse 21]
When the tower bells chime
Ding-dong, they chime
I say that, Jesus died for somebody's sins
But not mine
[Verse 22]
Gloria
Written by: Patti Smith, Van Morrison
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