Listen to Summer Cannibals (Live) song with lyrics from Patti Smith

Summer Cannibals (Live)

Patti Smith24 Apr 2019

Summer Cannibals (Live) Lyrics

I was down in Georgia

Nothing was as real

As the street beneath my feet

Descending into air

The cauldron was a-bubbling

The flesh was lean

And the women moved forward

Like piranhas in a stream

They spread themselves before me

An offering so sweet

And they beckoned and they beckoned

Come on darling eat

Eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

You eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

They circled around me

Natives in a ring

And I saw their souls a-withering

Like snakes in chains

And they wrapped themselves around me

Ummm what a treat

And they rattled their tales hissin'

Come on let's eat

Eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

You eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

I felt a rising in my throat

The girls a-saying grace

And the air the viscous air

Pressed against my face

And it all got too d**n much for me

Just got too d**n rough

And I pushed away my plate

And said boys I've had enough

And I laid upon the table

Another piece of meat

And I opened up my veins to them

And said come on eat

Eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

You eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

You eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

You eat the summer cannibals

Eat eat eat

Cause I was down in Georgia

Nothing was as real

As the street beneath my feet

Descending into hell

So eat eat eat

You eat eat eat

You eat eat eat

 

Eat eat eat

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