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 damn much for me
just got too damn 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
[00:06.06]patti smith [00:06.68]summer cannibals [00:07.62] [00:14.48]I was down in Georgia [00:16.85] [00:17.54]nothing was as real [00:19.60] [00:20.97]as the street beneath my feet [00:23.59] [00:24.15]descending into air [00:25.96] [00:34.07]The cauldron was a-bubbling [00:36.20] [00:37.07]the flesh was lean [00:39.13] [00:40.19]and the women moved forward [00:43.38]like piranhas in a stream [00:45.75] [00:46.81]they spread themselves before me [00:49.25] [00:50.00]an offering so sweet [00:52.18] [00:53.05]and they beckoned and they beckoned [00:55.68] [00:56.67]come on darling eat [00:59.23] [01:00.11]Eat the summer cannibals [01:02.35] [01:03.43]eat eat eat [01:05.30] [01:06.18]you eat the summer cannibals [01:09.11] [01:09.98]eat eat eat [01:11.92] [01:19.47]They circled around me [01:22.09] [01:23.03]natives in a ring [01:25.15] [01:25.83]and I saw their souls a-withering [01:29.08]like snakes in chains [01:31.58] [01:32.32]and they wrapped themselves around me [01:34.94] [01:35.63]ummm what a treat [01:38.00] [01:38.93]and they rattled their tales hissin' [01:42.63]come on let's eat [01:44.88] [01:45.81]Eat the summer cannibals [01:48.12] [01:48.81]eat eat eat [01:50.93] [01:51.93]you eat the summer cannibals [01:54.61] [01:55.55]eat eat eat [01:57.55] [02:24.77]I felt a rising in my throat [02:27.70] [02:28.57]the girls a-saying grace [02:30.01] [02:31.44]and the air the viscous air [02:33.63] [02:34.69]pressed against my face [02:36.62] [02:37.81]and it all got too damn much for me [02:40.68] [02:41.43]just got too damn rough [02:43.11] [02:44.17]and I pushed away my plate [02:46.30] [02:47.42]and said boys I've had enough [02:49.48] [02:50.60]and I laid upon the table [02:53.41] [02:54.16]another piece of meat [02:56.15] [02:57.03]and I opened up my veins to them [03:00.52]and said come on eat [03:04.33]Eat the summer cannibals [03:06.45] [03:07.20]eat eat eat [03:09.20] [03:10.19]you eat the summer cannibals [03:13.25] [03:13.94]eat eat eat [03:15.62] [03:16.31]you eat the summer cannibals [03:19.31] [03:20.18]eat eat eat [03:22.30] [03:23.30]you eat the summer cannibals [03:25.98] [03:26.86]eat eat eat [03:29.10] [03:29.98]Cause I was down in Georgia [03:33.41] [03:33.91]nothing was as real [03:35.03] [03:36.94]as the street beneath my feet [03:39.37] [03:41.46]descending into hell [03:42.83]So eat eat eat [03:45.26] [03:46.20]you eat eat eat [03:48.45] [03:49.07]you eat eat eat [03:51.69] [03:53.19]eat eat eat
