See the stretching sun at dawning. Wipe the stardust from his eyes. Feel the morning breezes yawning. Telling me it's time to rise. Telling me it's time to rise. I was born to take the highw...
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1. (Born To) Take The Highway 2. (You're so Square) Baby I Don't Care You're so square--baby. You're so square . . . Oh, you don't like greasy diners. You don't like sleazy bands. You just want to go. To a movie show. And sit there holding hands. Y...3. A Bird That Whistles (Arrangement of the traditional work "Corrina, Corrina"). Words and music by Joni Mitchell. I took a house by the water. Took a man on a mountainside. Pretty house by the water. Lovely lover...4. A Case Of You Just before our love got lost you said. I am as constant as a northern star. And I said, constantly in the darkness. Where's that at?. If you want me I'll be in the bar. On the back of a car...5. A Chair In The Sky words by Joni Mitchell. music by Charles Mingus. The rain slammed hard as bars. It caught me--by surprise. Mutts of the planet. And shook me down for alibis. I'm waiting. For the keeper to releas...6. A Melody In Your Name Can you still remember how it all began?. With clipper ships and pink electric trees, Dawnlight on a skyline bridges' span, Street light on a rooftop memory. Then it was me and spring came, Playi...7. A Strange Boy A strange boy is weaving. A course of grace and havoc. On a yellow skateboard. Thru midday sidewalk traffic. Just when I think he's foolish and childish. And I want him to be manly. I catch my fo...8. All I Want I am on a lonely road. And I am traveling. Traveling, traveling, traveling. Looking for something, what can it be. Oh I hate you some, I hate you some. I love you some. Oh I love you when I forget abo...9. Amelia I was driving across the burning desert. When I spotted six jet planes. Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak. terrain. It was the hexagram of the heavens. it was the strings of my guitar. A...10. Answer Me My Love Answer me. Oh my love. Just what sin have I been guilty of. Tell me how I came to lose your love. Please answer me sweetheart. You were mine yesterday. I believed that love was here to stay. Won'...11. At Last At last, my love has come along. my lonely days are over, and life is like a song. At last,the skies above are blue. My heart was wrapped in clover. The night I looked at you. I found a dream that I c...12. Bad Dreams The cats are in the flower bed. A red hawk rides the sky. I guess I should be happy. Just to be alive. But we have poisoned everything. And oblivious to it all. The cell phone zombies babble. Through...13. Ballerina Valerie Down in the garden. Under a leaf, she was smoking her keef. And she was looking at stardom. Everything's bright as she draws on the pipe. And the bowl glows redder. And things look better. Mars i...14. Banquet Come to the dinner gong. The table is laden high. Fat bellies and hungry little ones. Tuck your napkins in. And take your share. Some get the gravy. And some get the gristle. Some get the marrow bone....15. Barangrill Three waitresses all wearing. Black diamond earrings. Talking about zombies. And Singapore slings. No trouble in their faces. Not one anxious voice. None of the crazy you get. From too much choice. Th...16. Be Cool If there's one rule to this game. Everybody's gonna name. It's, be cool!. If you're worried or uncertain. If your feelings are hurtin'. You're a fool if you can't ke...17. Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise. And put up a parking lot. With a pink hotel, a boutique. And a swinging hot spot. Don't it always seem to go. That you don't know what you've got. Till it's go...18. Black Crow There's a crow flying. Black and ragged. Tree to tree. He's black as the highway that's leading me. Now he's diving down. To pick up on something shiny. I feel like that black crow...19. Blonde In The Bleachers The blonde in the bleachers. She flips her hair for you. Above the loudspeakers. You start to fall. She follows you home. But you miss living alone. You can still hear sweet mysteries. Calling you. Th...20. Blue Blue, songs are like tattoos. You know I've been to sea before. Crown and anchor me. Or let me sail away. Hey Blue, here is a song for you. Ink on a pin. Underneath the skin. An empty space to fi...21. Blue Boy BLUE BOY. (Print the Lyrics). Lady called the blue boy, love, She took him home. Made himself an idol, yes, So he turned to stone. Like a pilgrim she travelled. Ta place her flowers. Before his granit...22. Blue Motel Room I've got a blue motel room. With a blue bedspread. I've got the blues inside and outside my head. Will you still love me. When I call you up when I'm down. Here in Savannah it's po...23. Blue On Blue Blue on blue. Sky's in your eyes. Steer you away like I wasn't here. Where do you go when you fantasize. That you wish I'd disappear. Leave you to dreaming and leave you alone. Lost in...24. Borderline Everybody looks so ill at ease. So distrustful so displeased. Running down the table. I see a borderline. Like a barbed wire fence. Strung tight, strung tense. Prickling with pretense. A borderline. W...25. Both Sides Now Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air. and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow oneveryone. So m...26. Brandy Eyes Eyes that send me. Chasing after feelings that I lost one day. Why befriend me, when the brandy tells me. What they want to say. Playing big protector is a grand disguise. Till you contradict yourself...27. Cactus Tree There's a man who's been out sailing. In a decade full of dreams. And he takes her to a schooner. And he treats her like a queen. Bearing beads from California. With their amber stones and g...28. California Sitting in a park in Paris, France. Reading the news and it sure looks bad. They won't give peace a chance. That was just a dream some of us had. Still a lot of lands to see. But I wouldn't...29. Car On A Hill I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show. I've been listening to the sirens and the radio. He said he'd be over three hours ago. I've been waiting for his car on the hill....30. Cara's Castle If you ever come to our town. On a carousel crusade. And you're tired of fighting windmills with a nail. Cross the fence and join the dragons. Who have never made the grade. Caraâ€&#x...31. Carey The wind is in from Africa. Last night I couldn't sleep. Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey. But it's really not my home. My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet....32. Carnival In Kenora Twinkle, twinkle what a pity. All alone on such a pretty night. With enchantment on your side. Popcorn, popcorn, cotton candy, Soft voice whispers, "This can all be right. If you'll come and...33. Chelsea Morning Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard. Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words. It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pipes...34. Cherokee Louise Cherokee Louise is hiding in this tunnel. In the Broadway bridge. We're crawling on our knees. We've got flashlights and batteries. We've got cold cuts from the fridge. Last year about...35. Chinese Cafe Caught in the middle. Carol we're middle class. We're middle aged. We were wild in the old days. Birth of rock 'n' roll days. Now your kids are coming up straight. And my child&apo...36. Circle Game Yesterday a child came out to wonder. Caught a dragonfly inside a jar. Fearful when the sky was full of thunder. And tearful at the falling of a star. Then the child moved ten times round the seasons....37. Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire Cold Blue Steel out of money. One eye for the beat police. Sweet Fire calling. "You can't deny me. Now you know what you need". Underneath the jungle gym. Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief....38. Come In From The Cold Back in 1957. We had to dance a foot apart. And they hawk-eyed us from the sidelines. Holding their rulers without a heart. And so with just a touch of our fingers. I could make our circuitry explode....39. Come To The Sunshine Now comes the morning. Wet with the kiss of midnight. Shadows stayed sulking in the way. Sunshine for dreaming. Blackest magic to believe in. Spectrums and rainbows and days. I never saw a sky so free...40. Comes Love Comes a rain storm. Put your rubbers on your feet. Comes a snow storm. You can get a little heat. Comes love. Nothing can be done. Comes a fire. Firemen come and rescue me. Blow a tire. You can patch...41. Conversation He comes for conversation. I comfort him sometimes. Comfort and consultation. He knows that's what he'll find. I bring him apples and cheeses. He brings me songs to play. He sees me when he...42. Cool Water Words and music by Bob Nolan. Revised lyrics by Joni Mitchell. All day I face the barren waste. Without a taste of water. Cool water. Old Dan and I. Our throats slate dry. Our spirits cry out for wate...43. Cotton Avenue A red sun came rolling down a grey sky. And the frogs and dogs and night birds then. Started up singing sweet country lullaby. You see that patch of city lights-. Somewhere in there's Cotton Aven...44. Court And Spark Love came to my door. With a sleeping roll. And a madman's soul. He thought for sure I'd seen him. Dancing up a river in the dark. Looking for a woman. To court and spark. He was playing on...45. Coyote No regrets Coyote. We just come from such different sets of circumstance. I'm up all night in the studios. And you're up early on your ranch. You'll be brushing out a brood mare's...46. Daisy Summer Piper Come and take me by the hand. There's so much to be seen. The fields are dancing daisy bright. Hills are dappled green. Winter wind has ceased her labor. Giving birth to blossom rain as sweet as...47. Dancin' Clown words and music by Joni Mitchell. No, you couldn't call Jesse a babe in the woods. He's just weak in self-defense. 'Cause he's so thin skinned. He can't take a joke at his exp...48. Day After Day Day after day. Miles and miles of railroad track. Night after night. Hummin' of the wheels. Their hummin' seems to say. He'll follow you someday. But someday seems a million miles away....49. Doctor Junk Dr. Junk the Dentist Man. Fills your teeth with what he can. Airplane wings and corset stays. And when he's done he'll let you pay. In paper clips or inner tubes. Or anything that's sl...50. Dog Eat Dog DOG EAT DOG. It's dog eat dog--I'm just waking up. The dove is in the dungeon. And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love. Dog Eat Dog. Holy hope in the hands of. Snakebite evang...51. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter I'm Don Juan's reckless daughter. I came out two days on your tail. Those two bald-headed days in November. Before the first snowflakes sail. Out on the vast and subtle plains of mystery. A...52. Don't Go To Strangers Build your dreams. To the stars above. But when you need someone true to love. Don't go to strangers. Lover come to me. Play with fire. Get your fingers burned. But when there's no place lef...53. Don't Interrupt the Sorrow Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. In flames our prophet witches. Be polite. A room full of glasses. He says "Your notches liberation doll". And he chains me with that serpent. To...54. Don't Worry 'bout Me Don't worry 'bout me. I'll get along. Forget about me. Just be happy my love. Let's say that our little show is over. And so the story ends. Why not call it a day the sensible way....55. Down To You Everything comes and goes. Marked by lovers and styles of clothes. Things that you held high. And told yourself were true. Lost or changing as the days come down to you. Down to you. Constant stranger...56. Dr. Junk, The Dentist Man Dr. Junk the Dentist Man. Fills your teeth with what he can. Airplane wings and corset stays. And when he's done he'll let you pay. In paper clips or inner tubes. Or anything that's sl...57. Dreamland It's a long, long way from Canada. A long way from snow chains. Donkey vendors slicing coconut. No parkas to their name. Black babies covered in baking flour. The cook's got a carnival song....58. Eastern Rain Rain comes from the east one night. We watch it come. To hang like beaded curtains. Till the morning sun. Water dripping from our clothes. You with raindrops on your nose. Ask me sadly "Please do...59. Edith And the Kingpin The big man arrives. Disco dancers greet him. Plainclothes cops greet him. Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening. Sophomore jive. From victims of typewriters. The band sounds like typewriters...60. Electricity The Minus is loveless. He talks to the land. And the leaves fall. And the pond over-ices. She don't know the system, Plus. She don't understand. She's got all the wrong fuses and splice...61. Ethiopia Hot winds and hunger cries--Ethiopia. Flies in your babies' eyes--Ethiopia. Walking sticks on burning plains. Betrayed by politics. Abandoned by the rains. On and on--the human need. On and on--t...62. Face Lift I went so numb on Christmas day. I couldn't feel my hands or feet. I shouldn't have come. She made me pay. For gleaming with Donald down her street. She put blame on him. And shame on me. Sh...63. Fiction I can't decide. I don't know. Which way to go?. The options multiply. The choices grow. Which way to go?. What should I buy?. What should I be?. Which way to go?. (Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chi...64. For Free I slept last night in a good hotel. I went shopping today for jewels. The wind rushed around in the dirty town. And the children let out from the schools. I was standing on a noisy corner. Waiting for...65. For The Roses I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause. Did you get a round resounding for you. Way up here. It seems like many dim years ago. Since I heard that face to face. Or seen you face to...66. Free Man In Paris "The way I see it," he said. "You just can't win it. Everybody's in it for their own gain. You can't please 'em all. There's always somebody calling you down. I...67. Furry Sings The Blues Old Beale Street is coming down. Sweeties' Snack Bar, boarded up now. And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone. Faded out with ragtime blues. Handy's cast in bronze. And he's...68. Gemini Twin Write me a royal-blue parchment poem. Draw me a royal-blue lady like me. Draw me a smile. That's a lot like my own. And make my eyes flowers. And make my mind see. I will weave melodies only for...69. Go Tell The Drummer Man Silver drums, rhythms that he hums. Waltzing dogs, that come when he calls. Plans for one he keeps in a coffer. What can I offer, I don't know. Can I bring him love words to sing him. Like some f...70. God Must Be A Boogie Man words and music by Joni Mitchell. He is three. One's in the middle unmoved. Waiting. To show what he sees. To the other two. To the one attacking--so afraid. And the one that keeps trying to love...71. Good Friends I have to come and see you--. Maybe once or twice a year--. I think nothing would suit me better. (Right now). Than some downtown atmosphere . In the dance halls and the galleries. Or betting in the O...72. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat When Charlie speaks of Lester. You know someone great has gone. The sweetest swinging music man. Had a Porkie Pig hat on. A bright star. In a dark age. When the bandstands had a thousand ways. Of refu...73. Hana Hana steps out of a storm. Into a stranger's warm, but. Hard-up kitchen. She sees what must be done. So she takes off her coat. Rolls up her sleeves. And starts pitchin' in. Hana has a speci...74. Harlem In Havana At the far end of the midway. by the double ferris wheel. There's a band that plays so snakey. You can't help how you feel. Emmie Mae ran away. With a man as dark as night. You can see him,...75. Harry's House/Centerpiece Heatwaves on the runway. As the wheels set down. He takes his baggage off the carousel. He takes a taxi into town. Yellow schools of taxi fishes. Jonah in a ticking whale. Caught up at the light in th...76. Hejira I'm traveling in some vehicle. I'm sitting in some cafe. A defector from the petty wars. That shell shock love away. There's comfort in melancholy. When there's no need to explain....77. Help Me Help me. I think I'm falling. In love again. When I get that crazy feeling, I know. I'm in trouble again. I'm in trouble. 'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler. And a sweet-ta...78. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Love is not a game with me. Played with inconsistency. Though my love turned out to be. Here today and gone tomorrow. Love is like a candlelight. Sometimes flickering sometimes bright. Sometimes burni...79. How Do You Stop? (Feat. Seal) Hard bodies. Soft emotions. So fast. So smart. The world is at your feet. But what about your heart?. Fame and fortune can't hold you tight. In the late late hours of the night. How do you stop....80. Hunter I was alone and sickly. It was a quarter of a moonlit night. I heard him cry through my window shade. And it filled me so full of fright. But I could not turn my back on him. I put on the back porch l...81. I Don't Know Where I Stand Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there. Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair. Picked up a pencil and wrote "I love you" in my finest hand. Wanted to send it,...82. I Had A King I had a king in a tenement castle. Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown. He's taken the curtains down. He's swept with the broom of contempt. And the rooms have an empty...83. I Think I Understand Daylight falls upon the path, the forest falls behind. Today I am not prey to dark uncertainty. The shadow trembles in its wrath, I've robbed its blackness blind. And tasted sunlight as my fear c...84. I Wish I Were In Love Again The sleepless nights. The daily fights. The quick toboggan when you reach the heights. I miss the kisses and I miss the bites. I wish I were in love again. The broken dates. The endless waits. The lov...85. I Won't Cry Where to begin to end uncertainty. Do I leave silently or boldly say farewell. How can I think of times that used to be. And find the smile I need to wish you well. But I won't cry for dusty memo...86. If If you can keep your head. While all about you. People are losing theirs and blaming you. If you can trust yourself. When everybody doubts you. And make allowance for their doubting too. If you can wa...87. If I Had A Heart Holy war. Genocide. Suicide. Hate and cruelty. How can this be holy?. If I had a heart I'd cry. These ancient tales. The good go to heaven. And the wicked ones burn in hell. Ring the funeral bell...88. Impossible Dreamer The street was loud. From an angry crowd and. I thought of you, I thought of you. Dreamer. Land of the free. No hungry bellies. Impossible. Impossible dreamer. In the darkest part of the night. Blue s...89. In France They Kiss on Main Street Downtown. My darling dimestore thief. In the War of Independence. Rock 'n Roll rang sweet as victory. Under neon signs. A girl was in bloom. And a woman was fading. In a suburban room. I said, &q...90. Jeremy Jeremy sits in the sun and he stares at the stripes. On the floor from the bars on the door, Thinking of rabbits he kept as a child. In a chicken wire cage; he remembers the rage. Of his father the ni...91. Jericho I'll try to keep myself open up to you. That's a promise that I made to love. When it was new. "Just like Jericho" I said. "Let these wall come tumbling down". I said it...92. Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (ludwig's Tune) No tongue in the bell. And the fishwives yell. But they might as well be mute. So you get to keep the pictures. That don't seem like much. Cold white keys under your fingers. Now you're thin...93. Just Like Me He's so independent. He acts like he couldn't care less for us all. He's someone's descendent. Their child. But he'll never acknowledge their call. He's afraid to be love...94. Just Like This Train I'm always running behind the time. Just like this train. Shaking into town. With the brakes complaining. I used to count lovers like railroad cars. I counted them on my side. Lately I don't...95. Ladies Of The Canyon Trina wears her wampum beads. She fills her drawing book with line. Sewing lace on widows' weeds. And filigree on leaf and vine. Vine and leaf are filigree. And her coat's a secondhand one....96. Ladies' Man Well, I've heard of heartbreakers. But you take the cake. Ladies' man. You could charm the diamonds. Off a rattlesnake. Ladies' man. Ladies bring it on over. When you give 'em the...97. Lakota words by Joni Mitchell. music by Larry Klein and Joni Mitchell. I am Lakota!. Lakota!. Looking at money man--. Diggin' the deadly quotas--. Out of balance--. Out of hand. We want the land!. Lay d...98. Last Chance Lost Last chance lost--. In the tyranny of a long good-bye. Last chance lost--. We talk of us with deadly earnest eyes. Last chance lost--. We talk of love in terms of sacrifice and compromise. Last chance...99. Lead Balloon "Kiss my ass!" I said. and I threw my drink. Tequila trickling. Down his business suit. Must be the Irish blood. Fight before you think. Turn it now. You can't cowtow. You can't un...100. Lesson In Survival Lesson in Survival. Spinning out on turns. That gets you tough. Guru books-the Bible. Only a reminder. That you're just not good enough. You need to believe in something. Once I could in our love...101. Let The Wind Carry Me Papa's faith is people. Mama she believes in cleaning. Papa's faith is in people. Mama she's always cleaning. Papa brought home the sugar. Mama taught me the deeper meaning. She don&apo...102. Little David Play, Little David. Play Little David, play. David he would sit in some dark corner. Seemed to melt the shadows with his eyes. And the song that he was playing. Was nothing less than prayin'. And...103. Little Green Born with the moon in Cancer. Choose her a name she will answer to. Call her green and the winters cannot fade her. Call her green for the children who've made her. Little green, be a gypsy dance...104. Love (corinthians Ii:13) Although I speak in tongues. Of men and angels. I'm just sounding brass. And tinkling cymbals without love--. Love suffers long--. Love is kind!--. Enduring all things--. Love has no evil in mind...105. Love Is Like A Big Brass Band For our first time together I wanted everything to be just right. I prayed for good weather. For we were going to a concert in the park that night. I wanted violins and sweet romantic melodies. But wh...106. Love Or Money The firmament of Tinsel Town. Is strung with tungsten stars. Lot's of forty watt successes. He says where's my own shining hour. He's the well kept secret of the underground. He's...107. Love Puts On A New Face He said "You think you're a lady. But I know you're a woman. We are as young as the night". I said "No telephones ringing. No company coming. Just the lap of the lake and the...108. Lucky Girl I'm a lucky girl. I found my friend. I've been all around the world. Mission Impossible. Chasing the rainbow's end. Wise guys. Shy guys. And sly lover boys. With big bad bedroom eyes ....109. Magdalene Laundries I was an unmarried girl. I'd just turned twenty-seven. When they sent me to the sisters. For the way men looked at me. Branded as a jezebel. I knew I was not bound for Heaven. I'd be cast in...110. Man From Mars Since I lost you. I can't get through the day. Without at least one big boo-hoo. The pain won't go away. What am I gonna do?. Man from Mars. This time you went too far. I fall apart. Everyti...111. Man To Man No demands. Just pleasurable sensations. Hand in hand. No far reaching plans. No, no-hand in hand. Well I keep on trying to understand. Daylight bright. How come I keep moving. From man to man to man?...112. Marcie Marcie in a coat of flowers. Steps inside a candy store. Reds are sweet and greens are sour. Still no letter at her door. So she'll wash her flower curtains. Hang them in the wind to dry. Dust he...113. Michael From Mountains Michael wakes you up with sweets. He takes you up streets and the rain comes down. Sidewalk markets locked up tight. And umbrellas bright on a grey background. There's oil on the puddles in taffe...114. Midnight Cowboy I was in an all night movie. When I heard the usher say. Here comes the midnight cowboy. Got his gun hired out for pay;. You were walking kind of faded. From the Netherlands Hotel. With your hat tippe...115. Midsummer Morning Midsummer rain, you and I together. I'm only dreaming again and I will forever it seems. Midsummer dawn, kisses in a doorway. I can't believe they are gone so I live our story in dreams. But...116. Mister Blue What's the story, Mr. Blue. Did she pull the rug from under you. Did she chop your dreams up two by two. And kick them out the door. I could sympathize you, son. But pity words stick to my tongu...117. Moon At The Window It takes cheerful resignation. Heart and humility. That's all it takes. A cheerful person told me. Nobody's harder on me than me. How could they be. And, nobody's harder on you than you...118. Moon In The Mirror Moon in the mirror, Won't you stay a while tonight?. All things of beauty. Are too soon out of sight. I know it's a selfish plea;. You must light the hearts of more than me. There's a g...119. Morning Morgantown When morning comes to Morgantown. The merchants roll their awnings down. The milktrucks make their morning rounds. In morning, Morgantown. We'll rise up early, with the sun. To ride the bus while...120. My Best To You Words and Music by. Isham Jones and Gene Willaden (1942). So here's to you. May your dreams come true. May old father time. Never be unkind. And through the years. Save your smiles and your tears...121. My Old Man My old man. He's a singer in the park. He's a walker in the rain. He's a dancer in the dark. We don't need no piece of paper. From the city hall. Keeping us tied and true. My old m...122. My Secret Place words and music by Joni Mitchell. I'm going to take you to. My special place. It's a place that you. Like no one else I know. Might appreciate. I don't go there with anyone--but. You&ap...123. Nathan La Franeer I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane. And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again. The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror. I read his...124. Night In The City Light up light up. Light up your lazy blue eyes. Moon's up nights up. Taking the town by surprise. Night time night time. Day left an hour ago. City light time. Must you get ready so slow. There...125. NIGHT RIDE HOME Once in a while. In a big blue moon. There comes a night like this. Like some surrealist. Invented this 4th of july. Night ride home. Hula girls. And caterpillar tractors in the sand. The ukulele man....126. No Apologies The general offered. No apologies. He said "The soldiers erred in judgement. They should have hired a hooker". No apologies. to the outraged Japanese. No "Sorry little girl". The p...127. Not To Blame The story hit the news. From coast to coast. They said you beat the girl. You loved the most. Your charitable acts. Seemed out of place. With the beauty. With your fist marks on her face. Your buddies...128. Nothing Can Be Done Music by Larry Klein words by Joni Mitchell. Must I forgive you. Each time. And say you don't know what your're doing. There are no victimless crimes. I know of. Out here in these graffiti r...129. Number One words and music by Joni Mitchell. Got to be a winner--trophy winner. Get to hold your head up high up!. Number one!. Got to be a winner--trophy winner. Get to hold your head up high up!. Number one!....130. Off Night Backstreet Maybe I'm just kidding myself when I say I love you. I don't know--. Loving without trusting. You get--frostbite and sunstroke. I wish I felt nothing!. You pimp--laughing and strutting her t...131. One Tin Soldier Riders Away Listen, children, to a story. That was written long ago, 'Bout a kingdom on a mountain. And the valley-folk below. On the mountain was a treasure. Buried deep beneath the stone, And the valley-pe...132. Otis And Marlena Marlena under Foster Grants. She's undercover from the dawns advance. That girl is travel-drained. And the neon mercury vapor stained. Miami sky. It's red as meat. It's a cheap pink ros...133. Paprika Plains It fell from midnight skies. It drummed on the galvanized. In the washroom, women tracked the rain. Up to the make-up mirror. Liquid soap and grass. And Jungle Gardenia crash. On Pine-Sol and beer . I...134. Passion Play (when All The Slaves Are Free) Magdalene is trembling. Like a washing on a line. Trembling and gleaming. Never before was a man so kind. Never so redeeming. Enter the multitudes. In Exxon blue. In radiation rose. Ecstasy. Now you t...135. People's Parties All the people at this party. They've got a lot of style. They've got stamps of many countries. They've got passport smiles. Some are friendly. Some are cutting. Some are watching it fr...136. Play Little David, Play Play Little David. Play Little David, play. David he would sit in some dark corner. Seemed to melt the shadows with his eyes. And the song that he was playing. Was nothing less than prayin'. And...137. Poor Sad Baby Goodbye. I'm bound away. On the morning plane. I'll fly around the world, Then I'll fly around again. And when I've been from Egypt. To the snows of Nome, Poor sad baby, that&apos...138. Rainy Night House It was a rainy night. We took a taxi to your mother's home. She went to Florida and left you. With your father's gun, alone. Upon her small white bed. I fell into a dream. You sat up all the...139. Raised On Robbery He was sitting in the lounge of the Empire Hotel. He was drinking for diversion. He was thinking for himself. A little money riding on the Maple Leafs. Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves. She says. &q...140. Ray's Dad's Cadillac Ray's Dad's Cadillac. Rollin' past the rink. Past the record shack. Pink fins in the falling rain. Rollin'. To the blue lights past the water mains. Ray's Dad's Cadillac....141. Real Good For Free I slept last night in a good hotel. I went shopping today for jewels. The wind rushed around in the dirty town. And the children let out from the schools. I was standing on a noisy corner. Waiting for...142. Refuge Of The Roads I met a friend of spirit. He drank and womanized. And I sat before his sanity. I was holding back from crying. He saw my complications. And he mirrored me back simplified. And we laughed how our perfe...143. River It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer. And singing songs of joy and peace. Oh I wish I had a river. I could skate away on. But it don't...144. Roses Blue I think of tears, I think of rain on shingles. I think of rain, I think of roses blue. I think of Rose, my heart begins to tremble. To see the place she's lately gotten to. Gotten to, gotten to....145. See You Sometime Where are you now. Are you in some hotel room. Does it have a view?. Are you caught in a crowd. Or holding some honey. Who came on to you?. Why do you have to be so jive. O. K. hang up the phone. It...146. Sex Kills I pulled up behind a Cadillac;. We were waiting for the light;. And I took a look at his license plate-. It said, "Just Ice. ". Is justice just ice?. Governed by greed and lust?. Just the st...147. Shades of Scarlett Conquering Out of the fire like Catholic saints. Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint. Mimicking tenderness she sees. In sentimental movies. A celluloid rider comes to town. Cinematic lovers sway. Plantations a...148. Shadows And Light Every picture has its shadows. And it has some source of light. Blindness, blindness and sight. The perils of benefactors. The blessings of parasites. Blindness, blindness and sight. Threatened by all...149. Shine Oh let your little light shine. Let your little light shine. Shine on Wall Street and Vegas. Place your bets. Shine on the fishermen. With nothing in their nets. Shine on rising oceans and evaporating...150. Shiny Toys Shiny toys--right on time. Shiny toys--right on time. Shiny toys. I'm reading people rags in the checkout lane. Look, here's a hunk--here's a honey. Celebrated people and their claims t...151. Sisotowbell Lane Sisotowbell Lane. Noah is fixing the pump in the rain. He brings us no shame. We always knew that he always knew. Up over the hill. Jovial neighbors come down when they will. With stories to tell. Som...152. Slouching Toward Bethlehem Turning and turning. Within the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart. The center cannot hold. And a blood dimmed tide. Is loosed upon the world. Nothing is sacred. The...153. Smokin' (empty, Try Another) Nicotine attack!. Nicotine, nicotine!. Try another. Try another. Try another. Empty, empty try another...154. Snakes And Ladders He. In a shopping mall. Finally met the perfect girl. She is all that matters. The only one in all the world. Like a barbie doll. Oh love is snakes and ladders. Snakes and ladders. She. Just to have a...155. Solid Love We got a break. Unbelievable. We got a break. Right in the middle of this. Hollywood heartache. We got this solid love. All around the town. Good hearts are going under. Love bandits con and plunder....156. Sometimes I'm Happy Sometimes I'm happy. Sometimes I'm blue. My disposition depends on you. I never mind the rain from the skies. As long as I have the sun in your eyes. Sometimes I love you. Sometimes I hate y...157. Song For Sharon I went to Staten Island. To buy myself a mandolin. And I saw the long white dress of love. On a storefront mannequin. Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars. All for something lacy. Som...158. Song To A Seagull Fly silly seabird. No dreams can possess you. No voices can blame you. For sun on your wings. My gentle relations. Have names they must call me. For loving the freedom. Of all flying things. My dreams...159. Songs To Aging Children Come Through the windless wells of wonder. By the throbbing light machine. In a tea leaf trance or under. Orders from the king and queen. Songs to aging children come. Aging children, I am one. People hurr...160. Stay In Touch This is really something. People will be envious. But our roles aren't clear. So we musn't rush. Still, we're burning brightly. Clinging like fire to fuel. I'm grinning like a fool...161. Stormy Weather Don't know why. There's no sun up in the sky. Stormy weather. Since my man and I ain't together. Keeps rainin' all of the time. Life is bare. Gloom and misery everywhere. Stormy we...162. Straw-flower Me Look at me. Won't you tell me. What you see behind the tinsel. Flower lady that you made. Me feel I must be. Don't you know even tinsel flowers. Grow uneasy shining all the time. Sometimes...163. Strong And Wrong Strong and wrong you win--. Only because. That's the way its always been. Men love war!. That's what history' s for. History. A mass--murder mystery. His story. Strong and wrong. You lo...164. Sunny Sunday She pulls the shade;. It's just another sunny Sunday. She dodges the light like Blanche DuBois. Bright colors fade away on such a sunny Sunday;. She waits for the night to fall. Then she points a...165. Sweet Bird Out on some borderline. Some mark of inbetween. I lay down golden-in time. And woke up vanishing. Sweet bird you are. Briefer than a falling star. All these vain promises on beauty jars. Somewhere wit...166. Sweet Sucker Dance I almost closed the door. Cancelled on everything we opened up for. Tonight the shadows had their say. Their sad notions of the way. Things really are. Damn these blues!. They'd turn my heart aga...167. Talk To Me There was a moon and a street lamp. I didn't know I drank such a lot. 'Till I pissed a tequila-anaconda. The full length of the parking lot!. Oh, I talk too loose. Again I talk too open and...168. Taming The Tiger I stepped outside to breathe the air. And stare up at the stars. Big dipper hanging there. Over the rented car. Over the rented car. I'm a runaway from the record biz. From the hoods in the hood...169. Tax Free Front rooms. Back rooms. Slide into tables. Crowd into bathrooms. Joke around. Cheap talk. Deep talk. Talk, talk, talk around the clock. Crawl home. Lie down. Teeth chatter. Heart pounds. I don't...170. That Song About The Midway I met you on a midway at a fair last year. And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear. You were playing on the horses. You were playing on the guitar strings. You were playing like a devi...171. The Arrangement You could have been more. Than a name on the door. On the thirty-third floor in the air. More than a credit card. Swimming pool in the backyard. While you still have the time. You could get away and f...172. The Beat Of Black Wings I met a young soldier. He said his name was killer kyle. He was shakin' all over. Like a night-frightened child. This is his story. It's a tough one for me to sing. Hard as the squawk and th...173. The Boho Dance Down in the cellar in the Boho zone. I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well. Just another hard-time band. With Negro affectations. I was a hopeful in rooms like this. When I was working ch...174. The Circle Game Yesterday a child came out to wonder. Caught a dragonfly inside a jar. Fearful when the sky was full of thunder. And tearful at the falling of a star. Then the child moved ten times round the seasons....175. The Crazy Cries Of Love It was a dark and a stormy night. Everyone was at the wing-ding. They weren't the wing-ding type. So they went up on the train bridge. Where the weather was howling. And oh, oh, my my. When that...176. The Dawntreader Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions. Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor. Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where. Never mind their questions there's no answer for. Th...177. The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines words by Joni Mitchell. music by Charles Mingus. I'm down to a roll of dimes. I'm stalking the slot that's hot. I keep hearing bells all around me. Jingling in the lucky jackpots. They...178. The Fiddle And The Drum And so once again. My dear Johnny my dear friend. And so once again you are fightin' us all. And when I ask you why. You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall. Oh, my friend. How did you come. To...179. The Gallery When I first saw your gallery. I liked the ones of ladies. Then you began to hang up me. You studied to portray me. In ice and greens. And old blue jeans. And naked in the roses. Then you got into fun...180. The Gift Of The Magic I remember Monday rising up to pack his lunch. We kissed goodbye saying. What a foolish girl was I. Saying, what a fool was she. Near the store where I go shopping. On display there was a golden watch...181. The Hissing of Summer Lawns He bought her a diamond for her throat. He put her in a ranch house on a hill. She could see the valley barbecues. From her window sill. See the blue pools in the squinting sun. Hear the hissing of su...182. The Jungle Line Rousseau walks on trumpet paths. Safaris to the heart of all that jazz. Through I bars and girders-through wires and pipes. The mathematic circuits of the modern nights. Through huts, through Harlem,...183. The Last Time I Saw Richard The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68, And he told me all romantics meet the same fate. someday. Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe. You laugh, he said you think you&...184. The London Bridge Song Joni's lighthearted take on "London Bridge". was a crowd pleaser in her mid-sixties club show. before she signed her first recording contract. This transcription includes spoken patter...185. The Man I Love (feat. Herbie Hancock) Someday he'll come along. The man I love. And he'll be big and strong. The man I love. And when he comes my way. I'll do my best. To make him stay. He'll look at me and smile. I&ap...186. The Only Joy In Town I want to paint a picture. Botticelli style. Instead of Venus on a clam. I'd paint this flower child. "You are the air my flowers breathe". He calls, and the ladies turn around. On the...187. The Pirate Of Penance PENANCE CRANE:. The pirate anchored on a Wednesday. And why he came to port I wonder. To see a lady so my friends say. She dances for the sailors. In a smoky cabaret bar underground. Down in a cellar...188. The Priest The priest sat in the airport bar. He was wearing his father's tie. And his eyes looked into my eyes so far. Whenever the words ran dry. Behind the lash and the circles blue. He looked as only a...189. The Reoccuring Dream This is the reoccurring dream. Born in the dreary gap between. What we have now. And what we wish we could have. More fulfilling--and less frustrating!. Out of the envy in our eyes. Look!. Glamorous p...190. The Same Situation Again and again the same situation. For so many years. Tethered to a ringing telephone. In a room full ot mirrors. A pretty girl in your bathroom. Checking out her sex appeal. I asked myself when you...191. The Silky Veils Of Ardor I am a poor wayfaring stranger. Traveling through all these highs and lows. I heard there was no sickness. And no toil or danger. Just mercy and plenty. Where peaceful waters flow. Where peaceful wate...192. The Sire Of Sorrow (job's Sad Song) Let me speak, let me spit out my bitterness--. Born of grief and nights without sleep and festering flesh. Do you have eyes?. Can you see like mankind sees?. Why have you soured and curdled me?. Oh yo...193. The Tea Leaf Prophecy (lay Down Your Arms) words by Joni Mitchell. music by Larry Klein and Joni Mitchell. Study war no more. Lay down your arms. Study war no more. Lay 'em down, lay 'em down now. Study war no more. Lay down your arm...194. The Tenth World Baila mi rumba. Bátela, goza y mira mamá. Baila, mira mamá. Bátela, goza, mira eh. Rumbando bello es que yo voy. Bailala bailala bailala. Bailala baila baila. Eh eh mamá. [?]....195. The Three Great Stimulants I picked the morning paper off the floor. It was full of other people's little wars. Wouldn't they like their peace. Don't we get bored. And we call for the three great stimulants. Of t...196. The Way It Is If you hear a politician. Or a singer making song. Do you just refuse to listen. Knowing that he must be wrong. That's the way it is, you know, You just see what you want to see. Who am I to tell...197. The Windfall (everything For Nothing) Because Elvis gave 'em cars. You think I'm cheap. And you're hard done by. Look-you live here like a star. Rent free suite. Big blue pool that you sun by. Trips to tropic shores. Clothe...198. The Wizard Of Is He's a little like the sunlight. As he walks into your kitchen. Kinda golden like the morning. As he asks you what you're fixin'. So you set the table pretty. With the flower that he br...199. The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey words and music by Joni Mitchell. Of the darkness in men's minds. What can you say. That wasn't marked by history. Or the T. V. news today. He gets away with murder. The blizzards come and...200. This Flight Tonight Look out the left the captain said. The lights down there, that's where we'll land. I saw a falling star burn up. Above the Las Vegas sands. It wasn't the one that you gave to me. That...201. This Place Sparkle on the ocean. Eagle at the top of a tree. Those crazy crows always making a commotion. This land is home to me. I was talking to my neighbor. He said, "When I get to heaven, if it is not...202. Tin Angel Varnished weeds in window jars. Tarnished beads on tapestries. Kept in satin boxes are. Reflections of love's memories. Letters from across the seas. Roses dipped in sealing wax. Valentines and m...203. Trouble Child Up in a sterilized room. Where they let you be lazy. Knowing your attitude's all wrong. And you got to change. And that's not easy. Dragon shining with all values known. Dazzling you-keeping...204. Turbulent Indigo You wanna make Van Goghs. Raise 'em up like sheep. Make 'em out of Eskimos. And women if you please. Make 'em nice and normal. Make 'em nice and neat. You see him with his shotgun...205. Twisted My analyst told me. That I was right out of my head. The way he described it. He said I'd be better dead than live. I didn't listen to his jive. I knew all along. That he was all wrong. And...206. Two Grey Rooms Tomorrow is Sunday. Now there's only one day left to go. Till you walk by. Below my window. The weekends drive me mad. Holidays are oh too sad. 'Cause you don't go. Below my window. No...207. Underneath The Streetlight Yes I do--I love you!. I swear on the stars above I do!. I swear on the streetlight on the corner. Shoving back the shadows!. One shadow cursing. Another shadow laughing. Underneath the streetlight. I...208. Urge For Going I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town. It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down. When the sun turns traitor cold. and all the trees are thivering in a naked row. I get t...209. Who Has Seen The Wind Who has seen the wind scalloping the sea. Or gliding like a swallow over villages and trees?. "I have," said the willow, "And I begged him please to stay, but he went away, He went on h...210. Why do Fools Fall In Love? Why do fools fall in love?. Why do birds sing so gay. And lovers await the break of day. Why do they fall in love. Why does the rain fall from up above. Why do fools fall in love. Why do they fall in...211. Wild Things Run Fast He came. She smiled. She thought she had him tamed. But he was just as wild. Eating from her hand at last. Wild things run fast. In the dark. He could see. The trap that was lying in her. Sweet compan...212. Willy Willy is my child, he is my father. I would be his lady all my life. He says he'd love to live with me. But for an ancient injury. That has not healed. He said I feel once again. Like I gave my h...213. Winter Lady Winter lady, where you going. With your hair all soft and loose like snowin'?. Winter girl, December child, don't run away. Winter lady, walking sadly, does your lover. Treat you badly? Do y...214. Woman Of Heart And Mind I am a woman of heart and mind. With time on her hands. No child to raise. You come to me like a little boy. And I give you my scorn and my praise. You think I'm like your mother. Or another love...215. Woodstock I came upon a child of God. He was walking along the road. I asked him, where are you going?. And this he told me:. I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm, I’m going to join in a rock and ro...216. You Dream Flat Tires It came to pass. Like lightening striking from above. Electric flash. Just like lightening striking from above. Struck by precious love. Precious, precious love. So hopeless and so inspired. Why do yo...217. You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio If you're driving into town. With a dark cloud above you. Dial in the number. Who's bound to love you. Oh honey you turn me on. I'm a radio. I'm a country station. I'm a littl...218. You're My Thrill You're my thrill. You do something to me. You send chills right through me. When I look at you. 'Cause you're my thrill. You're my thrill. How my pulse increases. I just go to piec...219. You're So Square Baby I Don't Care You're so square, baby. You're so square. You don't like greasy diners. You don't like sleazy bands. You just wanna go to a movie show, And sit there holdin' hands. You'r...220. You've Changed You've changed. The sparkle in your eyes is gone. Your smile is just a careless yawn. You're breaking my heart. You've changed. You've changed. Your kisses now are so blasÃ&#x...221. Yvette In English He met her in a French cafe. She slipped in sideways like a cat. Sidelong glances. What a wary little stray!. She sticks in his mind like that. Saying, "Avez-vous un allumette?". With her li...
