Cool Water (Album Version) 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 water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan Buried poison

Lakota (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Lakota Brave Sun pity me I am Lakota Broken Moon pity me I am Lakota Grave Shadows stretching Lakota Oh pity me I am Lakota Weak Grass pity me I am Lakota Faithful Rocks pity me I am Lakota Meek Standing water

Ethiopia (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Ethiopia You suffer with such dignity Ethiopia A TV star with a PR smile Calls your baby it while strolling Through your tragic trials On and on stupidity On and on the basic needs are defiled Good air good water

COOL WATER 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 water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan

A Bird That Whistles (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I took a house by the water Took a man on a mountainside Pretty house by the water Lovely lover by the waterside Last time I saw that man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to

Ray's Dad's Cadillac (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 Weekends we'd get Ray's Dad's Cadillac

Fiction (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I can't decideI don't knowWhich way to goThe options multiplyThe choices growWhich way to goWhat should I buyWhat should I beWhich way to goDoctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefSo much comes at youToo much ...

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I have to come and see youMaybe once or twice a yearI think nothing would suit me betterRight nowThan some downtown atmosphereIn the dance halls and the galleriesOr betting in the OTBSynchronized l...

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Front roomsBack roomsSlide into tablesCrowd into bathroomsJoke aroundCheap talkDeep talkTalk, talk, talk around the clockCrawl homeLie downTeeth chatterHeart poundsI don't feel so goodI don't feel ...

Shiny Toys (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Shiny toys right on timeShiny toys right on timeShiny toysI'm reading people rags in the checkout laneLook, here's a hunk here's a honeyCelebrated people and their claims to fameHere's a boy and hi...

Impossible Dreamer (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

The street was loudFrom an angry crowd andI thought of you, I thought of youDreamerLand of the freeNo hungry belliesImpossibleImpossible dreamerIn the darkest part of the nightBlue shadows conjure ...

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I'm a lucky girlI found my friendI've been all around the worldMission ImpossibleChasing the rainbow's endWise guysShy guysAnd sly lover boysWith big bad bedroom eyesI never loved a man I trustedAs...

Number One (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Got to be a winner trophy winnerGet to hold your head up high upNumber oneGot to be a winner trophy winnerGet to hold your head up high upNumber oneNumber oneNumber oneHoney tell meWhen your workin...

Dancin' Clown (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

No, you couldn't call Jesse a babe in the woodsHe's just weak in self defense'Cause he's so thin skinnedHe can't take a joke at his expenseYou're a push button window, says Rowdy YatesI can run you...

Dog Eat Dog (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

It's dog eat dog I'm just waking upThe dove is in the dungeonAnd the white washed hawks pedal hate and call it loveDog Eat DogHoly hope in the hands ofSnakebite evangelists and racketeersAnd big wi...

My Secret Place (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I'm going to take you toMy special placeIt's a place that youLike no one else I knowMight appreciateI don't go there with anyone butYou're a special caseFor my special placeFor my secret placePeopl...

Snakes And Ladders (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

HeIn a shopping mallFinally met the perfect girlShe is all that mattersThe only one in all the worldLike a Barbie dollOh love is snakes and laddersSnakes and laddersSheJust to have and holdIs the p...

The Reoccurring Dream (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

This is the reoccurring dreamBorn in the dreary gap betweenWhat we have nowAnd what we wish we could haveMore fulfilling and less frustratingOut of the envy in our eyesLookGlamorous picture people ...

Night Ride Home (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Once in a whileIn a big blue moonThere comes a night like thisLike some surrealistInvented this 4th of JulyNight ride homeHula girlsAnd caterpillar tractors in the sandThe ukulele manThe fireworksT...

Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Turning and turningWithin the widening greyThe falcon cannot hear the falconerThings fall apartThe centre cannot holdAnd a blood dimmed tideIs loosed upon the worldNothing is sacredThe ceremony sin...

Two Grey Rooms (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Tomorrow is SundayNow there's only one day left to goTill you walk byBelow my windowThe weekends drive me madHolidays are oh too sad'Cause you don't goBelow my windowNo one knows I'm hereOne day I ...

The Three Great Stimulants (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I picked the morning paper off the floorIt was full of other people's little warsWouldn't they like their peaceDon't we get boredAnd we call for the three great stimulantsOf the exhausted onesArtif...

Smokin' (Empty, Try Another) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Try another, try another, try another, try anotherEmpty, empty try anotherTry another, try another, try another, try anotherEmpty, empty try anotherTry another, try another, try another, try anothe...

The Beat Of Black Wings (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I met a young soldierHe said his name was Killer KyleHe was shakin' all overLike a night frightened childThis is his storyIt's a tough one for me to singHard as the squawk and the flapAnd the beat ...

The Windfall (Everything For Nothing) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

So you want me to buy you a carWhy Because Elvis didDarlin' come onBecause Elvis gave 'em carsYou think I'm cheapAnd you're hard done byLook you live here like a starRent free suiteBig blue pool th...

The Only Joy In Town (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I want to paint a pictureBotticelli styleInstead of Venus on a clamI'd paint this flower childYou are the air my flowers breatheHe calls, and the ladies turn aroundOn the first day of SpringI'm loo...

For the Roses (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

it in the wind last night It sounded like applause Chilly now End of summer No more shiny hot nights It was just the arbutus rustling And the bumping of the logs And the moon swept down black water

BE COOL Joni Mitchell

If there's one rule to this game Everybody's gonna name It's, be cool!

The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Study war no moreLay down your armsStudy war no moreLay 'em down lay 'em down nowStudy war no moreLay down your armsStudy war no moreNewsreels rattle the Nazi dreadThe able bodied have shipped away...

Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Magdalene is tremblingLike a washing on a lineTrembling and gleamingNever before was a man so kindNever so redeemingEnter the multitudesIn Exxon blueIn radiation roseEcstasyNow you tell meWho you g...

A BIRD THAT WHISTLES Joni Mitchell

I took a house by the water Took a man on a mountainside Pretty house by the water Lovely lover by the waterside Last time I saw that man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do

Big Yellow Taxi (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

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 gone They paved paradise ...

The Circle Game (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

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 S...

A Case Of You (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

A case of you Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, constant in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cart...

MAN FROM MARS Joni Mitchell

the dark There is no center to my life now No grace in my heart Man from Mars This time you went too far I call and call The silence is so full of sounds You're in them all I hear you in the water

LAKOTA Joni Mitchell

me I am Lakota Broken Moon pity me I am Lakota Grave Shadows stretching Lakota Oh pity me I am Lakota Weak Grass pity me I am Lakota Faithful Rocks pity me I am Lakota Meek Standing water

THE SILKY VEILS OF ARDOR Joni Mitchell

beating Under strictest secrecy High security I wish I had the wings Of Noah's pretty little white dove So I could fly this raging river To reach the one I love But I have no wings And the water

ETHIOPIA Joni Mitchell

with such dignity--Ethiopia A T.V. star with a P.R. smile Calls your baby "it" while strolling Through your tragic trials On and on--stupidity On and on--the basic needs are defiled Good air--good water

SISOTOWBELL LANE Joni Mitchell

cross the river Sometimes we do We like the view Sisotowbell Lane Go to the city you'll come back again To wade thru the grain You always do Yes we always do Come back to the stars Sweet well water

This Place Joni Mitchell

Spirit of the water Give us all the courage and the grace To make genius of this tragedy unfolding The genius to save this place.

BANQUET Joni Mitchell

marrow bone And some get nothing Though there's plenty to spare I took my share down by the sea Paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide Seagulls come down And they squawk at me Down where the water-skiers

COLD BLUE STEEL AND SWEET FIRE Joni Mitchell

Red water in the bathroom sink Fever and the scum brown bowl Blue Steel still begging But it's indistinct Someone's Hi-Fi drumming Jelly Roll Concrete concentration camp Bashing in veins for peace

LESSON IN SURVIVAL Joni Mitchell

get so damn timid Not at all the spirit That's inside of me Oh baby I can't seem to make it With you socially There's this reef around me I'm looking way out at the ocean Love to see that green water

YVETTE IN ENGLISH Joni Mitchell

She leaves him by the Seine alone With the black water and the amber lights And the bony bridge between left and right Yvette in English saying, "Please have this Little bit of instant bliss."

Shine Joni Mitchell

Shine on what we throw away And what we keep Shine on Reverend Pearson Who threw away The vain old God kept Dickens and Rembrandt and Beethoven And fresh plowed sod Shine on good earth, good air, good water

FOR THE ROSES Joni Mitchell

it in the wind last night It sounded like applause Chilly now End of summer No more shiny hot nights It was just the arbutus rustling And the bumping of the logs And the moon swept down black water

REFUGE OF THE ROADS Joni Mitchell

Was a photograph of the earth Taken coming back from the moon And you couldn't see a city On that marbled bowling ball Or a forest or a highway Or me here least of all You couldn't see these cold water

CACTUS TREE Joni Mitchell

from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water

SONG FOR SHARON Joni Mitchell

of the Manhattan skyline Shine your light on me Miss Liberty Because as soon as this ferry boat docks I'm headed to the church To play Bingo Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks I can keep my cool

PAPRIKA PLAINS Joni Mitchell

How came I to this view From a flying machine Of earth and air and water And a band of Indian men Without herds or flocks or crops Or families or fires to tend?