FACE LIFT Joni Mitchell

God's sake, I'm middle-aged, Mama And time moves swift And you know happiness is the best facelift" Oh, love takes so much courage Love takes so much shit He said "You've seen too many movies, Joni

LOVE PUTS ON A NEW FACE Joni Mitchell

ringing No company coming Just the lap of the lake and the firelight" And the lonely loon and the crescent moon What a pocket of heavenly grace But in France they say Everyday Love puts on a new face

FOR THE ROSES Joni Mitchell

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

For the Roses (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

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

BLUE BOY Joni Mitchell

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 granite grace And she prayed aloud for love To waken in his face

Love Joni Mitchell

a child I spoke as a child- I thought and I understood as a child- But when I became a woman- I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly Where, as a child, I saw it face

LOVE (CORINTHIANS II:13) Joni Mitchell

a child I spoke as a child-- I thought and I understood as a child-- But when I became a woman-- I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly Where, as a child, I saw it face

SONG FOR SHARON Joni Mitchell

church To play Bingo Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks I can keep my cool at poker But I'm a fool when love's at stake Because I can't conceal emotion What I'm feeling's always written on my face

OFF NIGHT BACKSTREET Joni Mitchell

keep me from finishing Any new love I start Now she's moved in with you She's keeping your house neat And your sheets sweet And I'm your off night back street I can feel your fingers Feeling my face

WILLY Joni Mitchell

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 heart too soon He stood looking thru the lace At the face

NOTHING CAN BE DONE Joni Mitchell

nothing can be done Don't start My heart Is a smoking gun Oh and nothing can be done Must I surrender With grace The things I loved when I was younger (Sweet embrace) Must I remember your face

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

BLACK CROW Joni Mitchell

Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked

NOT TO BLAME Joni Mitchell

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

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

MY SECRET PLACE Joni Mitchell

there with anyone--but You're a special case For my special place For my secret place People talk to tell you something Or to take up space Guess I'm only talking To be talking to Your pretty face

My Secret Place (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

don't go there with anyone but You're a special case For my special place For my secret place People talk to tell you something Or to take up space Guess I'm only talking To be talking to Your pretty face

NATHAN LA FRANEER Joni Mitchell

Into daylight once again I am escaping Once again goodbye To symphonies and dirty trees With parks and plastic clothes The ghostly garden grows He asked me for a dollar more He cursed me to my face

You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell

good reception for me Then tune me out, 'cause honey Who needs the static It hurts the head And you wind up cracking And the day goes dismal From "Breakfast Barney" To the sign-off prayer What a sorry face

You Turn Me On I’m A Radio Joni Mitchell

good reception for me Then tune me out, 'cause honey Who needs the static It hurts the head And you wind up cracking And the day goes dismal From "Breakfast Barney" To the sign-off prayer What a sorry face

You Turn Me On I'm A Radio Joni Mitchell

good reception for me Then tune me out, 'cause honey Who needs the static It hurts the head And you wind up cracking And the day goes dismal From "Breakfast Barney" To the sign-off prayer What a sorry face

A CASE OF YOU Joni Mitchell

On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so

STRANGE BOY Joni Mitchell

What a strange, strange boy He sees the cars as sets of waves Sequences of mass and space He sees the damage in my face We got high on travel And we got drunk on alcohol And on love the strongest

A Strange Boy Joni Mitchell

What a strange, strange boy He sees the cars as sets of waves Sequences of mass and space He sees the damage in my face We got high on travel And we got drunk on alcohol And on love the strongest poison

A Case Of You Joni Mitchell

" On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter

A Case Of You (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue tv screen light I drew a map of canada Oh canada And your face sketched on it twice Oh you are in my blood like holy

COYOTE Joni Mitchell

hall He seems to want me anyway Why'd you have to get so drunk And lead me on that way You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines of the freeway I looked a Coyote right in the face

CAREY Joni Mitchell

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 And I miss...

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at cloud that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So man...

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

"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 do my best And I do good business The...

HELP ME Joni Mitchell

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-taIking-ladies man And you lov...

MY BEST TO YOU Joni Mitchell

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 They're just souvenirs They'll make music in your heart Remembe...

AMELIA Joni Mitchell

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 Ame...

DOG EAT DOG Joni Mitchell

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 evangelists and r...

EDITH AND THE KINGPIN Joni Mitchell

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 T...

ALL I WANT Joni Mitchell

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 about...

CHELSEA MORNING Joni Mitchell

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 pip...

LITTLE GREEN Joni Mitchell

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 dancer He...

WOODSTOCK Joni Mitchell

I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm g...

CHEROKEE LOUISE Joni Mitchell

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 this time We us...

THE PRIEST Joni Mitchell

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 priest...

BANQUET Joni Mitchell

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 And...

THE TEA LEAF PROPHECY 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 arms Study war no more Newsreels rattle the Nazi dread-- The able-bodied have...

COLD BLUE STEEL AND SWEET FIRE Joni Mitchell

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 Looking for Sweet...

BE COOL Joni Mitchell

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 keep cool Charm 'em Don't alarm 'em Ke...

FOR FREE Joni Mitchell

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 ...

NUMBER ONE 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! Number one Number one Honey tell m...

CONVERSATION Joni Mitchell

He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows that's what he'll find I bring him grapes and cheeses He brings me songs to play He sees me when he pleases I se...

RAINY NIGHT HOUSE Joni Mitchell

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 night and w...

BIG YELLOW TAXI 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...