Big Yellow Taxi (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Late last night I heard my screen door slam and a big yellow taxi Took

BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took

Big Yellow Taxi (2007) Joni Mitchell

Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi come and took away my old man.

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 fa...

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...

Harry's House-Centerpiece Joni Mitchell

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 the fishnet

Harry's House / Centerpiece Joni Mitchell

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 the fishnet

Night Ride Home (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 The fireworks

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 I never loved a man I trusted

Cool Water (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

throats slate dry Our spirits cry out for water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan Buried poison in the sand Don't drink it man It's in the water Cool clear water In my mind I see A big

Dancin' Clown (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

clown Cherchez la femme Whenever love comes around Someone's a dancin' clown Cherchez la femme Whenever hearts start to pound Someone's a dancin' clown Down the street comes last word Suzie She's high yellow

Dog Eat Dog (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 racketeers And big

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

attic No sir, nothin's clear I'll be blackboard blind on Monday Dreamin' of blue runways On the edge of here A little atmosphere Blue lights out on airport road Motown, in a field in a farmer's grove Big

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

devil bands Oh come let us adore ME Lord, there's danger in this land You get witch hunts and wars When church and state hold hands Fuck it Tonight I'm going dancing With the drag queens and the punks Big

BLACK CROW Joni Mitchell

leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took a ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi

The Three Great Stimulants (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

building bombs And making laws and bars They're gonna slam free choice behind us Last night I dreamed I saw the planet flicker Great forests fell like buffalo Everything got sicker And to the bitter end Big

HARLEM IN HAVANA Joni Mitchell

That's a man That one, too Big yellow feather fan Barkers barking Step right up, folks! The show is about to begin It's Harlem in Havana time Step right in!

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

So you want me to buy you a car Why Because Elvis did Darlin' come on 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

GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT Joni Mitchell

Tonight these crowds Are happy and loud Children are up dancing in the streets In the sticky middle of the night Summer serenade Of taxi horns and fun arcades Where right or wrong Under neon Every

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 ...

Ethiopia (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Hot winds and hunger cries EthiopiaFlies in your babies' eyes EthiopiaWalking sticks on burning plainsBetrayed by politicsAbandoned by the rainsOn and on the human needOn and on the human greed pro...

Lakota (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I am LakotaLakotaLooking at money manDiggin' the deadly quotasOut of balanceOut of handWe want the landLay down the reeking oreDon't you hear the shrieking in the treesEverywhere you touch the eart...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

TURBULENT INDIGO Joni Mitchell

He'd drag them through Turbulent Indigo "I'm a burning hearth," he said "People see the smoke But no one comes to warm themselves Sloughing off a coat And all my little landscapes All my yellow

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...

A Bird That Whistles (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I took a house by the waterTook a man on a mountainsidePretty house by the waterLovely lover by the watersideLast time I saw that manHe hung down his head and criedCorrina, CorrinaDo you have to go...

NIGHT RIDE HOME Joni Mitchell

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

Funeral Joni Mitchell

[Swede:] "Oh, But I know he's very lucky too, because when Mingus dies there's gonna be the same funeral they had for Duke Ellington... in a big church and the whole country's going to say, wow, he was

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

MICHAEL FROM MOUNTAINS Joni Mitchell

(CHORUS) Michael from mountains Go where you will go to Know that I will know you Someday I may know you very well Michael brings you to a park He sings and its dark when the clouds come by Yellow

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 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...

DOG EAT DOG Joni Mitchell

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 racketeers And big

If I Had A Heart Joni Mitchell

There's just too many people now Too little land Much too much desire You feel so feeble now It's so out of hand Big bombs and barbed wire We've set our lovely sky Our lovely sky On fire!

CHELSEA MORNING Joni Mitchell

up like pipes and drums Oh, won't you stay We'll put on the day And we'll wear it 'till the night comes Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow

UNDERNEATH THE STREETLIGHT Joni Mitchell

I swear on a billion yellow and T.V. blue windows!

LUCKY GIRL Joni Mitchell

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 ...

COOL WATER Joni Mitchell

dry Our spirits cry out for water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan Buried poison in the sand Don't drink it man It's in the water Cool clear water In my mind I see A big

MARCIE Joni Mitchell

postman passing by And summer goes Falls to the sidewalk like string and brown paper Winter blows Up from the river there's no one to take her To the sea Marcie dresses warm its snowing Takes a yellow

LESSON IN SURVIVAL Joni Mitchell

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 Black road Double yellow