Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) Joni Mitchell

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 thinking "That's no substitute

Judgement of the Moon and Stars Joni Mitchell

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 thinking

NO APOLOGIES Joni Mitchell

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 pigs just took her

TAMING THE TIGER Joni Mitchell

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 and

Love Or Money Joni Mitchell

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 in debt to the company store

Lakota (Album Version) 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 down the reeking ore Don't you hear the shrieking in the trees Everywhere you touch the

LAKOTA Joni Mitchell

Looking at money man-- Diggin' the deadly quotas-- Out of balance-- Out of hand We want the land! Lay down the reeking ore! Don't you hear the shrieking in the trees?

MOON AT THE WINDOW Joni Mitchell

You know I'd help her out if I only could Oh, but sometimes the light Can be so hard to find At least the moon at the window-- The thieves left that behind People don't know how to love They taste

THE REOCCURING DREAM Joni Mitchell

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!

The Reoccurring Dream Joni Mitchell

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!

The Reocurring Dream Joni Mitchell

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!

The Reoccurring Dream (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 picture people

WILLY Joni Mitchell

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 heart too soon He stood looking thru the

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

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

CAR ON A HILL Joni Mitchell

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 He makes friends easy

BARANGRILL Joni Mitchell

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 The

IMPOSSIBLE DREAMER Joni Mitchell

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

Impossible Dreamer (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 shadows conjure

SONGS TO AGING CHILDREN COME Joni Mitchell

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

SONG TO A SEAGULL Joni Mitchell

with the seagulls fly Out of reach out of cry I came to the city And lived like old Crusoe On an island of noise In a cobblestone sea And the beaches were concrete And the stars paid a light

JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN Joni Mitchell

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 count

THE JUNGLE LINE Joni Mitchell

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,

Don`t Interrupt The Sorrow Joni Mitchell

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 that Ethiopian wall

Don't Interrupt The Sorrow Joni Mitchell

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 that Ethiopian wall Anima

THE SILKY VEILS OF ARDOR Joni Mitchell

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 waters

STRANGE BOY Joni Mitchell

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 fool and

A Strange Boy Joni Mitchell

Needing love and understanding What a strange, strange boy He still lives with his family Even the war and the navy couldn't bring him to maturity He keeps referring back to school days And clinging to

REFUGE OF THE ROADS Joni Mitchell

Would always be denied "Heart and humor and humility" He said "Will lighten up your heavy load" I left him for the refuge of the roads I fell in with some drifters Cast upon a beachtown Winn

LOVE PUTS ON A NEW FACE Joni Mitchell

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 firelight" And the lonely

HEJIRA Joni Mitchell

the breadth of extremities Or stick to some straighter line Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock They're either going to thaw out or freeze Listen...

Strong And Wrong Joni Mitchell

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...

COME IN FROM THE COLD Joni Mitchell

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

ROSES BLUE Joni Mitchell

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 She's

FOR THE ROSES Joni Mitchell

as he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off

For the Roses (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off

FACE LIFT Joni Mitchell

all seem so tawdry and cheap "Oh, let's be nice, Mama, open up your gifts You know, happiness is the best facelift" I mean, after all, she introduced us Oh, but she regrets that now Shacked up

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

You've Changed Joni Mitchell

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 blas?

TALK TO ME Joni Mitchell

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!

SISOTOWBELL LANE Joni Mitchell

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 Sometimes

CAREY Joni Mitchell

my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne Oh Carey get out your cane And I'll put on some silver Oh you're a mean old Daddy, but I like you fine Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will

THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD Joni Mitchell

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're immune

Last Time I Saw Richard Joni Mitchell

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 café You laugh he said you think you're immune

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

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 little bit corny I'm a wildwood flower

You Turn Me On I’m A Radio Joni Mitchell

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 little bit corny I'm a wild wood flower

You Turn Me On I'm A Radio Joni Mitchell

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 little bit corny I'm a wildwood flower

PAPRIKA PLAINS Joni Mitchell

river snaking (Where crows gaze--vigilant on wires Where cattle graze the grasses Far from the digits of business hours The moon clock wanes and waxes-- But here all time is stripped away Nowhere

THE WOLF THAT LIVES IN LINDSEY 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 go The stab and glare and buckshot Of the heavy

FICTION Joni Mitchell

of the image and the image makers Fiction of the magazines Fiction of the movies Fiction of the "Buy me," "Watch me," "Listen to me" I can't decide I'm so confused Which way to go?