SEE YOU SOMETIME Joni Mitchell

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?

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

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

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

HARLEM IN HAVANA Joni Mitchell

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, if you go

COTTON AVENUE Joni Mitchell

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 Avenue-

Overture - Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

"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 Avenue That's

Overture-Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

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 Avenue That's where

Goodbye Blue Sky Joni Mitchell

Did did did did you see the frightened ones? Did did did did you hear the falling bombs?

TURBULENT INDIGO Joni Mitchell

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 there?

Pat's Solo Joni Mitchell

This is my solo...Excuse me Sir...would you please take your seat, I'm playing my solo... no I'm serious can't you see I'm playing a solo here?...

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

LESSON IN SURVIVAL Joni Mitchell

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 Black

COOL WATER Joni Mitchell

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

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

The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) Joni Mitchell

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?

The Sire of Sorrow Joni Mitchell

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?

Don't Go to Strangers Joni Mitchell

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 left to turn Don't go

THE PIRATE OF PENANCE Joni Mitchell

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

CALIFORNIA Joni Mitchell

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 want to stay

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

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 planes comin' overhead Lowdown You

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!

WILD THINGS RUN FAST Joni Mitchell

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 company

Comes Love Joni Mitchell

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

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

Big Yellow Taxi (2007) Joni Mitchell

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone They paved paradise Put up a parking lot.

NUMBER ONE Joni Mitchell

Number one Number one Honey tell me-- When your working day is done-- Were you reaching for the high rung-- Reaching to be number one?

Number One (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 me When your working day is done Were you

BORDERLINE Joni Mitchell

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

THE SAME SITUATION Joni Mitchell

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

SONG FOR SHARON Joni Mitchell

All for something lacy Some girl's going to see that dress And crave that day like crazy Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada They can balance and they can climb Like their fathers before

GOOD FRIENDS Joni Mitchell

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 ...

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 OTB Synchronized

Good Friends (Demo) Joni Mitchell

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 OTB Synchronized

UNDERNEATH THE STREETLIGHT Joni Mitchell

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!

MY SECRET PLACE 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're a special case For my special place For my secret

My Secret Place (Album Version) 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're a special case For my special place For my secret place

THE GALLERY Joni Mitchell

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 funny

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

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it...

PASSION PLAY (WHEN ALL THE SLAVES ARE FREE) Joni Mitchell

tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free?

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

you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free Who're you gonna get I am up a sycamore Looking through the leaves A sinner of some position Who in the world can this heart healer be This

FACE LIFT Joni Mitchell

shouldn't have come She made me pay For gleaming with Donald down her street She put blame on him And shame on me She made it all seem so tawdry and cheap "Oh, let's be nice, Mama, open up your gifts You

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

Funeral Joni Mitchell

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 so far out, you

REFUGE OF THE ROADS Joni Mitchell

Muscular with gods and sungold Shine on your witness in the refuge of the roads In a highway service station Over the month of June Was a photograph of the earth Taken coming back from the moon And you

Dancin' Clown 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 expense "You're a push down window," says Rowdy Yates "I can run you

Dancin' Clown (Album Version) 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 expense You're a push button window, says Rowdy Yates I can run you

The Reoccurring Dream Joni Mitchell

Good question--I know--who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for us mmmmm Wouldn't it be fabulous If you had that house, car, bottle,