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

TWO GREY ROOMS Joni Mitchell

grey rooms up here With a view When you walk by Below my window You look so youthful Time has been untruthful Heaven knows I loved you 30 years ago Hot days your shirt's undone Rainy days you run

Two Grey Rooms (Demo) Joni Mitchell

these two grey rooms up here With a view When you walk by Below my window You look so youthful Time has been untruthful Heaven knows I loved you 30 years ago Hot days your shirt's undone Rainy days you run

Two Grey Rooms (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

these two grey rooms up here With a view When you walk by Below my window You look so youthful Time has been untruthful Heaven knows I loved you 30 years ago Hot days your shirt's undone Rainy days you run

CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY Joni Mitchell

Caught in the middle Carol, we're middle class We're middle aged We were wild in the old days Birth of rock 'n roll days Now your kids are coming up straight And my child's a stranger I bore her

Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody Joni Mitchell

Caught in the middle Carol, we're middle class We're middle aged We were wild in the old days Birth of rock 'n roll days Now your kids are coming up straight And my child's a stranger I bore her But, I

MY SECRET PLACE Joni Mitchell

a special case For my special place My secret place I was born and raised In New York City I'm just getting used to Colorado-- Oh street bravado Carry me Why did you bring me to A place so wild

My Secret Place (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

anyone but You're a special case For my special place My secret place I was born and raised In New York City I'm just getting used to Colorado Oh street bravado Carry me Why did you bring me to A place so wild

THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS Joni Mitchell

And the beat of--the beat of black wings "They gave me a gun," he said "They gave me a mission For the power and the glory-- Propaganda--piss on 'em There's a war zone inside me-- I can feel things

The Beat Of Black Wings (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

squawk and the flap And the beat of the beat of black wings They gave me a gun, he said They gave me a mission For the power and the glory Propaganda piss on 'em There's a war zone inside me I can feel things

IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET Joni Mitchell

removed from romance" "They've been broken in churches and schools And molded to middle class circumstance" And we were rolling, rolling, rock n' rolling Downtown The dance halls and cafes Feel so wild

NUMBER ONE Joni Mitchell

Run, run, run, run Let's see you run We'll be betting by the starting gun! Shall we shower you with flowers Or shall we shun ya When your race is run?

Number One (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

to living Than a mortgage and a lawn to mow Sweaty work And lucky breaks And blood and tears is all it takes To be a winner People cheer And people gasp People want your autograph When you're a winner Run

GOOD FRIENDS Joni Mitchell

magic Good friends you and me The sun goes down in Jersey Rises over Little Italy-- We could talk it up 'til the block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Synchronized like magic Good friends you and me The sun goes down in Jersey Rises over Little Italy We could talk it up 'til the block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run

Good Friends (Demo) Joni Mitchell

Synchronized like magic Good friends you and me The sun goes down in Jersey Rises over Little Italy We could talk it up 'til the block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run

SHADOWS AND LIGHT Joni Mitchell

Every picture has its shadows And it has some source of light Blindness, blindness and sight The perils of benefactors The blessings of parasites Blindness, blindness and sight Threatened by all things

I Don't Know Where I Stand Joni Mitchell

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair Picked up a pencil and wrote "I love you" in my finest hand Wanted to send it, but I don't know

BLONDE IN THE BLEACHERS Joni Mitchell

seems like you've gotta give up Such a piece of your soul When you give up the chase Feeling it hot and cold You're in Rock'n'Roll It's the nature of the race It's the unknown child So sweet and wild

LET THE WIND CARRY ME Joni Mitchell

I get that feeling And I want to settle And raise a child up with somebody I get that strong longing And I want to settle And raise a child up with somebody But it passes like the summer I'm a wild

CAR ON A HILL Joni Mitchell

easy He's not like me I watch for judgement anxiously Now where in the city can that boy be Waiting for a car Climbing Climbing Climbing the hill He's a real good talker--I think he's friend Fast

JERICHO Joni Mitchell

try to keep myself open up to you It gets easier and easier to do Just like Jericho Let these walls come tumbling down now Let them fall right on the ground Let all these dogs go running free The wild

HELP ME Joni Mitchell

again I'm in trouble 'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler And a sweet-taIking-ladies man And you love your lovin' But not like you love your freedom Help me I think I'm falling In love too fast

Love Joni Mitchell

- Enduring all things- Love has no evil in mind If I had the gift of prophecy- And all the knowledge- And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries- If I didn't

Bad Dreams Joni Mitchell

self-consciousness But now we have to grapple With our man-made world backfiring Keeping one eye on our brother's Deadly selfishness Everyone's a victim Nobody's hands are clean There's so very little left of wild

LOVE (CORINTHIANS II:13) Joni Mitchell

-- Enduring all things-- Love has no evil in mind If I had the gift of prophecy-- And all the knowledge-- And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries-- If I didn't

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Demo) Joni Mitchell

You better leave now, take what you need, the past is past Whatever you wanna keep, you better grab it fast Over there's your orphan with her gun Cryin' like a fire in the sun Look out the saints are comin

THE FIDDLE AND THE DRUM Joni Mitchell

You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall Oh, my friend How did you come To trade the fiddle for the drum You say I have turned Like the enemies you've earned But I can remember All the good things

THE JUNGLE LINE Joni Mitchell

Screaming in a ritual of sound and time Floating, drifting on the air-conditioned wind And drooling for a taste of something smuggled in Pretty women funneled through valves and smoke Coy and bitchy, wild

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

BE COOL Joni Mitchell

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 Keep things light Keep your worries out of sight And play it cool Play

THE CRAZY CRIES OF LOVE Joni Mitchell

a piece of pie Oh, my my No one else can hear The cries of love Every kiss was sweet and strong Every touch was totally tandem As the train come a-rumbling along They sang a lover's song of wild

Goodbye Blue Sky Joni Mitchell

Did did did did you ever wonder why we had to run For shelter on the promise of a brave new world Unfurled beneath the clear blue sky? Ooooooooooh. Ooooooooooh.

SHADES OF SCARLET CONQUERING Joni Mitchell

wind in crinolines Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn Through stand-in boys and extra players Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair She comes from a school of southern charm She likes to have things

Shades Of Scarlett Conquering Joni Mitchell

in the wind in crinolines Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn Through stand-in boys and extra players Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair She comes from a school of southern charm She likes to have things

COYOTE Joni Mitchell

There's no comprehending Just how close to the bone and the skin and the eyes And the lips you can get And still feel so alone And still feel related Like stations in some relay You're not a hit and run

HOW DO YOU STOP? Joni Mitchell

Hard bodies Soft emotions So fast So smart The world is at your feet But what about your heart?

How Do You Stop (Feat. Seal) Joni Mitchell

Hard bodies Soft emotions So fast So smart The world is at your feet But what about your heart?

STRANGE BOY Joni Mitchell

family Even the war and the navy couldn't bring him to maturity He keeps referring back to school days And clinging to his child Fidgeting and bullied His crazy wisdom holding onto something wild

A Strange Boy Joni Mitchell

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 his child Fidgeting and bullied His crazy wisdom holding onto something wild

AMELIA Joni Mitchell

Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens it was the strings of my guitar Amelia, it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild

TAMING THE TIGER Joni Mitchell

Formula music, girly guile Genuine junkfood for juveniles Up and down the dial Mercenary style I watched the stars chuck down their spears And a plane went blinking by And I thought of Anna Wild

A BIRD THAT WHISTLES Joni Mitchell

Last time I saw that man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to go Corrina, Corrina Tell me why do you have to go Just made me come to love you girl Now you pack your things

A Bird That Whistles (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

waterside Last time I saw that man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to go Corrina, Corrina Tell me why do you have to go Just made me come to love you girl Now you pack your things

NIGHT IN THE CITY Joni Mitchell

Take off your stay-at-home shoes Break off shake off Chase off those stay-at-home blues Stairway stairway Down to the crowds in the street They go their way Looking for faces to greet But we run

SWEET SUCKER DANCE Joni Mitchell

I almost closed the door Cancelled on everything we opened up for Tonight the shadows had their say Their sad notions of the way Things really are Damn these blues!

Sweet Sucka Dance Joni Mitchell

I almost closed the door Cancelled on everything we opened up for Tonight the shadows had their say Their sad notions of the way Things really are Damn these blues They'd turn my heart against you Since

Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Turning and turning Within the widening grey The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart The centre cannot hold And a blood dimmed tide Is loosed upon the world Nothing is sacred The ceremony

WILLY Joni Mitchell

the face on the conquered moon And counting all the cars up the hill And the stars on my window sill There are still more reasons why I love him Willy is my joy, he is my sorrow Now he wants to run

Love Or Money Joni Mitchell

more bang bang ketchup color to him Just more Twentieth Century Fox All because that ghostly girl comes haunting Just out of reach-outside his bed And she kicks the covers off his sleep For the clumsy things