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

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

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

Shiny Toys (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

the winners in the latest Ratepoll games Whatever makes you Yahoo Whatever makes your time feel satisfyin' Whatever makes you Oh I'm so excited Whatever makes you feel like you're right on time Party night

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

end Wise guys Shy guys And sly lover boys With big bad bedroom eyes I never loved a man I trusted As far as I could pitch my shoe 'Til I loved you You're my lucky star You're my magician You make the night

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Front rooms Back rooms Slide into tables Crowd into bathrooms Joke around Cheap talk Deep talk Talk, talk, talk around the clock Crawl home Lie down Teeth chatter Heart pounds I don't feel so good I don't

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

betting in the OTB 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

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...

The Three Great Stimulants (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

bored And we call for the three great stimulants Of the exhausted ones Artifice, brutality and innocence Artifice and innocence No tanks have ever rumbled through these streets and the drone of planes at night

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

of Ray's Dad's Cadillac Ray's dad teaches math Zero I'm a dunce I'm a decimal in his class Last night's kisses won't erase Zero I just can't keep the numbers in their place Ray's Dad's Cadillac Last night

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...

Dancin' Clown (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

No, you couldn't call Jesse a babe in the woodsHe's just weak in self defense'Cause he's so thin skinnedHe can't take a joke at his expenseYou're a push button window, says Rowdy YatesI can run you...

Cool Water (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

All day I face the barren wasteWithout a taste of waterCool waterOld Dan and IOur throats slate dryOur spirits cry out for waterCool clear waterKeep on movin' DanSome devils had a planBuried poison...

Dog Eat Dog (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

It's dog eat dog I'm just waking upThe dove is in the dungeonAnd the white washed hawks pedal hate and call it loveDog Eat DogHoly hope in the hands ofSnakebite evangelists and racketeersAnd big wi...

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 ...

The Beat Of Black Wings (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I met a young soldier He said his name was Killer Kyle He was shakin' all over Like a night frightened child This is his story It's a tough one for me to sing Hard as the squawk and the flap And the beat

The Only Joy In Town (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

him All through this terra cotta town On the first day of Spring We'd dance and sing And be the only joy around We'd be the only joy around The only joy in town He's the only joy I've found All day At night

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...

The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

plants her garden in the spring He does the winter shovelling But summer's just a sneeze In a long long bad winter cold She says I'm leavin' here but she don't go Sleep little darlin' This is your happy home

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

So you want me to buy you a carWhy Because Elvis didDarlin' come onBecause Elvis gave 'em carsYou think I'm cheapAnd you're hard done byLook you live here like a starRent free suiteBig blue pool th...

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

NIGHT IN THE CITY Joni Mitchell

Light up light up Light up your lazy blue eyes Moon's up nights up Taking the town by surprise Night time night time Day left an hour ago City light time Must you get ready so slow There are

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

Magdalene is tremblingLike a washing on a lineTrembling and gleamingNever before was a man so kindNever so redeemingEnter the multitudesIn Exxon blueIn radiation roseEcstasyNow you tell meWho you g...

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

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

OFF NIGHT BACKSTREET Joni Mitchell

You pimp--laughing and strutting her to my chartered seat Your old off night back street It's been stinger to stinger, darling It's been heart to heart You still keep me from finishing Any new love

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

TAMING THE TIGER Joni Mitchell

man is snoring And I'm taming the tiger (You can't tame the tiger) Tiger, tiger burning bright Nice, kitty kitty Tiger, tiger burning bright Sophia says "It's hard to catch And harder still to ride

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...

COYOTE Joni Mitchell

No regrets Coyote We just come from such different sets of circumstance I'm up all night in the studios And you're up early on your ranch You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail While the sun

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...

CALIFORNIA Joni Mitchell

chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a lot of lands to see But I wouldn't want to stay here It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here Oh, but California California I'm coming home

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell

Last night the ghosts of my old ideas Reran on channel five And it howled so spooky for its eagle soul I nearly broke down and cried But the split tongue spirit laughed at me He says, "Your serpent cannot

BLACK CROW Joni Mitchell

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 And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever going to know my home

This Place Joni Mitchell

Sparkle on the ocean Eagle at the top of a tree Those crazy crows always making a commotion This land is home to me.

TWISTED Joni Mitchell

What's so strange when you know That you're a wizard at three I knew that this was meant to be Now I heard little children Were supposed to sleep tight That's why I got into the vodka one night

Night Of The Iguana Joni Mitchell

Night of the iguana The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet Night of the iguana Can you hear the castanets?

Love Or Money Joni Mitchell

human story The wars of pride and property The rebel Irish and the promised land Jew Fighting behind his eyes and over seas Wounded in action and no ceasefire in view Brave reporters bring the battles home

SHADOWS AND LIGHT Joni Mitchell

cruelty Drawn to all things Devil of delight Mythical devil of the ever-present laws Governing blindness, blindness and sight Suntans in reservation dining rooms Pale miners in their lantern rays Night

LADIES OF THE CANYON Joni Mitchell

out for a visit here To be a lady of the canyon Trina takes her paints and her threads And she weaves a pattern all her own Annie bakes her cakes and her breads And she gathers flowers for her home

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

coincidence The empty handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets The sky of blue is moving over you Ohh it's all over now, Baby Blue All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home

THE THREE GREAT STIMULANTS Joni Mitchell

we call for the three great stimulants Of the exhausted ones Artifice, brutality and innocence Artifice and innocence No tanks have ever rumbled through these streets and the drone of planes at night

MORNING MORGANTOWN Joni Mitchell

When morning comes to Morgantown The merchants roll their awnings down The milktrucks make their morning rounds In morning, Morgantown We'll rise up early, with the sun To ride the bus while everyone