Smokin' (Empty, Try Another) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Try another, try another, try another, try another Empty, empty try another Try another, try another, try another, try another Empty, empty try another Try another, try another, try another, try another

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 prowling disappear Vanished from the star war bars Empty

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 Only Joy In Town (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 these streets are empty

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...

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Front roomsBack roomsSlide into tablesCrowd into bathroomsJoke aroundCheap talkDeep talkTalk, talk, talk around the clockCrawl homeLie downTeeth chatterHeart poundsI don't feel so goodI don't feel ...

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...

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...

WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND Joni Mitchell

I am a woman of heart and mind With time on her hands No child to raise You come to me like a little boy And I give you my scorn and my praise You think I'm like your mother Or another lover or

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 ...

Night Ride Home (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Once in a whileIn a big blue moonThere comes a night like thisLike some surrealistInvented this 4th of JulyNight ride homeHula girlsAnd caterpillar tractors in the sandThe ukulele manThe fireworksT...

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...

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

Ray's Dad's CadillacRollin' past the rinkPast the record shackPink fins in the falling rainRollin'To the blue lights past the water mainsRay's Dad's CadillacWeekends we'd getRay's Dad's CadillacRoc...

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 Three Great Stimulants (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I picked the morning paper off the floorIt was full of other people's little warsWouldn't they like their peaceDon't we get boredAnd we call for the three great stimulantsOf the exhausted onesArtif...

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 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 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

last night It sounded like applause Chilly now End of summer No more shiny hot nights It was just the arbutus rustling And the bumping of the logs And the moon swept down black water Like an empty

LADIES OF THE CANYON Joni Mitchell

always makes you welcome in Cats and babies 'round her feet And all are fat and none are thin None are thin and all are fat She may bake some brownies today Saying, you are welcome back She is another

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

Study war no moreLay down your armsStudy war no moreLay 'em down lay 'em down nowStudy war no moreLay down your armsStudy war no moreNewsreels rattle the Nazi dreadThe able bodied have shipped away...

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...

STAY IN TOUCH Joni Mitchell

Stay in touch In touch Part of this is permanent Part of this is passing So we must be loyal and wary Not to give away too much Til we build a firm foundation And empty out old habits Old habits

RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell

round a bottle And we'll have some laughs Gin's what I'm drinking I was raised on robbery I'm a pretty good cook I'm sitting on my groceries Come up to my kitchen I'll show you my best recipe I try

I HAD A KING Joni Mitchell

I had a king in a tenement castle Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown He's taken the curtains down He's swept with the broom of contempt And the rooms have an empty ring He's cleaned

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

like a fire in the sun Look out the saints are comin' through Ohh and it's all over now, Baby Blue The highway is for gamblers, better use good sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty

TIN ANGEL Joni Mitchell

columbines and wizardry To talk of castles in the sun Still I'll take a chance and see I found someone to love today There's a sorrow in his eyes Like the angel made of tin What will happen if I try

MARCIE Joni Mitchell

Steps inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at her door So she'll wash her flower curtains Hang them in the wind to dry Dust her tables with his shirt and Wave another

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 ...

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...

Comes Love Joni Mitchell

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 the inner tube Comes love Nothing can be done Don't try

CAREY Joni Mitchell

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 buy you a bottle of wine And we'll laugh and toast to nothing and smash our empty

TROUBLE CHILD Joni Mitchell

Breaking like the waves at Malibu So why does it come as such a shock To know you really have no one Only a river of changing faces Looking for an ocean They trickle through your leaky plans Another

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...

BLUE Joni Mitchell

Blue, songs are like tattoos You know I've been to sea betore Crown and anchor me Or let me sail away Hey Blue, here is a song for you Ink on a pin Underneath the skin An empty space to fill in

SUNNY SUNDAY Joni Mitchell

She pulls the shade; It's just another sunny Sunday She dodges the light like Blanche DuBois Bright colors fade away on such a sunny Sunday; She waits for the night to fall Then she points a pistol

JERICHO Joni Mitchell

I'll try to keep myself open up to you That's a promise that I made to love When it was new "Just like Jericho" I said "Let these walls come tumbling down" I said it like I finally found the way

LUCKY GIRL Joni Mitchell

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 prowling disappear Vanished from the star-war-bars Empty

Answer Me, My Love Joni Mitchell

Please answer me sweetheart You were mine yesterday I believed that love was here to stay Won't you tell me how I've gone astray Please answer me my love If you're happier without me I'll try

NATHAN LA FRANEER Joni Mitchell

ghostly garden grows He asked me for a dollar more He cursed me to my face He hated everyone who paid to ride And share his common space I picked my bags up from the curb And stumbled to the door Another

MAN TO MAN Joni Mitchell

Giving my sweet love-- Tasting sweet love-- Woman to man Sometimes it's easy You drift with the empty gladness Like it all belongs Sometimes it's low down sadness Like it's all gone so wrong

SISOTOWBELL LANE Joni Mitchell

blue Sisotowbell Lane Anywhere else now would seem very strange The seasons are changing Everyday in everyway Sometimes it is spring Sometimes it is not anything A poet can sing Sometimes we try