ALL I WANT Joni Mitchell

me I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive Do you want - do you want -

THE WINDFALL (EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING) Joni Mitchell

too much You want too badly You want everything for nothing Going to the church You chant For my downfall Chanting for my house My friends You want it all The pillows on my bed The visions

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

that you sun by Trips to tropic shores Clothes from fancy stores You want too much You want too badly You want everything for nothing Going to the church You chant For my downfall Chanting for my house

(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care Joni Mitchell

You're so square baby You're so square Oh, you don't like greasy diners You don't like sleazy bands You just want to go To a movie show And sit there holding hands You're so square Baby I don't care You

Funeral Joni Mitchell

so far out, you know what I mean?"

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

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?

SEE YOU SOMETIME Joni Mitchell

Why do you have to be so jive O.K. hang up the phone It hurts But something survives Though it's undermined I'd still like to see you sometime I'm feeling so good And my friends all tell me That

THE ONLY JOY IN TOWN Joni Mitchell

I want to paint a picture Botticelli style Instead of Venus on a clam I'd paint this flower child "You are the air my flowers breathe" He calls, and the ladies turn around On the first day of Spring

The Only Joy In Town (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I want to paint a picture Botticelli style Instead of Venus on a clam I'd paint this flower child You are the air my flowers breathe He calls, and the ladies turn around On the first day of Spring I'm

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

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

REFUGE OF THE ROADS Joni Mitchell

I met a friend of spirit He drank and womanized And I sat before his sanity I was holding back from crying He saw my complications And he mirrored me back simplified And we laughed how our perfection

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

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

SONG FOR SHARON Joni Mitchell

I went to Staten Island. To buy myself a mandolin And I saw the long white dress of love On a storefront mannequin Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars...

THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS 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 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

MICHAEL FROM MOUNTAINS Joni Mitchell

puddles in taffeta patterns That run down the drain In colored arrangements That Michael will change with a stick that he found (CHORUS) Michael from mountains Go where you will go to Know that I

CONVERSATION Joni Mitchell

He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows that's what he'll find I bring him grapes and cheeses He brings me songs to play He sees me when he pleases

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

THE REOCCURING DREAM Joni Mitchell

We guarantee it--pick up your phone and dial See here they sell you If you had this If you had that I want a new truck!--More power!

The Reoccurring Dream (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

less frustrating Out of the envy in our eyes Look Glamorous picture people rise Radiant Gleaming down from screens and pages Ooh glamour before your very eyes Isn't it true isn't it true Good question I

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

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 my child

NUMBER ONE Joni Mitchell

You get a car You want a boat You want an eenie-meenie-miney miney-moe Oh there must be more to living Than a mortgage and a lawn to mow Sweaty work And lucky breaks And blood and tears is all

Number One (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 reaching for the high rung Reaching to be number one You get a car You want

LET THE WIND CARRY ME Joni Mitchell

me Papa knows somehow he set me free Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten She blames herself But papa he blesses me It's a rough road to travel Mama let go now It's always called for me Sometimes I

COLD BLUE STEEL AND SWEET FIRE Joni Mitchell

beat police Sweet Fire calling "You can't deny me Now you know what you need" Underneath the jungle gym Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief Looking for Sweet Fire Shadow of Lady Release "Come with me I

IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET Joni Mitchell

Downtown My darling dimestore thief In the War of Independence Rock 'n Roll rang sweet as victory Under neon signs A girl was in bloom And a woman was fading In a suburban room I said, "Take

Stormy Weather Joni Mitchell

Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps rainin' all of the time Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather Just can't

TWISTED Joni Mitchell

My analyst told me That I was right out of my head The way he described it He said I'd be better dead than live I didn't listen to his jive I knew all along That he was all wrong And I knew that

You've Changed Joni Mitchell

br />You're bored with me in every way I can't understand You've changed You've forgotten the words I love you And the memories that we've shared You've ignored all the stars up above you I can't realize

CHEROKEE LOUISE Joni Mitchell

got flashlights and batteries We've got cold cuts from the fridge Last year about this time We used to climb up in the branches Just to sway there in some breeze Now the cops on the street They want

THE FIDDLE AND THE DRUM Joni Mitchell

And so once again My dear Johnny my dear friend And so once again you are fightin' us all And when I ask you why You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall Oh, my friend How did you come To trade

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

LOVE (CORINTHIANS II:13) Joni Mitchell

Although I speak in tongues Of men and angels I'm just sounding brass And tinkling cymbals without love-- Love suffers long-- Love is kind!

People's Parties Joni Mitchell

All the people at this party They've got a lot of style They've got stamps of many countries They've got passport smiles Some are friendly Some are cutting Some are watching it from the wings Some are

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

COME IN FROM THE COLD Joni Mitchell

to achieve We had hope The world held promise For a slave to liberty Freely I slaved away for something better And I was bought and sold And all I ever wanted Was just to come in from the cold

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

Both Sides, Now Joni Mitchell

So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way. I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's cloud illusions I recall.

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

What have I done to you? That you make everything I dread and everything I fear come true?

The Sire of Sorrow Joni Mitchell

What have I done to you? That you make everything I dread and everything I fear come true?

THE GALLERY Joni Mitchell

scenes That all your work discloses "Lady, don't love me now I am dead I am a saint, turn down your bed I have no heart," that's what you said You said, "I can be cruel But let me be gentle with

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Joni Mitchell

between the trailers Not the early one That you can wish upon; Not the northern one That guides in the sailors Oh starbright, starbright You've got the lovin' that I like, all right Turn this

THE DAWNTREADER Joni Mitchell

their questions there's no answer for The roll of the harbor wake The songs that the rigging makes The taste of the spray he takes And he learns to give He aches and he learns to live He stakes all

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell

So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way. I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's cloud illusions I recall.