Ethiopia (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Hot winds and hunger cries Ethiopia Flies in your babies' eyes Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains Betrayed by politics Abandoned by the rains On and on the human need On and on the human greed profanes

ETHIOPIA Joni Mitchell

Hot winds and hunger cries--Ethiopia Flies in your babies' eyes--Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains Betrayed by politics Abandoned by the rains On and on--the human need On and on--the human

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I'm a lucky girlI found my friendI've been all around the worldMission ImpossibleChasing the rainbow's endWise guysShy guysAnd sly lover boysWith big bad bedroom eyesI never loved a man I trustedAs...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

The Only Joy In Town (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I want to paint a pictureBotticelli styleInstead of Venus on a clamI'd paint this flower childYou are the air my flowers breatheHe calls, and the ladies turn aroundOn the first day of SpringI'm loo...

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...

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 ...

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 fa...

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...

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...

Maneater (Album Version) Grace Mitchell

She'll only come out at nightsThe lean and hungry typeNothing is newI've seen her here beforeWatching and waitingOoh she's sittin' with youBut her eyes are on the doorSo many have paid to seeWhat y...

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...

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at cloud that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So man...

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it... Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business The...

HELP ME Joni Mitchell

Help me I think I'm falling In love again When I get that crazy feeling, I know I'm in trouble again I'm in trouble 'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler And a sweet-taIking-ladies man And you lov...

MY BEST TO YOU Joni Mitchell

So here's to you May your dreams come true May old father time Never be unkind And through the years Save your smiles and your tears They're just souvenirs They'll make music in your heart Remembe...

A CASE OF YOU Joni Mitchell

Just before our love got lost you said, "I am as constant as a northern star." And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar." On the back of a cartoon...

AMELIA Joni Mitchell

I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens it was the strings of my guitar Ame...

DOG EAT DOG Joni Mitchell

DOG EAT DOG It's dog eat dog--I'm just waking up The dove is in the dungeon And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love Dog Eat Dog Holy hope in the hands of Snakebite evangelists and r...

EDITH AND THE KINGPIN Joni Mitchell

The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters The band sounds like typewriters T...

NOTHING CAN BE DONE Joni Mitchell

Must I forgive you Each time And say you don't know what your're doing There are no victimless crimes I know of Out here in these graffiti ruins My love Oh I am not old I'm told But I am not youn...

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...

CHELSEA MORNING Joni Mitchell

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pip...

LITTLE GREEN Joni Mitchell

Born with the moon in Cancer Choose her a name she will answer to Call her green and the winters cannot fade her Call her green for the children who've made her Little green, be a gypsy dancer He...

WILLY Joni Mitchell

Willy is my child, he is my father I would be his lady all my life He says he'd love to live with me But for an ancient injury That has not healed He said I feel once again Like I gave my heart to...

WOODSTOCK Joni Mitchell

I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm g...

CHEROKEE LOUISE Joni Mitchell

Cherokee Louise is hiding in this tunnel In the Broadway bridge We're crawling on our knees We've got flashlights and batteries We've got cold cuts from the fridge Last year about this time We us...

THE PRIEST Joni Mitchell

The priest sat in the airport bar He was wearing his father's tie And his eyes looked into my eyes so far Whenever the words ran dry Behind the lash and the circles blue He looked as only a priest...