Urge For Going Joni Mitchell

for going but I never seem to go I get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in I had me a man in summertime He had summer-colored

Funeral Joni Mitchell

[Swede:] "Oh, But I know he's very lucky too, because when Mingus dies there's gonna be the same funeral they had for Duke Ellington... in a big church and the whole country's going to say, wow, he was

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

MY SECRET PLACE Joni Mitchell

I'm going to take you to My special place It's a place that you Like no one else I know Might appreciate I don't go there with anyone--but You're a special case For my special place For my secret

My Secret Place (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I'm going to take you to My special place It's a place that you Like no one else I know Might appreciate I don't go there with anyone but You're a special case For my special place For my secret place

THE WINDFALL (EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING) Joni Mitchell

done by Look-you live here like a star Rent free suite Big blue pool that you sun by Trips to tropic shores Clothes from fancy stores You want too much You want too badly You want everything for

You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell

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 wildwood flower Waving for

You Turn Me On I’m A Radio Joni Mitchell

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 Waving for

You Turn Me On I'm A Radio Joni Mitchell

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 wildwood flower Waving for

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

you're hard done by Look you live here like a star Rent free suite Big blue pool that you sun by Trips to tropic shores Clothes from fancy stores You want too much You want too badly You want everything for

A CHAIR IN THE SKY Joni Mitchell

The rain slammed hard as bars It caught me--by surprise Mutts of the planet And shook me down for alibis I'm waiting For the keeper to release me Debating this sentence Biding my time In memories

COLD BLUE STEEL AND SWEET FIRE Joni Mitchell

Cold Blue Steel out of money One eye for the 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

TROUBLE CHILD Joni Mitchell

So what are you going to do about it You can't live life and you can't leave it Advice and religion-you can't take it You can't seem to believe it The peacock is afraid to parade You're under the

JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN Joni Mitchell

things slide The station master's shuffling cards Boxcars are banging in the yards Jealous Iovin'Il make you crazy If you can't find your goodness 'Cause you lost your heart I went looking for

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

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 There's a lot of people asking for my time They're trying

ELECTRICITY Joni Mitchell

The Minus is loveless He talks to the land And the leaves fall And the pond over-ices She don't know the system, Plus She don't understand She's got all the wrong fuses and splices She's not going

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

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' through Ohh and it's all over now, Baby Blue The highway is for

RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell

He was sitting in the lounge of the Empire Hotel He was drinking for diversion He was thinking for himself A little money riding on the Maple Leafs Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves She says...

MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES Joni Mitchell

I was an unmarried girl I'd just turned twenty-seven When they sent me to the sisters For the way men looked at me Branded as a jezebel I knew I was not bound for Heaven I'd be cast in shame Into

The Magdalene Laundries Joni Mitchell

I was an unmarried girl I'd just turned twenty-seven When they sent me to the sisters For the way men looked at me Branded as a jezebel I knew I was not bound for Heaven I'd be cast in shame Into the Magdalene

HELP ME Joni Mitchell

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 It's got me hoping for

CALIFORNIA Joni Mitchell

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 I'm going

HEJIRA Joni Mitchell

never has been easy Whether you do or you do not resign Whether you travel the breadth of extremities Or stick to some straighter line Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock They're either going

SONG FOR SHARON Joni Mitchell

All for something lacy Some girl's going to see that dress And crave that day like crazy Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada They can balance and they can climb Like their fathers before

MARCIE Joni Mitchell

the sidewalk like string and brown paper Winter blows Up from the river there's no one to take her To the sea Marcie dresses warm its snowing Takes a yellow cab uptown Red is stop and green's for

YVETTE IN ENGLISH Joni Mitchell

He's fumbling with her foreign tongue; Reaching for words and drawing blanks A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb In a bistro on the left bank "If I were a painter," Picasso said, "I'd paint this

The Reoccurring Dream Joni Mitchell

Good question--I know--who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for us mmmmm Wouldn't it be fabulous If you had that house, car, bottle,

The Reocurring Dream Joni Mitchell

Good question--I know--who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for us mmmmm Wouldn't it be fabulous If you had that house, car, bottle,

THE REOCCURING DREAM Joni Mitchell

Good question--I know--who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for us mmmmm Wouldn't it be fabulous If you had that house, car,

The Reoccurring Dream (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

and pages Ooh glamour before your very eyes Isn't it true isn't it true Good question I know who cares Look here they tell you If you had this If you had that Latest styles and colors If we had that for

TAX FREE Joni Mitchell

Preacher preaching love like vengeance Preaching love like hate Calling for large donations Promising estates Rolling lawns and angel bands Behind the pearly gates You know, he will have his in this

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Lord There's evil in this land Evangelist Rock and roll music Cast down these dope fiends And there noisy bands Damn their souls Preacher preaching love like vengeance Preaching love like hate Calling for

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

RIVER Joni Mitchell

Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going

Judgement of the Moon and Stars Joni Mitchell

stockings On the bedposts of refinement You're to raw They think you're too raw It's the judgement of the moon and stars Your solitary path Draw yourself a bath Think what you'd like to have For

Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) Joni Mitchell

Long silk stockings On the bedposts of refinement You're too raw They think you're too raw It's the judgement of the moon and stars Your solitary path Draw yourself a bath Think what you'd like to have For

SOLID LOVE Joni Mitchell

We got a break Unbelievable We got a break Right in the middle of this Hollywood heartache We got this solid love All around the town Good hearts are going under Love bandits con and plunder

LESSON IN SURVIVAL Joni Mitchell

yellow line Friends and kin Campers in the kitchen That's fine sometimes But I know my needs My sweet tumbleweed I need more quiet times By a river flowing You and me Deep kisses And the sun going

YOU DREAM FLAT TIRES Joni Mitchell

Cause I know that you love me But, when are you going to let love be Just a vague flirtation Or extra special company?

Stormy Weather Joni Mitchell

can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time All the time So weary all of the time When you went away The blues stepped up and met me If he's gone to stay That old rocking chair's going

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

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 don't like going

FOR FREE Joni Mitchell

I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around in the dirty town And the children let out from the schools I was standing on a noisy corner Waiting for

BLACK CROW Joni Mitchell

like that black 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

FOR THE ROSES 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

PAPRIKA PLAINS Joni Mitchell

I'm going outside to get some air Back in my hometown They would have cleared the floor Just to watch the rain come down! They're such sky oriented people-- Geared to changing weather ...

COTTON AVENUE Joni Mitchell

rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights- Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue- That's where I'm going

Overture - Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

came rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue That's where I'm going

Overture-Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

came rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue That's where I'm going

THE CRAZY CRIES OF LOVE Joni Mitchell

can hear The crazy cries of love They were laughing, they were dancing in the rain They knew their love was a strong one When they heard the far off whistle of a train They were hoping it was going

CAR ON A HILL Joni Mitchell

I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show I've been listening to the sirens and the radio He said he'd be over three hours ago I've been waiting for his car on the hill He makes friends easy