by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be happy, my love Let's say that our little show is over And so the story ends Why not call it a day, the sensible way And still be friends L

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

See the stretching sun at dawning Wipe the stardust from his eyes Feel the morning breezes yawning Telling me it's time to rise Telling me it's time to rise I was born to take the highway I was born

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I am a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through all these highs and lows I heard there was no sickness and no toil or danger Just mercy and plenty Where peaceful waters flow Where peaceful waters flo

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

You could have been more than a name on the door On the thirty-third floor in the air More than a credit card Swimming pool in the backyard While you still have the time You could get away and find a

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

Sparkle on the ocean Eagle at the top of a tree Those crazy crows always making a commotion This land is home to me I was talking to my neighbor He said, "When I get to heaven, if it is not like this

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

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 ru

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I can't decide I don't know Which way to go? The options multiply The choices grow Which way to go? What should I buy? What should I be? Which way to go? (Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief) So much comes a

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror I read his name an

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I'm a lucky girl I found my friend I've been all around the world Mission impossible Chasing the rainbow's end Wise guys Shy guys And sly lover boys With big bad bedroom eyes I never loved a man I tru

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

A strange boy is weaving a course of grace and havoc On a yellow skateboard through midday sidewalk traffic Just when I think, he's foolish and childish and I want him to be manly I catch my fool and

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

He came, she smiled She thought she had him tamed But he was just as wild Eating from her hand at last Wild things run fast In the dark he could see The trap that was lying In her sweet company Eati

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

The firmament of Tinsel Town Is strung with tungsten stars Lot's of forty watt successes He says, "Where's my own shining hour?" He's the well kept secret of the underground He's in debt to the compa

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

Hard bodies, soft emotions, so fast, so smart The world is at your feet but what about your heart? Fame and fortune can't hold you tight In the late, late hours of the night How do you stop before it

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

It takes cheerful resignation Heart and humility That's all it takes Cheerful person told me Nobody's harder on me than me How could they be And nobody's harder on you than you Betsy's blue she says

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

You wanna make Van Goghs Raise 'em up like sheep Make 'em out of Eskimos And women if you please Make 'em nice and normal Make 'em nice and neat You see him with his shotgun there Bloodied in the whe

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

Front rooms, back rooms slide into tables Crowd into bathrooms, joke around Cheap talk, deep talk, talk, talk, around the clock Crawl home, lie down, teeth chatter, heart pounds I don't feel so good,

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I almost closed the door Canceled on everything we opened up for Tonight the shadows had their say Their sad notions of the way Things really are, damn these blues They'd turn my heart against you Si

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

I think of tears, I think of rain on shingles I think of rain, I think of roses blue I think of Rose, my heart begins to tremble To see the place she's lately gotten to Gotten to, gotten to She's got

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

He is three One's in the middle unmoved Waiting To show what he sees To the other two To the one attacking, so afraid And the one that keeps trying to love and trust And getting himself betrayed In

by Joni Mitchell on album Miscellaneous

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 The