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

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

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

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

COOL WATER Joni Mitchell

All day I face the barren waste Without a taste of water Cool water Old Dan and I Our throats slate dry Our spirits cry out for water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan

Cool Water (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

All day I face the barren waste Without a taste of water Cool water Old Dan and I Our throats slate dry Our spirits cry out for water Cool clear water Keep on movin' Dan Some devils had a plan Buried poison

CACTUS TREE Joni Mitchell

stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water weeds While she was busy being free

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

THE THREE GREAT STIMULANTS Joni Mitchell

I picked the morning paper off the floor It was full of other people's little wars Wouldn't they like their peace Don't we get bored And we call for the three great stimulants Of the exhausted ones

The Three Great Stimulants (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I picked the morning paper off the floor It was full of other people's little wars Wouldn't they like their peace Don't we get bored And we call for the three great stimulants Of the exhausted ones Artifice

THE DAWNTREADER Joni Mitchell

Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where Never mind their questions there's no answer for The roll

LET THE WIND CARRY ME Joni Mitchell

brought home the sugar Mama taught me the deeper meaning She don't like my kick pleat skirt She don't like my eyelids painted green She don't like me staying up late In my high-heeled shoes Living for

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

THE WINDFALL (EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING) Joni Mitchell

Because Elvis gave 'em cars You think I'm cheap And 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

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

So you want me to buy you a car Why Because Elvis did Darlin' come on Because Elvis gave 'em cars You think I'm cheap And you're hard done by Look you live here like a star Rent free suite Big blue pool

JERICHO Joni Mitchell

When it was new "Just like Jericho" I said "Let these walls come tumbling down" I said it like I finally found the way To keep the good feelings alive I said it like it was something to strive for

PASSION PLAY (WHEN ALL THE SLAVES ARE FREE) Joni Mitchell

Never before was a man so kind Never so redeeming Enter the multitudes In Exxon blue In radiation rose Ecstasy Now you tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free

Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free) (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

gleaming Never before was a man so kind Never so redeeming Enter the multitudes In Exxon blue In radiation rose Ecstasy Now you tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free

IMPOSSIBLE DREAMER Joni Mitchell

The street was loud From an angry crowd and I thought of you, I thought of you Dreamer Land of the free No hungry bellies Impossible Impossible dreamer In the darkest part of the night Blue

Impossible Dreamer (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

The street was loud From an angry crowd and I thought of you, I thought of you Dreamer Land of the free No hungry bellies Impossible Impossible dreamer In the darkest part of the night Blue shadows conjure

WOODSTOCK Joni Mitchell

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 going to camp out on the land I'm going to try an' get my soul free

TALK TO ME Joni Mitchell

Oh, I talk too loose Again I talk too open and free I pay a high price for my open talking Like you do for your silent mystery Come and talk to me Please talk to me Talk to me, talk to me Mr.

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

IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET Joni Mitchell

rolling, rolling, rock n' rolling Downtown In the pinball arcade With his head full of pool hall pitches And songs from the hit parade He'd be singing "Bye, Bye, Love" While he's racking up his free

COYOTE Joni Mitchell

tried to run away myself To run away and wrestle with my ego And with this flame You put here in this Eskimo In this hitcher In this prisoner Of the fine white lines Of the white lines on the free

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

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

Urge For Going Joni Mitchell

awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold and shivering trees are standing in a naked row I get the urge for

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

CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY Joni Mitchell

class We're middle aged We were wild in the old days Birth of rock 'n roll days Now your kids are coming up straight And my child's a stranger I bore her But, I could not raise her Nothing lasts for

Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody Joni Mitchell

middle class We're middle aged We were wild in the old days Birth of rock 'n roll days Now your kids are coming up straight And my child's a stranger I bore her But, I could not raise her Nothing lasts for

Love Or Money Joni Mitchell

debt to the company store Because his only channelled aspiration Was getting back that girl he had before He's got stacks and stacks of words that rhyme Describing what it is to lose He's got some just for

THE SAME SITUATION Joni Mitchell

Again and again the same situation For so many years Tethered to a ringing telephone In a room full ot mirrors A pretty girl in your bathroom Checking out her sex appeal I asked myself when you

COURT AND SPARK Joni Mitchell

Love came to my door With a sleeping roll And a madman's soul He thought for sure I'd seen him Dancing up a river in the dark Looking for a woman To court and spark He was playing on the sidewalk

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

Strong And Wrong Joni Mitchell

That's what history' s for. History... A mass--murder mystery... His story Strong and wrong You lose everything Without the heart You need To hear a robin sing Where have all the songbirds gone?

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

BLUE BOY Joni Mitchell

Lady called the blue boy, love, She took him home Made himself an idol, yes, So he turned to stone Like a pilgrim she travelled Ta place her flowers Before his granite grace And she prayed aloud for

BLONDE IN THE BLEACHERS Joni Mitchell

The blonde in the bleachers She flips her hair for you Above the loudspeakers You start to fall She follows you home But you miss living alone You can still hear sweet mysteries Calling you The

THE PRIEST Joni Mitchell

He said, "You wouldn't like it here No it's no place you should share The roof is ripped with hurricanes And the room is always bare I need the wind and I seek the cold" He reached post the wine for

GOOD FRIENDS Joni Mitchell

block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run like a movie Synchronized--like magic Good friends you and me No hearts of gold No nerves of steel No blame 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

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

'til the block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run like a movie Synchronized like magic Good friends you and me No hearts of gold No nerves of steel No blame for

Good Friends (Demo) Joni Mitchell

'til the block gets up Swapping stories Sitting around in some all night zoo Watching it run like a movie Synchronized like magic Good friends you and me No hearts of gold No nerves of steel No blame for

THE BOHO DANCE Joni Mitchell

Down in the cellar in the Boho zone I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well Just another hard-time band With Negro affectations I was a hopeful in rooms like this When I was working cheap

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

LADIES OF THE CANYON Joni Mitchell

Estrella circus girl Comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls Songs like tiny hammers hurled At beveled mirrors in empty halls Empty halls and beveled mirrors Sailing seas and climbing banyans Come out for