I THINK I UNDERSTAND Joni Mitchell

Daylight falls upon the path, the forest falls behind Today I am not prey to dark uncertainty The shadow trembles in its wrath, I've robbed its blackness blind And tasted sunlight as my fear came

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

ROSES BLUE Joni Mitchell

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

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

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

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

MAN TO MAN Joni Mitchell

No demands Just pleasurable sensations Hand in hand No far reaching plans No, no-hand in hand Well I keep on trying to understand Daylight bright How come I keep moving From man to man to man

Answer Me, My Love Joni Mitchell

Answer me Oh my love Just what sin have I been guilty of Tell me how I came to lose your love Please answer me sweetheart You were mine yesterday I believed that love was here to stay Won't

People's Parties Joni Mitchell

her eye paint's running down She's got a rose in her teeth And a Iampshade crown One minute she's so happy Then she's crying on someone's knee Saying laughing and crying You know it's the same release I

Don't Go to Strangers Joni Mitchell

Lover come to me Play with fire Get your fingers burned But when there's no place left to turn Don't go to strangers Lover come to me You give the call to follow your heart You'll follow your heart, I

MAN FROM MARS Joni Mitchell

Since I lost you I can't get through the day Without at least one big boo-hoo The pain won't go away What am I gonna do?

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

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Joni Mitchell

Look out the left the captain said The lights down there, that's where we'll land I saw a falling star burn up Above the Las Vegas sands It wasn't the one that you gave to me That night down south

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

BLUE Joni Mitchell

You've got to keep thinking You can make it thru these waves Acid, booze, and ass Needles, guns, and grass Lots of laughs, lots of laughs Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go Well I

LOVE PUTS ON A NEW FACE Joni Mitchell

He said "You think you're a lady But I know you're a woman We are as young as the night" I said "No telephones ringing No company coming Just the lap of the lake and the firelight" And the lonely

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

Ladies' Man Joni Mitchell

Ladies' man When I'm so hot for you and You're so cold, so cold Ladies' man Why do you keep on trying to Make a man of me Couldn't you just love me Like you love cocaine Cocaine head games Cross my heart I

CAR ON A HILL Joni Mitchell

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 He's not like me I

Pat's Solo Joni Mitchell

Hey buddy sit down so I can concentrate on my solo....Ok that's it, you would think that an artist could play a solo once in a while without any interuptions.

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

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell

I'm Don Juan's reckless daughter I came out two days on your tail Those two bald-headed days in November Before the first snowflakes sail Out on the vast and subtle plains of mystery A split tongue spirit

BLUE MOTEL ROOM Joni Mitchell

I've got a blue motel room With a blue bedspread I've got the blues inside and outside my head Will you still love me When I call you up when I'm down Here in Savannah it's pouring rain Palm trees

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

THE PIRATE OF PENANCE Joni Mitchell

: He'll leave you drowning in the flotsam Of a broken promise in the bay THE DANCER: (Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus) PENANCE: He came again to see her Yes I think they

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?

LEAD BALLOON Joni Mitchell

I said and I threw my drink Tequila trickling Down his business suit Must be the Irish blood Fight before you think Turn it now You can't cowtow You can't undo it It's his town And that went

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

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

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 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

TAX FREE Joni Mitchell

Front rooms Back rooms Slide into tables Crowd into bathrooms Joke around Cheap talk Deep talk Talk, talk, talk around the clock Crawl home Lie down Teeth chatter Heart pounds I don't feel

Tax Free (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

Front rooms Back rooms Slide into tables Crowd into bathrooms Joke around Cheap talk Deep talk Talk, talk, talk around the clock Crawl home Lie down Teeth chatter Heart pounds I don't feel so good I don't

NO APOLOGIES Joni Mitchell

Lawyers and loan sharks Are laying America to waste Freddie said that "Juan thinks, I think He's the devil" What a lofty title For such a petty little tyrant Bigger beasts abound And they kick

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

GOOD FRIENDS Joni Mitchell

I have to come and see you-- Maybe once or twice a year-- I think nothing would suit me better (Right now) Than some downtown atmosphere ...

Good Friends (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

I have to come and see you Maybe once or twice a year I think nothing would suit me better Right now Than some downtown atmosphere In the dance halls and the galleries Or betting in the OTB Synchronized

Good Friends (Demo) Joni Mitchell

I have to come and see you Maybe once or twice a year I think nothing would suit me better Right now Than some downtown atmosphere In the dance halls and the galleries Or betting in the OTB Synchronized

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

(Who're you gonna get) I am up a sycamore Looking through the leaves A sinner of some position Who in the world can this heart healer be This magical physician Enter the multitudes In Exxon

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

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 Who're you gonna get I

BORDERLINE Joni Mitchell

Everybody looks so ill at ease So distrustful so displeased Running down the table I see a borderline Like a barbed wire fence Strung tight, strung tense Prickling with pretense A borderline

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

RIVER Joni Mitchell

pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish

UNDERNEATH THE STREETLIGHT Joni Mitchell

Yes I do--I love you! I swear on the stars above I do! I swear on the streetlight on the corner Shoving back the shadows!

LUCKY GIRL Joni Mitchell

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 ...

Lucky Girl (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

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 trusted