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Boogie up, boogie down Shake your body to the groove Sing it high, sing it low Dancin, dancin, dancin Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie Boogie boogie all night long Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie Boogie boogie to the songs The hits of 69 Keep on goin up the vibe Like Credence CCR to the star And here they come again shook, ooh, ooh Sugar, ah honey honey You are my candy girl And youve got me wanting you Well Think of your fellow man Lend him a helping hand Put a little love in your heart If you want the world to know We wont let hatred grow Put a little love in your heart And the world will be a better place For you and me You just wait and see Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius The age of Aquarius Aquarius Aquarius Thinkin bout the times you drove in my car Thinkin that I might have drove you too far And Im thinkin bout the love that you laid on my table Whos to ask how many times I found you Standing wet and naked in the garden Took the train from Casablanca going South Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my mouth, my mouth, my mouth Ducks and pigs and chickens call, animal carpet wall to wall American ladies five-foot tall in blue Dont you know were riding on the Marrakesh Express? Dont you know were riding on the Marrakesh Express? Theyre taking me to Marrakesh Come on board to Woodstock By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song And a celebration We are stardust, we are golden We are caught in the devils bargain And we got to get ourselves Back to the garden Gimme an F U C K Whats that spell? Whats that spell? Living, loving, shes just a woman Well, the leaders of our time choose to remain blind. Let us sing and dance, and rejoice, and braze the new. Hail Atlantis! Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo You gotta hit the beat, you gotta hit the beat One, two, three, four So long, Frank Lloyd Wright All of the nights wed harmonize till dawn I never laughed so long So long So long Standing at the docks at Southampton Trying to get to Holland or France The man in the mac said, Youve got to go back You know he never even give us a chance Christ you know it aint easy You know how hard it can be The way things are going Theyre gonna crucify John Yoko John Yoko John Yoko John Shall I tell you about my life They say Im a man of the world And theres no one Id rather be But I just wish that Id never been born When the day is done Some get by but some get old Just to show lifes not made of gold When the day is done Linger on pale blue eyes Linger on pale blue eyes Frank Zappa! Miles runs the voodoo down He runs the voodoo down Miles runs the voodoo down We run that voodoo down The creator has a master plan Peace and happiness throughout the land The creator has a working plan Peace and happiness throughout the land The creator has a master plan Peace and happiness throughout the land The creator has a master plan Peace and happiness throughout the land A salty dog, a seamans log And no one left alive Make your own kind of music Sing your own special song Make your own kind of music Even if nobody else sings along Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo The hits of 69 keep on blowing up your mind Remember Day is Done, John and Yoko sure was fun Frank Zappa, Miles, give the gift of fun, ah ah ah Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo Woo woo woo-woo, woo-woo-woo, woo woo-woo

Cass Elliot : They say everything can be replaced Yeah and every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here Together : I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released Mary Travers : They say every man needs protection They say every man must fall Yeah, I swear I see my reflection Somewhere up above these walls Together : I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released Joni Mitchell : Yonder standing me in this lonely crowd A man who says hes not to blame All day long I hear him hollering so loud Just crying out that hes not to blame Together : I see my light come shining From the west down to the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Well it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Well it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry She tried hard to help me You know, she put me at ease And she loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river I could skate away on But Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

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Since I lost you I cant get through the day Without at least one big boo-hoo The pain wont go away What am I gonna do? Man from Mars This time you went too far I fall apart Everytime I think of you Swallowed by the dark There is no center to my life now No grace in my heart Man from Mars This time you went too far I call and call The silence is so full of sounds Youre in them all I hear you in the water And the wiring in the walls Man from Mars This time you went too far

Blue on blue Skys in your eyes Steer you away like I wasnt here Where do you go when you fantasize? Bet you wish Id disappear Leave you to dreaming and leave you alone Lost in a world thats all your own Can I come, too Blue on blue Dreams like you are making now Are very hard to share All I ask is one small favor Dream a dream and wish me there Gold on gold, sun in your hair Spinning the rainbow, weaving the wind Bluing the dye for the midnight air Counting the gold at the rainbows end Rapier princess whispers your name Out of the time before I came Ill never know Gold on gold Dreams like you are making now Are very hard to share All I ask is one small favor Dream a dream and wish me there Blue on blue

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 And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down Were captive on the carousel of time We cant return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game Then the child moved ten times round the seasons Skated over ten clear frozen streams Words like when youre older must appease him And promises of someday make his dreams And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down Were captive on the carousel of time We cant return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town And they tell him take your time it wont be long now Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down Were captive on the carousel of time We cant return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true Therell be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty Before the last revolving year is through And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down Were captive on the carousel of time We cant return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game And go round and round and round In the circle game

Love came to my door With a sleeping roll And a madmans soul He thought for sure Id seen him Dancing up a river in the dark Looking for a woman To court and spark He was playing on the sidewalk For passing change When something strange happened Glory train passed through him So he buried the coins he made in Peoples Park And went looking for a woman To court and spark It seemed like he read my mind He saw me mistrusting him And still acting kind He saw how I worried sometimes I worry sometimes All the guilty people, he said Theyve all seen the stain On their daily bread On their christian names I cleared myself I sacrificed my blues And you could complete me Id complete you His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea And the more he talked to me The more he reached me Oh, but I couldnt let go of L.A City of the fallen angels

Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift Its a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I mightve cried but now You only need to look so far As the smile on my face To see the shape Im in Try love in a bottle Try love in a box Play it all night long Dance til you drop And it sure got soul Its not flesh and blood I tried looking for love But I guess its true You dont look for love Its gonna look for you Well you found me, honey And you sound so good Youre the object Of my affection Not a dream Or make believe Youre the object Of my affection Come to me Now we see the women In the photograph Sweet Anne of mercy And Sylvia Plath For a thousand words They got a life sentence If we lined up all the girls Who died in vain We could walk on their heads To hell and back again But I got the big book And antidepressants Youre the object Of my affection Not a phantom fantasy Youre the object Of my affection Come to me Youre the object Of my affection Not a toy with batteries Youre the object Of my affection Not a rescue remedy Youre the object Of my affection Come to me

Rousseau walks on trumpet paths Safaris to the heart of all that jazz Through I bars and girders, through wires and pipes The mathematic circuits of the modern nights Through huts, through Harlem, through jails and gospel pews Through the class on park and the trash on vine Through Europe and the deep, deep heart of Dixie blue Through savage progress cuts the jungle line In a low cut blouse she brings the beer Rousseau paints a jungle flower behind her ear Those cannibals of shuck and jive Theyll eat a working girl like her alive With his hard edged eye and his steady hand He paints the cellar full of ferns and orchid vines And he hangs a moon above a five piece band He hangs it up above the jungle line The jungle line, the jungle line Screaming in a ritual of sound and time Floating, drifting on the air-conditioned wind And drooling for a taste of something smuggled in Pretty women funneled through valves and smoke Coy and bitchy, wild and fine And charging elephants and chanting slaving boats Charging, chanting down the jungle line Theres a poppy wreath on a soldiers tomb Theres a poppy snake in a dressing room Poppy poison, poppy tourniquet It slithers away on brass like mouthpiece spit And metal skin and ivory birds Go steaming up to Rousseaus vines They go steaming up to Brooklyn Bridge Steaming, steaming, steaming up the jungle line

Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferries wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way Oh but now old friends Theyre acting strange They shake their heads and they tell me that Ive changed Well somethings lost But somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now © Crazy Crow Music / Siquomb Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management

Its coming on Christmas And theyre cutting down trees Im putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here Stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Then Im gonna 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 how to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best, baby That Ive ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet how to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees And putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

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Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone I heard he swims with this chick on the beach Cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone

Charles: I was lucky, man. God blessed me, yknow? I was blessed by God.

Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada, oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and you taste so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And Id still be on my feet Id still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil And Im drawn to those ones that aint afraid I remember that time you told me Love is touching souls Well surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time Oh, youre in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you I could drink a case of you, darling And Id still be on my feet Id still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said, Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and you taste so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And Id still be on my feet Id still be on my feet

Day after day Miles and miles of railroad track Night after night Humming of the wheels Their hum seems to say Hell follow you someday But someday seems a million miles away Day after day Make a dollar, need it twice Night after night Lie awake and dream Of days of auld lang syne Moonlight through the pine And linen tablecloths all stained with wine Day after day Watch the hands move round the clock Night after night Searching for my soul So this must be my fate To sit and weep and wait And pray my darling comes before too late

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 dont know Where I stand Telephone Even the sound of your voice Is still new All alone in california Im talking to you Im feeling too foolish and strange To say the words that I had planned I guess its too early Cause I dont know Where I stand Doo-doo-doo-ooh Crickets call Courting the ladies In starred apple green Thickets tall Until the morning Comes up like a dream How muted and misty Such rouse And Ill take What sleep I can I know that I miss you But I dont know Where I stand I know that I miss you But I dont know Where I stand

Bows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Ive looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

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 ringing in like Christmas bells And rapping up like pipes and drums Oh, wont you stay well put on the day And well wear it till the night comes I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I saw Was a sun through yellow curtains And a rainbow on the wall Blue, red, green, and gold to welcome you Crimson crystal beads to beckon Oh, wont you stay well put on the day Theres a sun show every second Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today And the streets are paved with passersby Pigeons fly, and papers lie Waiting to blow away I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey And a bowl of oranges too And the sun poured in like butterscotch And stuck to all my senses Oh, wont you stay well put on the day And well talk in present tenses Now the curtain closes And the rainbow runs away I will bring you incense owls by night Candlelight, by jewel light If only you will stay I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning

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I remember Monday Rising up to pack his lunch We kissed goodbye saying What a foolish girl was I Saying, what a fool was she Near the store where I go shopping On display there was a golden watch chain All that week it had me stopping What a fool was she Almost Christmas, we were so poor Where there was will There were ways I was sure In the paper written plain I saw an ad, I caught a train And sold my hair to buy the chain What a fool was she And he says I remember Monday rising with her hair Reflected in my eyes It caught the sun a million times What a fool was he In a window near the office was a comb Of pearls and beads and tortoise Oh, the devild come to court us What a fool was he Almost Christmas, we were so poor Where there was will There were ways I was sure In the pawnshop coming home I stopped inquiring for a loan And sold the watch to buy the comb What a fool was he Christmas came up cold and glum There were no visions of sugar plums There were no joyous carols sung Oh, what fools were they He sat glaring at her bob As she lay weeping by a chain and fob And sadly burned the yule log And wise men lost their way Wisemen lose their way Merry Christmas Day

Hes so independent He acts like he couldnt care less for us all Hes someones descendent Their child But hell never acknowledge their call Hes afraid to be loved And I know hes afraid not to be And hell laugh and hell cry And someday hell die Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score With a world That wants a reason Every time you turn around Just like me Hes looking for a door Standing open, saying welcome Come and lay your troubles down Just like me Hell drop his pretenses Youll see through the stone to the heart of the man But the moment he senses youve seen him Hell leave you as fast as he can Hell return to his shadows Where no one can look in and see And hell wake in the night And hell cry like a child Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score With a world that wants a reason Every time you turn around Just like me Hes looking for a door Standing open, saying welcome Come and lay your troubles down Just like me Ive seen him look hungry for someone To tell him Youre doing just fine The songs that hes sung me Have loneliness woven between every line With no strings to hold him I guess he could call himself free Yes, hes free to be empty and lonely and wrong Just like me Just like me Hes settling a score With a world that wants a reason Every time you turn around Just like me Hes looking for a door Standing open, saying welcome Come and lay your troubles down Just like me

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... Well Im going on down to Yasgurs farm Gonna join in a rock n roll band Gonna get back to the land And set my soul free We are stardust Golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden Then can I walk beside you I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog in something turning Maybe its the time of year Or maybe its the time of man I dont know who I am But life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song and a celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation We are stardust Billion-year-old carbon Golden Caught in the devils bargain And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden Yes weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden Yes weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden

Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and they snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave m laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusions that I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way Oh, but now old friends are acting strange When they shake their heads And they tell me that Ive changed Well, somethings lost but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose but still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life I really dont know life at all I really dont know life Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around the dirty room And the children let out from their schools I was standing on a noisy corner Waiting for the walking green Across the street he stood And he played real good On his clarinet, for free Now me I play for fortune And those velvet curtain calls Ive got a black limousine And two ladies Escorting me to the halls And I play if you have the money Or if youre a friend to me But the one man band By the quick lunch stand He was playing real good, for free Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never Been on the TV screen So they passed his music by I meant to go over and ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony I heard his refrain As the signal changed He was still playing real good, for free

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 Amelia it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild & blue It scrambles time & seasons if it gets through to you Then your life becomes a travelogue Of picture post card charms Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm Peoplell tell you where theyve gone Theyll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself youll never really know Where some have found their paradise Others just come to harm Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm I wish that he was here tonight Its so hard to obey His sad request of me to kindly stay away So this is how I hide the hurt As the road leads cursed and charmed I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm A ghost of aviation She was swallowed by the sky Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly Like Icarus ascending On beautiful foolish arms Amelia, it was just a false alarm Maybe Ive never really loved I guess that is the truth Ive spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude And looking down on everything I crashed into his arms Amelia, it was just a false alarm I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel To shower off the dust And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust I dreamed of 747s Over geometric farms Dreams, Amelia Dreams and false alarms

Just before our ship got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Youre just as silly as a northern fish And if you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster pad That didnt make me laugh at all I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada And I charted our last squall Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And Id still be on my feet I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paint Im frightened by the devil And Im scared to death by saints I remember when you told me love is touching souls Surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In black and white designs Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said Go to him, stay if you can But be prepared to bleed Oh, but you are in my blood, you are my holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And Id still be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Love came to my door with a sleeping roll And a madmans soul he thought for sure Id seen him Dancing up a river in the dark Looking for a woman to court and spark He was playing on the sidewalk for passing change When something strange happened Glory train passed through him So he buried the coins he made in Peoples Park And went looking for a woman to court and spark It seemed like he read my mind He saw me mistrusting him and still acting kind He saw how I worried him sometimes I worry sometimes All the guilty people, he said Theyve all seen the stain on their daily bread On their Christian names I cleared myself I sacrificed my blues And you could complete me Id complete you His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea And the more he talked to me you know The more he reached me But I couldnt let go of L.A City of the fallen angels

Help me I think Im falling in love again When I get that crazy feeling I know Im in trouble again Im in trouble Cause youre a rambler and a gambler And a sweet talking ladies man And you love your loving But not like you love your freedom Help me I think Im falling in love too fast Its got me hoping for the future And worrying about the past Cause Ive seen some hot hot blazes Come down to smoke and ash We love our loving But not like we love our freedom Didnt it feel good? We were sitting there talking Or lying there not talking Didnt it feel good? You dance with the lady with the hole in her stocking Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? Help me I think Im falling in love with you Are you going to let me go there by myself Thats such a lonely thing to do Both of us flirting around Flirting and flirting Hurting too We love our loving But not like we love our freedom

Light up light up Light up your lazy blue eyes Moons up nights up Taking the town by surprise Night time night time Day left an hour ago City light time Must you get ready so slow There are places to come from and places to go Night in the city looks pretty to me Night in the city looks fine Music comes spilling out into the street Colors go flashing in time Take off take off Take off your stay-at-home shoes Break off shake off Chase off those stay-at-home blues Stairway stairway Down to the crowds in the street They go their way Looking for faces to greet But we run on laughing with no one to meet Night in the city looks pretty to me Night in the city looks fine Music comes spilling out into the street Colors go waltzing in time

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Ah ha ha ha

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon Its so noisy at the fair But all your friends are there And the candy floss you had And your mother and your dad Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon Theres a girl just down the aisle Oh, to turn and see her smile You can hear the words she wrote As you read the hidden note Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon Now youre underneath the stairs And youre givin back some glares To the people who you met And its your first cigarette Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon Now you say youre leavin home Cause you want to be alone Aint it funny how you feel When youre findin out its real? Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You cant be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though youre thinking that Youre leaving there too soon Youre leaving there too soon

I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window The traffic wrote the words It came ringing up like Christmas bells Rapping up like pipes and drums Oh, wont you stay well put on the day And well wear it till the night comes I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow curtains And a rainbow on my wall Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you Crimson crystal beads to beckon Oh, wont you stay well put on the day Theres a sun show every second Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today And the streets are paved with passersby Pigeons fly, and papers lie Waiting to blow away I woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey And a bowl of orange juice too And the light poured in like butterscotch Stuck to all my senses Oh, wont you stay well put on the day And well talk in present tenses When the curtain closes And the rainbow runs away I will bring you incense owls by night By jewel light, by candlelight, if only you will stay Oh my darling wont you wake up, it is a Chelsea morning

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real; Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show. You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know, dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions that I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads They say Ive changed Somethings lost but somethings gained in living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

Some get the gravy, some get the gristle Some get the marrow bone Some get nothing though theres plenty to spare Some watch the paint peel, some watch their kids grow Some watch their stocks and bonds Waiting for that big deal American Dream Took my dream down by the sea Sailing yachts and lobster pots and sunshine Logs and sails and shell oil pails Down where the waterskiers glide Some turn to Elvis, some turn to Africa Some turn to rambling round For a clean sky and a drinking stream Who let the greedy in? Who left the needy out? Who made the salty sea? Tell them were hungry for a sweeter fare Took my dream down by the sea Sailing yachts and lobster pots and sunshine Logs and sails and shell oil pails Down where the waterskiers glide

Now comes the morning Wet with the kiss of evening Shadows fade sulking away Sunshine for dreaming Beckon magic to believe in Spectrums and rainbows and days I never saw a sky so free Never so blue Morning with mystic pagaentry Unveils a time for sharing love with you Come to the sunshine Share in the quiet of knowing No need for telling you sometimes When all the answers are So plainly showing Teach me to tell you All the feelings Ive been learning Tell me to teach you my heart New words are crazy Old love words keep returning All words seem wrong from the start So I will tell with my eyes Say it with a kiss Silence that asks and looks so wise And needs no answer on a day like this Come to the sunshine Share in the quiet of knowing No need for telling you sometimes When all the answers are So plainly showing

Drinkin my wine, makes me feel fine Gonna have me a holiday Poormans party, rich mans daughter Gettin hotter and hotter Shes pushin way too hard I dont want any part of her way Drinkin my wine, makes me feel fine Gonna have me a holiday Its a holiday, its a holiday Mama, mama, please no more Jaguars I dont want to be a pop star Mama, mama, please no more deckhands I dont want to be a sailor man Mama, mama, please no more facelifts I just dont know which one you is Mama, mama, please no more husbands Drinkin my wine, wastin my time Hidin out in my rented dream Lookin for attention A cover story mention in Life magazine Ask the chauffeur who he knows Numbers hes got, lots of those Drinkin my wine, spendin my time Tryin to run from this Halloween Its a holiday, its a holiday Mama, mama, please no more Jaguars I dont want to be a pop star Mama, mama, please no more deckhands I dont wanna be a sailor man Mama, mama, please no more facelifts I just dont know which one you is Mama, mama, please no more husbands I dont know who my daddy is Its a holiday, its a holiday Look out the left, the captain said The lights down there, thats where well land Saw a falling star burning High above the Las Vegas sand It wasnt the one that you gave to me That night down south between the trailers Not the early one that you wish upon Not the northern one that guides in the sailors Youve got that touch so gentle and sweet But youve got that look so cryptical Cant talk to you babe, you know I get so weak Sometimes I think that love is just mythical Up theres a heaven, down theres a town Blackness everywhere any little lights shine Blackness, blackness draggin me down Come on light a candle in this heart of mine Starbright, starbright, youve got the lovin that I like Turn this crazy bird around Should not have got on this flight tonight Im drinkin sweet champagne, got the headphones up high Cant numb you, cant drum you out of my mind Theyre singin, Goodbye baby Baby bye-bye Ooh! Love is blind Up go the flaps, down go the wheels Hope you got your heat turned on, baby Hope theyve finally fixed your automobile Hope its better when we meet again, babe Starbright, starbright, youve got the lovin that I like Turn this crazy bird around Should not have got on this flight tonight Should not have got on this flight tonight

I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around the dirty town And the children let out from their schools I was standing on a noisy corner I was waiting for the walking green Across the street he stood And he played real good He was playin real good for free Me I play for fortunes And those velvet curtain calls I got a black limousine and about thirty-seven criminal Escorting me to this halls And Ill play if you have some money Or if youre a friend to me But that one-man band by the quick lunch stand He was just playin real good for free Nobody, I say nobody, nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew they had never seen him on their TV screen So they passed his music by Me I meant to go over ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony I heard his refrain as the signals changed He was still playin real good for free

Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Got til it’s gone…gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Got til it’s gone…gone… Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone

Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way Oh but now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Ive looked at life from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

Rows and flows of angels hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way Now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds From both sides now From up and down And still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes And Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way Now its just another show You leave them laughing when you go And if you care Dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love From both sides now From give and take And still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Dreams and schemes And feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Tears and fears And circus crowds Ive looked at life that way Now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads And say Ive changed Well, somethings lost But somethings gained I see it every day Ive looked at life From both sides now From win or lose And still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

I woke up today and found snow perched on the ground It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down So when the leaves were trembling Frozen trees were standing in a lonely row I get the urge for going but I never seem to go And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is falling down and winters moving in I had a love in summertime with summer-colored skin And not another one in town my darlings heart could win But when the sky turned traitor cold And bully winds did rub their noses in the snow She got the urge for going and I had to let her go And she got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown Summertime was falling down and winters moving in The warriors of winter gave a cold triumphant shout Now all that dies is staying and all that lives is getting out See the geese in chevron flight Flurrying and flapping through the naked sky They got the urge for going Theyve got the wings to fly They get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is falling down and winters moving in Ill ply the fire with kindling and pull the blankets to my chin Ill lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in Id like to call back summertime And ask her just to stay another month or so But she got the urge for going I guess shell have to go And she got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown Summertime is falling down and winters moving in And she got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown All my empires are fallen down and winters moving in

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And signing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh 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 I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry Well she tried hard to help me You know, she put me at ease And she loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh 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 I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Well Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace God I wish I had a river I could skate away on

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 ringing up like Christmas bells And rapping up like pipes and drums Oh wont you stay? Well put on a day And well wear it til the night comes Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow curtains And a rainbow on my wall Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you Crimson crystal peaks to beckon Oh wont you stay? Well put on a day Theres a sideshow every second Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today And the streets are paved with passers-by And pictures fly and papers lie Just waiting to blow away Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning And the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey And a bowl of oranges too And the light poured in like butterscotch And stuck to all my senses Oh wont you stay? Well put on a day And well talk in present tenses Now the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away Ill bring you incense owls by night By candlelight, by jewel-light If only you will stay Pretty baby, wont you wake up Its a Chelsea morning

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lot of money Gonna quit this crazy scene Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach myself to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry Tried hard to help me He put me at ease He loved me so naughty Made me weak in my knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Ive lost the best baby that I ever had Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach myself to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry I made my baby cry Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Ah ha ha ha

Rain comes from the east one night We watch it come To hang like beaded curtains Till the morning sun Water dripping from our clothes You with raindrops on your nose Ask me sadly Please dont go away now Till the rain is done, I say Ill stay now Rain outside but inside we dont mind at all Shadows by the fire slowly climb and fall Kisses fade and leave no trace Whispers vanish into space The dawn will send me on a chase to nowhere Why cry as if I were the first to go there And I know I shouldnt be here Yes, I know I should go home But that eastern rain drones in my brain And Im so all alone, so all alone Morning comes up from the east We watch it come And far away now rolls the ancient rain Gods drum You with daybreak in your eyes Afraid to speak for telling lies I watch you search for some reply to lend me But when the rain is done Theres no pretending And I know I shouldnt be here Yes, I know I should go home But that eastern rain drones in my brain And Im so all alone, so all alone

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on Now it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im gonna make a lotta money And Im gonna 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry She tried hard to help me She put me at ease And she loved me so naughty She made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish, Im sad And Ive gone and lost the best baby that I ever had 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Ah ha ha ha

Ok Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me I’ll be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil And Im drawn to those ones that ain’t afraid I remember that time you told me, you said Lovе is touching souls Surely you touched mine Causе part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed Oh, but you are in my blood, you are my holy wine Youre so bitter, bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet

I pulled up behind a Cadillac We were waiting for the light And I took a look at his license plate It said, Just Ice Is justice just ice? Governed by greed and lust? Just the strong doing what they can And the weak suffering what they must? And the gas leaks And the oil spills And sex sells everything And sex kills... Sex kills... Doctors pills give you brand new ills And the bills bury you like an avalanche And lawyers havent been this popular Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France! And Indian chiefs with their old beliefs know The balance is undone - crazy ions - You can feel it out in traffic Everyone hates everyone! And the gas leaks And the oirl spills And sex sells everything And sex kills... Sex kills... All these jackoffs at the office The rapist in the pool Oh, and the tragedies in the nurseries Little kids packin guns to school The ulcerated ozone These tumors of the skin This hostile sun beating down on This massive mess were in! And the gas leaks And the oil spills...

Yesterday a child came out to wander And caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town And they say take your time Take your time it wont be long now Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We cant return We can only look behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game So the years spin by and now the girl is twenty Though her dreams have lost some grandeur coming true Therell be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty Before the last revolving year is through And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We cant return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round And go round and round and round In the circle game And we go round and round And we go round and round And we go round and round And we go round and round And we go

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Ah ha ha ha

Sweet Joni from Saskatoon Theres a ring for your finger It looks like the sun But it feels like the moon Sweet Joni from Saskatoon Dont go, dont go too soon Who lives in an old hotel Near the ancient ruins Only time can tell Time can tell Go easy, the doorman said The floor is slippery So watch your head This message read Sweet Joni from Saskatoon Theres a ring for your finger It shines like the sun But it feels like the moon Sweet Joni from Saskatoon Dont go, dont go too soon

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, traveling, traveling Looking for something, what can it be? Ooh I hate you some, I hate you some and I love you some Oh I love you when I forget about me I wanna be strong, I wanna laugh along I wanna belong to the living Alive, alive, I wanna get up and jive I wanna wreck my stockings in some juke box dive Do you want, do you want, do you wanna dance with me baby? Do you wanna take a chance On maybe finding some sweet romance with me, baby? Well, come on All I really, really want our love to do Is to bring out the best in me and you Oh, all I really, really want our love to do Is to bring out the best in me and you too I wanna talk to you, I wanna shampoo you I wanna renew you again and again Applause, applause, life is our cause When I think of your kisses My mind see-saws Do you see, do you see, do you see how you hurt me, baby? And I hurt you too And we both get so blue I am on a lonely, lonely road and I am traveling, traveling, yeah Looking for the key to set me free You know the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling, its the unraveling And it undoes all the joy that could be I wanna have fun, I wanna shine like the sun I wanna be the one that you want to see I wanna knit you a sweater, wanna write you a love letter I wanna make you feel better, I wanna make you feel free Wanna make you feel free Wanna make you feel free, so free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel free Wanna make you feel so free Wanna make you feel so

Sisotowbell Lane Noah is fixing the pump in the rain He brings us no shame We always knew that he always knew Up over the hill Jovial neighbors come down when they will With stories to tell Sometimes they do Yes sometimes we do We have a rocking chair Each of us rocks his share Eating muffin buns and berries By the steamy kitchen window Sometimes we do Our tongues turn blue Sisotowbell Lane Anywhere else now would seem very strange The seasons are changing Everyday in everyway Sometimes it is spring Sometimes it is not anything A poet can sing Sometimes we try Yes we always try We have a rocking chair Somedays we rock and stare At the woodlands and the grasslands And the badlands cross the river Sometimes we do We like the view Sisotowbell Lane Go to the city youll come back again To wade thru the grain You always do Yes we always do Come back to the stars Sweet well water and pickling jars Well lend you the car We always do Yes sometimes we do We have a rocking chair Someone is always there Rocking rhythms while theyre waiting With the candle in the window Sometimes we do We wait for you

Big yellow taxi They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Witch a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone The paved paradise And put up a parking lot Hey farmer farmer Put away that D.D.T. now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot

It fell from midnight skies It drummed on the galvanized In the washroom, women tracked the rain Up to the make-up mirror Liquid soap and grass And Jungle Gardenia crash On Pine-Sol and beer ... Its stifling in here ... Ive got to get some air ... Im going outside to get some air Back in my hometown They would have cleared the floor Just to watch the rain come down! Theyre such sky oriented people- Geared to changing weather ... Im floating off in time Im floating off Im floating off in time When I was three feet tall And wide eyed open to it all With their tasseled teams they came To McGees General Store All in their beaded leathers I would tie on colored feathers And Id beat the drum like war ... I would beat the drum like war Id beat the drum Id beat the drum like war But when the church got through They traded their beads for bottles Smashed-on Railway Avenue And they cut off their braids And lost some link with nature Im floating into dreams Im floating off Im floating into my dreams I dream paprika plains Vast and bleak and God forsaken Paprika plains And a turquoise river snaking (Where crows gaze-vigilant on wires Where cattle graze the grasses Far from the digits of business hours The moon clock wanes and waxes- But here all time is stripped away Nowhere on these plains Is a sprout or an egg in evidence To measure loss or gain ... Only a little Indian band Come down from some windy mesa No women to make them food and child No expressions on their faces Im low in a helicopter And the wind from whirling blades Flaps their woven blankets And flags their raven braids How came they to this emptiness? How came they to this dream? How came I to this view From a flying machine Of earth and air and water And a band of Indian men Without herds or flocks or crops Or families or fires to tend? Like a phoenix up from ashes now A blanket figure springs With a fist raised up to turquoise skies Like liberty And at the point of vanishing Where the sky and the earth meet A bomb blooms Deadly mushroom White Gold Heat Like a phoenix up from ashes Up from violent mysteries And growing till the giant blast Is to it like a golfers tee There comes a childs beach ball And memory takes me back To the beach to toss it up To the garage to get it patched A pink and yellow beach ball Rolling Grand Detached Turning the blues and greens of earth From space probe photographs I float out of the hovercraft Naked as infancy And weightless And drifting Horizontally Like a filing to a magnet Like the long descent of rain I am drawn I fall against the ball And lose paprika plains I suckle at my mothers breast I embrace my mother earth I remember perforated blinds Over the crib of my birth And just as Eve succumbed To reckless curiosity I take my sharpest fingernail And slash the globe to see Below me- Vast Paprika plains And the snake the river traces And a little band of Indian men With no expressions on their faces.) The rain retreats Like troops to fall on other fields and streets Meanwhile theyre sweet talking and name calling And brawling on the fringes of the floor I spot you through the smoke With your eyes on fire From J&B and coke As Im coming through the door Im coming back Im coming back for more! The band plugs in again You see that mirrored ball begin to sputter lights And spin Dizzy on the dancers Geared to changing rhythms No matter what you do Im floating back Im floating back to you!

I 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 all the trees are shivering in a naked row I get the urge 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 skin And not another girl in town My darlings heart could win But when the leaves fell on the ground Boy winds came around Pushed them face down in the snow I get the urge 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 Now the warriors of winter, they gave a cold triumphant shout And all that stays is dying and all that lives is camping out See the geese in chevron flight flapping and racing on before the snow They got the urge for going And they got the wings so they can go They get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

Sitting in a park in Paris, France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They wont give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a lot are left to see But I wouldnt want to stay here Its too old and cold and settled in its ways here But California California, Im coming home Im going to see the folks I dig Ill even kiss a sunset pig California, Im coming home I met a redneck on a Grecian Isle Who did the goat dance very well He gave me back my smile But he kept my camera to sell Oh the rogue, the red red rogue He cooked good omelettes and stews And I might have stayed on with him there But my heart cried out for you, California California, Im coming home Oh make me feel good rock n roll band Im your biggest fan California, Im coming home Oh it gets so lonely When youre walking And the streets are full of strangers All the news of home you read Just gives you the blues Just gives you the blues So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to Spain Went to a party down a red dirt road There were lots of pretty people there Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue They said, how long can you hang around? I said a week, maybe two Just until my skin turns brown Then Im going home to California California, Im coming home Will you take me as I am? Strung out on another man California, Im coming home Im coming home Im coming home Im coming home Yeah Take me as I am Take me as I am Will you Will you

Magdalene is trembling Like a washing on a line Trembling and 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? 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 blue In radiation rose Misery Now you tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free? Enter the multitudes The walking wounded They come to this diver of the heart Of the multitudes Thy kingdom come Thy will be done Oh, climb down, climb down he says to me From the middle of unrest They think is light is squandered But he sees a stray in the wilderness And I see how far Ive wandered Enter the multitudes In Exxon blue In radiation rose Apathy Now you tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free? Enter the multitudes The walking wounded They come to this diver of the heart Of the multitudes Thy kingdom come Thy will be done Oh, all around the marketplace The buzzing of the flies The buzzing and the stinging Divinely barren And wickedly wise The killer nails are ringing Enter the multitudes In Exxon blue In radiation rose Tragedy Now you tell me Who you gonna get to do the dirty work When all the slaves are free?

He met her in a french cafe She slipped in sideways like a cat Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray&127; She sticks in his mind like that Saying avez vous un alumette With her lips wrapped around a cigarette Yvette in English saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss Hes struggling with a 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 was a painter Picasso said Id paint this girl from toe to head Yvette in English, saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss Burgundy nocturne tips and spills They move along nicely in the spreading stain New chills, new thrills For the old uphill battle How did he wind up here again Walking and talking touched and scared Uninsulated wires bare Yvette in English saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss What blew her like a leaf his way Up in the air and down to earth First she flusters, then she frays So quick to question her own worth Her cigarette burns her finger tips It falls like fireworks, she curses it Sweetly in English she says please have this Little bit of instant bliss He sees her turn and walk away Skittering like a cat on a stone Her high heels clicking, what a wary little stray She leaves him by the Seine alone With black water and amber lights And the bony bridge between left and right Yvette in English, saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss

Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons evrywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on evryone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As evry fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, but somethings gained In living evry day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all Ive looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop) They took all the trees, put em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop) Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop) Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Why do fools fall in love? Why do birds sing so gay And lovers await the break of day Why do they fall in love Why does the rain fall from up above Why do fools fall in love Why do they fall in love Love is a losing game Love can be a shame I know of a fool you see For that fool is me Tell me why Tell my why Why do birds sing so gay And lovers await the break of day Why do they fall in love Why does the rain fall from up above Why do fools fall in love Why do they fall in love Why does my heart skip this crazy beat For I know It will reach defeat Tell me why Tell me why Why do fools fall in love?

Every picture has its shadows And it has some source of light Blindness blindness and sight The perils of benefactors The blessings of parasites Blindness blindness and sight Threatened by all things Devil of cruelty Drawn to all things Devil of delight Mythical devil of the ever-present laws Governing blindness blindness and sight Suntans in reservation dining rooms Pale miners in their lantern rays Night night and day Hostage smile on presidents Freedom scribbled in the subway Its like night night and day Threatened by all things God of cruelty Drawn to all things God of delight Mythical god of the everlasting laws Governing day day and night Critics of all expression Judges in black and white Saying its wrong saying its right Compelled by prescribed standards Or some ideals we fight For wrong wrong and right Threatened by all things Man of cruelty-mark of Cain Drawn to all things Man of delight-born again born again Man of the laws the ever-broken laws Governing wrong wrong and right Governing wrong wrong and right Wrong and right

This is my solo...Excuse me Sir...would you please take your seat, Im playing my solo... no Im serious cant you see Im playing a solo here?...Hey buddy sit down so I can concentrate on my solo....Ok thats it, you would think that an artist could play a solo once in a while without any interuptions. Here...you take my guitar and show us what is so important...What? You work here, youre the usher? Oooook, sorry , soooo Ill just play my solo then

Rows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow Its cloud illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real; Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show. You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, dont let them know, dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its loves illusions that I recall I really dont know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say I love you right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, Ive looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they tell me that Ive changed Somethings lost but somethings gained in living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

私は昨夜良いホテルで寝ました 今日は宝石を買いに行きました 汚れた町に風が吹き荒れました そして子供たちは学校から出ました 私は騒々しいコーナーに立っていました ウォーキンググリーンを待っています 通りの向こう側に彼は立っていた そして彼は本当に良いプレーをした 彼のクラリネットに無料で 【2節】 今私は幸運のために遊ぶ そして、それらのベルベットのカーテンコール 私は黒いリムジンと2人の紳士を手に入れました 私をホールに案内する しかし、あなたがお金を手に入れたら私は遊びます またはあなたが私と友達なら しかし、一人のバンド クイックランチスタンドで 彼は無料で本当に良いプレーをしていた 誰も彼の言うことを聞きませんでした 彼はとても甘くて高いプレーをしましたが 彼らは彼が彼らのテレビに一度も行ったことがないことを知っていました それで彼らは彼の音楽を通り過ぎました 行って歌を頼むつもりだった たぶん調和をとる 彼のリフレインを聞いた 信号が変化したとき 彼は無料で本当に良いプレーをしていた 【エンディング】 無料で、無料で

Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it dont snow here It stays pretty green Im going to make a lot of money Then Im going to quit this crazy scene Oh 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 I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on Im so hard to handle Im selfish and Im sad Now Ive gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Oh, I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye Its coming on Christmas Theyre cutting down trees Theyre putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I had a king in a tenement castle Lately hes taken to painting the pastel walls brown Hes taken the curtains down Hes swept with the broom of contempt And the rooms have an empty ring Hes cleaned with the tears Of an actor who fears for the laughters sting I cant go back there anymore You know my keys wont fit the door You know my thoughts dont fit the man They never can, they never can I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley Lately hes taken to saying Im crazy and blind He lives in another time Women in gingham still blush And he tells them of wars and wine But I in my leather and lace I can never become that kind I cant go back there anymore You know my keys wont fit the door You know my thoughts dont fit the man They never can, they never can I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon Beware of the power of moons Theres no one to blame No theres no one to name as a traitor here The kings on the road And the queens in the grove till the end of the year I cant go back there anymore You know my keys wont fit the door You know my thoughts dont fit the man They never can they never can

There is a house in New Orleans They call The Rising Sun Its been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh God, for one If I had listened to what my mama said Id be at home today But I was young and foolish, poor girl Let a gambler lead me astray My mother, shes a tailor She sews those old blue jeans My father, hes a gamblin man Drinks down in New Orleans Go tell my baby sister Not to do as I have done You shun that house in New Orleans They call it The Rising Sun Well, Im going back to New Orleans My race is almost run Im going to spеnd the rest of my days Benеath that Rising Sun Well, one foot is on the platform And the other ones on the train Im going to spend the rest of my days Wearing that ball and chain

Rows and flows of angels hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way Now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real Ive looked at love that way Now its just another show You leave em laughing whеn you go And if you care, dont let them know Dont givе yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow Its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Dreams and schemes and feeling proud To say I love you right out loud Tears and fears and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way Now old friends theyre acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed Well somethings lost, but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

Winter Lady, where you going With your hair all soft and loose like snowing Winter girl, December child Dont run away Winter Lady, walking sadly Does your lover treat you badly Do you dream or wish on stars To hear him say Oh Winter Lady I wont hurt you I wont cheat you, I wont desert you Winter Lady you need loving I need loving too I need loving you Staring out your winter window At a silver sky you know youve been to In a kiss, upon a day Bfore a spring Winter Lady, cry those crystal tears He wont know what hes missing Loves too late, youve changed your mind And its my turn to sing Oh Winter Lady I wont hurt you I wont cheat you, I wont desert you Winter Lady you need loving I need loving too I need loving you

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot El bosque talado En un museo está Te cobran por ver Un dólar y medio nomás No le das todo el valor A lo que tienes y se perdió En el Edén hay un parqueo hoy ya Hey farmer, farmer Put away the DDT now Leave the spots on my apples Just give me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise Put up a parking lot Mi puerta anoche De golpe se cerró Y un gran taxi amarillo A mi hombre se llevó No le das todo el valor A lo que tienes y se perdió En el Edén hay un parqueo hoy ya Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot En el Edén hay un parqueo hoy ya They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and A swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put a parking lot The took all the trees and put Them in a tree museum And they charged all the people A dollar and a half just to see them Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put a parking lot Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put a parking lot Late last night I heard a screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put a parking lot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got Till its gone They paved paradise And put a parking lot The paved paradise And put up a parking lot The paved paradise And put up a parking lot

Help me I think Im falling In love again When I get that crazy feeling I know Im in trouble again Im in trouble Cause youre a rambler and a gambler And a sweet-taIking-ladies man And your love, your lovin But not like you love your freedom Help me I think Im falling In love too fast Its got me hoping for the future And worrying about the past Cause Ive seen some hot hot blazes Come down to smoke and ash We love our lovin But not like we love our freedom Didnt it feel good? We were sitting there talking Or lying there not talking Didnt it feel good? You dance with the lady with the hole in her stocking Didnt it feel good? Didnt it feel good? So help me I think Im falling In love with you Are you gonna let me go there by myself? Thats such a lonely thing to do Both of us flirting around Flirting and flirting Hurting too We love our lovin But not like we love our freedom Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

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 face Though tonight I can feel you here I get these notes On butterflies and lilac sprays From girls who just have to tell me They saw you somewhere In some office sits a poet And he trembles as he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off to the airport- Your names in the news Everythings first class- The lights go down- And its just you up there Getting them to feel like that Remember the days when you used to sit And make up your tunes for love And pour your simple sorrow To the soundhole and your knee And now youre seen On giant screens And at parties for the press And for people who have slices of you From the company They toss around your latest golden egg Speculation-well, whos to know If the next one in the nest Will glitter for them so I guess I seem ungrateful With my teeth sunk in the hand That brings me things I really cant give up just yet Now I sit up here The critic And they introduce some band But they seem so much confetti Looking at them on my tv set Oh the power and the glory Just when youre getting a taste for worship They start bringing out the hammers And the boards And the nails I heard it in the wind last night It sounded like applause Chilly now End of summer No more shiny hot nights It was just the arbutus rustling And the bumping of the logs And the moon swept down black water Like an empty spotlight

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hotspot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees, please Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot I said, dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot Ah ha ha ha

Late last night, I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone Paved paradise, put up a parking lot The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi Paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone Paved paradise, put up a parking lot The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi Took all the trees, put them in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to seem em Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone Paved paradise, put up a parking lot The big yellow taxi Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got till its gone Paved paradise, put up a parking lot The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi The big yellow taxi

Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Gone, yeah... If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Gone...gone...gone... Gone, right? Settle down For beef...and beach Cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that, and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that, do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that, do that? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone I heard he swims with this chick on the beach Cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that? Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Got til its gone Joni Mitchell never lies Yo, do you feel that? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone

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 face Though tonight I can feel you here I get these notes On butterflies and lilac sprays From girls who just have to tell me They saw you somewhere In some office sits a poet And he trembles as he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off to the airport Your names in the news Everythings first class The lights go down And its just you up there Getting them to feel like that Remember the days when you used to sit And make up your tunes for love And pour your simple sorrow To the soundhole and your knee And now youre seen On giant screens And at parties for the press And for people who have slices of you From the company They toss around your latest golden egg Speculation well whos to know If the next one in the nest Will glitter for them so I guess I seem ungrateful With my teeth sunk in the hand That brings me things I really cant give up just yet Now I sit up here the critic And they introduce some band But they seem so much confetti Looking at them on my TV set Oh the power and the glory Just when youre getting a taste for worship They start bringing out the hammers And the boards And the nails I heard it in the wind last night It sounded like applause Chilly now End of summer No more shiny hot nights It was just the arbutus rustling And the bumping of the logs And the moon swept down black water Like an empty spotlight

Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking On peut se garer, des quais de Quimper jusquen Chine Cest toujours la même histoire On ne sait ce quon a que quand il est trop tard Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Ils ont pris tous les arbres, ils les ont mis dans un musée Pour te mettre au vert, fais la queue et achète ton billet Cest toujours la même histoire On ne sait ce quon a que quand il est trop tard Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Fermier mon ami, il faut ranger ton DDT Laisse voler les oiseaux et tant pis si mes pommes sont Piquées Cest toujours la même histoire On ne sait ce quon a que quand il est trop tard Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Jétais dans mes rêves quand jai entendu la porte claquer Dans un grand taxi jai vu ma ptite bonne femme sen aller Cest toujours la même histoire On ne sait ce quon a que quand il est trop tard Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Cest toujours la même histoire On ne sait ce quon a que quand il est trop tard Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking Ils ont tout pavé pour faire le grand parking

Downtown My darling dime store thief In the War of Independence Rock n roll rang sweet as victory Under neon signs A girl was in bloom And a woman was fading In a suburban room I said take me to the dance Do you want to dance? I love to dance And I told him They dont take chances They seem so removed from romance Theyve been broken in churches and schools And molded to middle class circumstance And we were rolling rolling rock n rolling Downtown The dance halls and cafes Feel so wild you could break somebodys heart Just doing the latest dance craze Gail and Louise In those push-up brassieres Tight dresses and rhinestone rings Drinking up the bands beers Young love was kissing under bridges Kissing in cars kissing in cafes And we were walking down Main Street Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays In France they kiss on Main Street Amour, mama, not cheap display And we were rolling, rolling, rock n rolling Downtown In the pinball arcade With his head full of pool hall pitches And songs from the hit parade Hed be singing Bye Bye Love While hes racking up his free play Let those rock n roll choir boys Come and carry us away Sometimes Chickie had the car Or Ron had a car Or Lead Foot Melvin with his hot-wire head Wed all go looking for a party Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead And Id be kissing in the back seat Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said And wed be rolling rolling rock n rolling

Whats the story, Mr. Blue Did she pull the rug from under you Did she chop your dreams up two by two And kick them out the door I could sympathize you, son But pity words stick to my tongue And sorry words have all been sung So many times before Oh, Mr. Blue, you blew your chances long ago Oh, Mr. Blue, youre through Quit acting like you didnt know Hang on one more day or two Then I promise Ill be laying you Odds that shes found someone new While you stand around and rust She dont need no part-time man With no part-time answer understand She dont want an hours fall of sand For a lifetime full of dust Oh, Mr. Blue, you blew your chances long ago Oh, Mr. Blue, youre through Quit acting like you didnt know Mr. Blue, you missed the shot Didnt turn out quite the way you thought It would, Ill bet, cause you got caught Out playing Donald Juan Shes got polish, shes got class And someday when on the street you pass her house Youll wonder why the grass Looks greener on her lawn Oh, Mr. Blue, you blew your chances long ago Oh, Mr. Blue, youre through Quit acting like it isnt so

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 Amelia it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild and blue It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you Then your life becomes a travelogue Of picture post card charms Amelia it was just a false alarm People will tell you where theyve gone Theyll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself you never really know Where some have found their paradise Others just come to harm Oh, Amelia it was just a false alarm I wish that he was here tonight Its so hard to obey His sad request of me to kindly stay away So this is how I hide the hurt As the road leads cursed and charmed I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm A ghost of aviation She was swallowed by the sky Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly Like Icarus ascending On beautiful foolish arms Amelia it was just a false alarm Maybe Ive never really loved I guess that is the truth Ive spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes And looking down on everything I crashed into his arms Amelia it was just a false alarm I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel To shower off the dust And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust I dreamed of 747s Over geometric farms Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms

A red sun 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 theres cotton avenue- Thats where im going to take myself tonight With a spit shine on my dancing shoes If you got a place like that to go You just have to go there If you got no place special Well then, you just go no place special I guess its just the summer in the young blood Ripe and juicy in the young blood Teasing to go down to ... Cotton avenue To hear the shiny shiny music See all the shiny people dancing to it Anytime you go to ... Cotton avenue If you got a place like that to go You know you got to go there If you got no place special Well then, you just go no place special You see that summer storm brewing in the southern sky By the time it hits here ill be dancing high and dry To rhythm and blues On cotton avenue Poor boysll be hanging around outside in the street They got all the latest words Theyre dancing to the latest beat While theyre hustling and sizing you On cotton avenue If you got a place like that to go You just have to go there If youve got no place special Well my dear You just so no place ... special

Eyes that send me chasing after feelings that I lost one day Why befriend me when the brandy tells me what they want to say? Playing big protector is a grand disguise Til you contradict yourself with brandy eyes No beginning -- still no end to let me shrug and walk away Silly grinning, teasing talk that promises a kiss some day I would put you out of mind if I were wise But wisdom has no power over brandy eyes Maybe Im wrong If I am please pardon me and pat my head Sing an old song Sing of one more foolish heart thats being misled Take the points for winning and donate the prize And keep on a-scoring with those brandy eyes

Uh, uh, like Joni says Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone Have a feeling, now believing that you Were the one I was meant to be with Oh how Im wishing, thinking, dreaming ‘Bout you, and the love Howd I ever let you get away? Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its That you dont know what youve got til its gone If I could turn back the hands of time Make you, fall in love, in love with me again So would you give me another chance to love To love you, love you the right way, no games Got til it’s gone Got til it’s gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Now you realizing when them nights go long, right Campaign for me to stay when you know that Im gone, right You act all wild, when I tell you to settle I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach That was out with the tide but my love you impeach Now you looking at the walls, head in hand, cold jonesin’ Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that love, huh? Now why you wanna go and do that and do that and do that… Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Got til it’s gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone That you dont know what youve got til its gone Dont it always seem to go That you dont know what youve got til its gone Don’t know…don’t know That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone

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 big man hes not listening His eyes hold edith His left hand holds his right What does that hand desire That he grips it so tight Edith in the ring The passed-over girls are conferring The man with the diamond ring is purring All claws for now withdrawn One by one they bring His renegade stories to her His crimes and his glories to her In challenge they look on Women he has wanted grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon Edith in his bed A plane in the rain is humming The wires in the walls are humming Some song-some mysterious song Bars in her head Beating frantic and snowblind Romantic and snowblind She says-his crime belongs Edith and the kingpin Each with charm to sway Are staring eye to eye They dare not look away You know they dare not look away

I was alone and sickly It was a quarter of a moonlit night I heard him cry through my window shade And it filled me so full of fright But I could not turn my back on him I put on the back porch light Can I help you? said the Good Samaritan Can I help you? said the Good Samaritan I brought him bread and a blanket But I told him You cant come in here You can sleep outside in the tool shed Though a little rain comes in Well, I dont know you, youre a stranger to me No, I dont know where youve been You cant come in here, said the keeper of the inn I dont want you in here, said the keeper of the inn But I couldnt sleep for the thinking You know my night got so insane I thought, maybe hе was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if hе was the devil? Hed be coming after me again But when I woke in the weary morning he was gone When I woke in the weary morning he was gone I thought maybe he was an angel And I left him out in the rain And what if he was the devil? Hed be coming after me again When I woke in the weary morning he was gone He was gone He was gone, he was gone, he was gone, he was gone When I woke in the morning, he was gone

Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, Constantly in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me Ill be in the bar On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints Im frightened by the devil And Im drawn to those ones that aint afraid I remember that time you told me, you said Lovе is touching souls Surely you touched mine Causе part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed Oh, but you are in my blood, you are my holy wine Youre so bitter, bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still Id be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Bows and flows of angel hair An ice cream castles in the air Feather canyons everywhere Ive looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain their snow on everyone So many things I wouldve done But clouds got in my way Ive looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow Its clouds illusions I recall I really dont know clouds at all The moon and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairytale comes real Ive looked at love that way But now its just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care dont let em know Dont give yourself away Ive looked at love from both sides now From give and take, still, somehow its loves illusions I recall I really dont know love at all Tears, fears feeling doubt To say I love right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds Ive looked at life that way But now friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say Ive changed But somethings lost, but somethings gained In living every day Ive looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow Its lifes illusions I recall I really dont know life at all

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 bands and the roadies Lovin em and leavin em Its a pleasure to try em Its trouble to keep em Cause it seems like you gotta give up such a piece of your soul when you give up the chase Feeling it hot and cold Youre in rocknroll, its the nature of the race Its the unknown child, so sweet and wild Its youth, its too good to waste She tapes her regrets to the microphone stand She says, You cant hold the hand of a rocknroll man Or count on your plans with a rocknroll man Compete with the fans for your rocknroll man The girls and the bands and the rocknroll man

Although I speak in tongues Of men and angels Im just sounding brass And tinkling cymbals without love Love suffers long Love is kind! Enduring all things Love has no evil in mind If I had the gift of prophecy And all the knowledge And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries If I didnt have love Id be nothing Love never looks for love Loves not puffed up Or envious Or touchy Because it rejoices in the truth Not in iniquity Love sees like a child sees As a child I spoke as a child I thought and I understood as a child But when I became a woman I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly Where as a child I saw it face to face Now I only know it in part Fractions in me Of faith and hope and love And of these great three Loves the greatest beauty Love Love Love

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 Im going on down to Yasgurs Farm Im gonna join in a rock and roll band Im gonna camp out on the land Im gonna get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves back to the garden Then can I walk beside you? I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog in something turning Well maybe it is just the time of year Or maybe its the time of man I dont know who I am But you know life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation We are stardust Billion year old carbon We are golden Caught in the devils bargain And weve got to get ourselves back to the garden