Electricity Lyrics

Hot winds and hunger cries--Ethiopia Flies in your babies' eyes--Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains Betrayed by politics Abandoned by the rains On and on--the human need On ...Read Full Lyrics

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

I went so numb on Christmas day I couldn't feel my hands or feet I shouldn't have come She made me pay For gleaming with Donald down her street She put blame on him And shame on me...Read Full Lyrics

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 se...Read Full Lyrics

Write me a royal-blue parchment poem Draw me a royal-blue lady like me Draw me a smile That's a lot like my own And make my eyes flowers And make my mind see I will weave melodies ...Read Full Lyrics

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it... Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do g...Read Full Lyrics

Old Beale Street is coming down Sweeties' Snack Bar, boarded up now And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone Faded out with ragtime blues Handy's cast in bronze And he's stand...Read Full Lyrics

Words and music by Joni Mitchell He is three One's in the middle unmoved Waiting To show what he sees To the other two To the one attacking--so afraid And the one that keeps tryin...Read Full Lyrics

I have to come and see you-- Maybe once or twice a year-- I think nothing would suit me better (Right now) Than some downtown atmosphere... In the dance halls and the galleries Or ...Read Full Lyrics

Words by Joni Mitchell Music by Charles Mingus When Charlie speaks of Lester You know someone great has gone The sweetest swinging music man Had a Porkie Pig hat on A bright star ...Read Full Lyrics