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He bought her a diamond for her throat He put her in a ranch house on a hill She could see the valley barbecues From her window sill See the blue pools in the squinting sun Hear th...Read Full Lyrics

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68, And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe You laugh, he said yo...Read Full Lyrics

I want to paint a picture Botticelli style Instead of Venus on a clam I'd paint this flower child "You are the air my flowers breathe" He calls, and the ladies turn around On...Read Full Lyrics

Penance crane: The pirate anchored on a Wednesday And why he came to port I wonder To see a lady so my friends say She dances for the sailors In a smoky cabaret bar undergroun...Read Full Lyrics

The priest sat in the airport bar He was wearing his father's tie And his eyes looked into my eyes so far Whenever the words ran dry Behind the lash and the circles blue He looked ...Read Full Lyrics

Words and music by Joni Mitchell This is the reoccurring dream Born in the dreary gap between What we have now And what we wish we could have More fulfilling--and less frustrating...Read Full Lyrics

Again and again the same situation For so many years Tethered to a ringing telephone In a room full ot mirrors A pretty girl in your bathroom Checking out her s** appeal I asked my...Read Full Lyrics

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

Let me speak, let me spit out my bitterness-- Born of grief and nights without sleep and festering flesh Do you have eyes? Can you see like mankind sees? Why have you soured and cu...Read Full Lyrics

Words by joni mitchell Music by larry klein and joni mitchell Study war no more Lay down your arms Study war no more Lay 'em down, lay 'em down now Study war no more Lay down your...Read Full Lyrics