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Joni Mitchell - California Lyrics
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The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just ...
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John Mayer - Queen of California Lyrics
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The result many believe to be a folk-rock masterpiece. 'Joni wrote Blue is a house by the sea' refers to Joni Mitchell's writing of the 'Blue' album. She did ...
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Joni Mitchell - Little Green Lyrics
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He went to California (the dad abandoned Joni) Hearing that everything's warmer there (seeks out his own comfort, and leaves Joni freezing in Canada) So you ...
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Joni Mitchell - River Lyrics
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There's a very important fact about this song that I noticed you've all neglected to mention: Joni Mitchell is Canadian but she moved to California to be a ...
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Led Zeppelin - Going to California Lyrics
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... joni mitchell. Then in a live recording of this song, (which happens to be my favorite) after this lyric is sung he calls out Joni. I think this as for all ...
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Joni Mitchell - A Strange Boy Lyrics
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it's very "humid california." it has a sort of summery feel, but it's the kind where it's unbelievably dry, like a desert.
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Joni Mitchell - Help Me Lyrics
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joni mitchell is such a great singer. obviously, this song is about falling in love, and deciding if its the right thing to do at that moment "but not like we ...
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Joni Mitchell - Blue Boy Lyrics
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Lady called the blue boy, love. She took him home. Made himself an idol, yes. So he turned to stone. Like a pilgrim, she traveled. To place her flowers
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Joni Mitchell - The Tenth World Lyrics
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Baila mi rumba. Batela, goza why mira mama. Baila, mira mama. Batela, goza, mira eh. Rumbando bello es que yo voy. Bailala bailala bailala
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Joni Mitchell Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Joni Mitchell Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more.
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Joni Mitchell - Carey Lyrics
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Cary was a guy from North Carolina that she met while on the island and had to leave to continue her trip and eventual return to California. Check out this link ...
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Joni Mitchell - Michael From Mountains Lyrics
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... California ending up mining in Northern Manitoba. I struggled when I returned to the U.K. (Edinburgh) as to who I was. This artist/miner. When I heard this song ...
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Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Lyrics
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Rows and flows of angel hair. And ice cream castles in the air. And feather canyons everywhere. Looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun
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Joni Mitchell - For Free Lyrics
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A lovely song about buskers, but Im always disappointed when Joni puts herself down and even feels guilty for askin for money from her audience. The time I saw ...
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Joni Mitchell - I Think I Understand Lyrics
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I just started recently getting into joni mitchell. I really like the message of this song. She's such a great poet. Fear/challenges can either help you to ...
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Joni Mitchell - Amelia Lyrics
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Te song ends on a very pessimistic note, with love being compared to "dreams and false alarms". This means that each love the speaker has had was synonymous ...
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Joni Mitchell - For The Roses Lyrics
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I heard it in the wind last night. It sounded like applause. Did you get a round resounding for you. Way up here. Seems like many dim years ago
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Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon Lyrics
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Trina wears her wampum beads. She fills her drawing book with line. Sewing lace on widows' weeds. And filigree on leaf and vine. Vine and leaf are filigree
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Joni Mitchell - Same Situation Lyrics
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Again and again the same situation. For so many years. Tethered to a ringing telephone. In a room full of mirrors. A pretty girl in your bathroom
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Joni Mitchell - Woman Of Heart And Mind Lyrics
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I am a woman of heart and mind. With time on her hands. No child to raise. You come to me like a little boy. And I give you my scorn and my praise
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Joni Mitchell - The Gallery Lyrics
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When I first saw your gallery. I liked the ones of ladies. Then you began to hang up me. You studied to portray me. In ice and greens. And old blue jeans
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Joni Mitchell - Banquet Lyrics
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Come to the dinner gong. The table is laden high. Fat bellies and hungry little ones. Tuck your napkins in. Take your share. Some get the gravy
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Joni Mitchell - Blue Lyrics
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Blue Songs are like tattoos. You know I've been to sea before. Crown and anchor me. Or let me sail away. Hey Blue And there is a song for you. Ink on a pin
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Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning Lyrics
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This is a very simple song about Joni being newly in love both with a man and a new location... The Chelsea District of New York City. Everything is fresh for ...
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Joni Mitchell - Roses Blue Lyrics
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More Featured Meanings · Most popular lyric tags · More Joni Mitchell Lyrics · SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery.
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Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark Lyrics
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Most Recent; Oldest First. Song Meaning. This song was inspired by an incident that Joni experienced in Berkeley, where ...
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Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon Lyrics
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Very few albums or songs reach that level of lyricism, I mean music that's purely led by emotions, in all their implied contradictions, as is all the "Hejira" ...
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Joni Mitchell - Tin Angel Lyrics
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Varnished weeds in window jars. Tarnished beads on tapestries. Kept in satin boxes are. Reflections of love's memories. Letters from across the seas
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Joni Mitchell - Cactus Tree Lyrics
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I can't believe there aren't more comments on this song; This is my favourite Joni song, and really does describe Joni's internal conflict which fuelled so much ...
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Joni Mitchell - Marcie Lyrics
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Marcie in a coat of flowers. Stops inside a candy store. Reds are sweet and greens are sour. Still no letter at her door. So she'll wash her flower curtains
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Joni Mitchell - Shadows And Light Lyrics
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Every picture has it's shadows. And it has some source of light. Blindness, blindness and sight. The perils of benefactors. The blessings of parasites
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Joni Mitchell - Not to Blame Lyrics
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This song was obviously directly addressed at Jackson Browne since it refers to two incidents that involved him. But it appears from what I can tell that Joni ...
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Joni Mitchell - Lakota Lyrics
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I am Lakota Lakota Looking at money man. Diggin' the deadly quotas. Out of balance. Out of hand. We want the land. Lay down the reeking ore
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Joni Mitchell - All I Want Lyrics
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26 Comments · as 2 people have said but everyone else seems to have missed: this song is NOT about a perfect love, it's about a love that is hurt by jealousy and ...
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Joni Mitchell - Ethiopia Lyrics
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Hot winds and hunger cries, Ethiopia Flies in your babies' eyes, Ethiopia Walking sticks on burning plains. Betrayed by politics. Abandoned by the rains
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Joni Mitchell - Black Crow Lyrics
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There's a crow flying. Black and ragged. Tree to tree. He's black as the highway that's leading me. Now he's diving down. To pick up on something shiny
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Joni Mitchell - Electricity Lyrics
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The Minus is loveless. He talks to the land. And the leaves fall. And the pond over-ices. She don't know the system, Plus She don't understand
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Joni Mitchell - Come In From The Cold Lyrics
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Back in 1957. We had to dance a foot apart. And they hawk-eyed us from the sidelines. Holding their rulers without a heart
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Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You Lyrics
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It may even refer (leading into the following lines) to the many available religions that were available in liberal 70s California, and being unable to find one ...
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Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader Lyrics
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Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions. Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor. Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where
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Joni Mitchell - Chinese Cafe Lyrics
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Caught in the middle. Carol, we're middle class. We're middle aged. We were wild in the old days. Birth of rock 'n roll days
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Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line Lyrics
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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 ...
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Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns Lyrics
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Oldest First. Song Meaning. I am a witness to both the writing of this song and it's meaning. The song ...
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