(EastWest 1994)

by Joni Mitchell

Just before our love got lost you said,

"I am as constant as the northern star."

and I said, "Constantly in the darkness

where's that at?

If you want me I'll be in the bar."

On the back of a cotton coaster

in the blue T.V. screen light

I drew a map of Canada

Oh Canada

with your face sketched on it twice.

In my blood like holy wine

you taste so bitter and so sweet

well, I could drink a case of you, darling

and I would still be on my feet

I would still be on my feet.

Oh I am a lonely painter

I live in a box of paints

I'm frightened by the devil

And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid.

I remember that time you told me

"Love is touching souls"

Surely you touched mine

'Cause part of you pours out of me

In these lines from time to time.

My blood

my holy wine

tastes so bitter and so sweet

Well I could drink a case of you, darling

and I would still be on my feet

I would still be on my feet

I met a woman

She had a mouth like yours

She knew your devils and your deeds

and she said, "Go to him, stay with him

but be prepared to bleed"

My blood

my holy wine

tastes so bitter and so sweet

Well I could drink a case of you, darling

and I would still be on my feet

I would still be on my feet

A little dust never stopped me

now he liked my shoes I kept

them on. Sometimes I can hold my

tongue sometimes not when you

just skiptolou my darling and you

know what you're doin so don't even

You're just too used to my honey

now

you're just too used to my honey

and I think I could leave your

world if she was the better girl So

when we died I tried to bribe the

undertaker cause I'm not sure

what you're doing or the reasons

You're just too used to my honey

now

you're just too used to my honey

don't bother coming down I made

a friend of the western sky don't

bother coming down You always

like your babies tight

turn back one last time love to

watch those cowboys ride but

cowboys know that cowgirls ride on

the Indian side

and you know what you're doing

don't even

daisy dead petals

that is her name

she's in her phone booth phase, so

underneath the shade of a peppermint tray,

she can turn it out with a heal on she just rides into town

knowing what they'll say, knowing they're around the corner.

Got a crack in, got a crack in some strange places.

daisy dead petals, that is her name.

so maybe she tastes like a hamburger maid, well

these dead petals, honey, brought me here.

she said, "these dead petals, honey, brought me here."

dancing on a dime, hearing mother cry,

maybe she's around the corner.

got a crack in, got a crack in some strange places.

on my back with, on my back with some dirty dishes.

falling down, falling down, all over the river.

falling down, falling down, falling down.

wish what i'm feeling could go on like this forever.

falling down falling down falling down.

and since we're down might as well stay,

might as well fry some eggs

and wave to the shade of the peppermint tray.

she's a new friend not a skeleton to ride into town.

knowing what they'll say, knowing she tastes like a hamburger

maid, but

"these dead petals, honey, brought me here."

she said, "these dead petals, honey, brought me here."

Master Shamen I have come

with my dolly from the shadow side

with a demon and an Englishman

I'm my mother

I'm my son

nobody else is slipping the blade in easy

nobody else is slipping the blade in the marmalade

All the angels all the wizards black and white

are lighting candles in our hands

can you feel them touching hands before our eyes

and I can even see sweet Maryanne

Sister Janet you have come

from the woman clothed with the sun

your veil is quietly becoming none

call the Wanderer he has gone

and all those up there are making it look so easy

with your perfect wings

a wing can cover all sorts of things

Don't say morning's come

Don't say it's up to me

If I could take 25 minutes

out of the record books.

Sugar

He brings me sugar

Bobby's collecting bees

and hammers, he used one on me.

Cold war with little boys

Get in with a bubble gum trade...

And...

Sugar

Bring me sugar

And all the robins bring

Bring me many things but...

Sugar

He brings me sugar

As far as I can tell

I've been gone for miles now

And you know, and I know

I don't know me very well

And I know, and you know

if they found me out.

Sugar

He brings me sugar

And all the robins bring

They bring me many things but...

Sugar

He brings me sugar

And all the robins bring

They bring many things but...

Sugar

Oh, sugar...

Sugar

Ah, Sugar

Sugar..

You...

Ah, ha...

(fade)

This House is like Russia

With Eyes cold and grey

You got me moving in a circle

I dyed my hair Red today

I just want a little passion

To hold me in the dark

I know I've got some magic

buried Deep in my heart yeah

but my priest says

You ain't savin no souls

My father says

You ain't makin any money

My Doctor says

You just took it to the limit

And here I stand

With this sword in my hand

You can say it one more Time

What you Don't Like

Let me hear it 1 more time then

have a seat while I

take to the sky

My heart is Like the Ocean

it gets in the way so

Close to touching freedom

then I hear the guards call my Name

if you don't like me just a little

Why Do you hang around

there she goes again

wearing those purple panties

there she goes again

wearing her heart

there she goes again Why do you

take it

God I love to turn my little blue world upside down

God I love to turn my little blue world upside down

Inside my head the noise

Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter

You see I'm afraid I'll always be

Still coming out of my mother upside down

Don't you love to turn this little blue girl upside down ?

Oh I know you love to turn this little blue girl baby upside down

But my heart it says

You been shatter, shatter, shatter, shatter, shattered

And I know you're still a boy

Still coming out of your mother

But when you gonna stand on your own ?

I say the world is sick

You say "Tell me what that makes us darlin'"

You see, you always find my faults

Faster than you find your own

You say the world is getting rid of her demons

I say "Baby what have you been smoking ?"

Well I dreamed, I dreamed...

I dreamed I loved a black boy

My daddy would scream

Oh yeah

Don't you love to turn this little blue girl upside down ?

Any kind of touch I think is better than none even upside down

But you see I'm tangled up

Got a kitten, kitten, kitten, kitten in my hair

Cincinnati, I like the word

It's the only thing we can seem to turn upside down

Well I found (found) the secret (secret) to life

I found (found) the secret to life (secret of life)

I'm okay when everything is not okay

I said I found (found) the secret (secret) to life

I found (found) the secret to life (secret of life)

I'm okay when everything is not okay

Is not okay

Oh, we turn and we turn our little blue world upside down

I said, don't we love to turn our little blue world baby upside down ?

Inside my head a voice

Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter

And it says "Girl you're all the same

Still coming out of your mothers

Still coming out of your mothers upside down"

Hey kid, I've got a ride for you

They say your brain is a comic book tattoo

And you'll never be anything

"What will you do with your life"

Oh, that's all you hear from noon till night

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby

Where the sea is the sky

I know the guy who runs the place

And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Straight suits, they don't understand

She tried, that one with the alligator boots

But the other side drew her in

Heart falling fast when she left

Even the milky way was dressed in black

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby

The sea is the sky

I know the guy who runs the place

And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see what you're born to be

They can't see me

They can't be what they can't believe

They can't see what you see

Keep the boys spinning in their own little world

Time up and so we won't say a word

They keep the boys spinning in their own little world

So afraid he'll be what they never were

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby

The sea is the sky

I know the guy who runs the place

And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see

Cause they can't see

Cause they can't see

Are you still out there ?

They can't They can't see They can't see they can't see

feel me what I've found out you know you know

you're jumping from a high jump

Are you still They can't see and Hide your love hide your love

out there ? I just move this So many know you know

mountain but them, oh they can't see

Cause they can't see

*The sequence at the end actually has three concurrent parts in the

middle, right and left of the stereo image, which is why it scans

a bit strangely written down

In my head I found you there

And running around and following me

But you don't, oh, dare, now.

But I find that I have, now, more

Then I ever wanted too

So maybe Thomas Jefferson wasn't born

In your backyard like you have said and

Maybe I'm just the horizon you run to when she had left

You there, you, all here in my head and

Running around and calling me come back

I'll show you the roses and brush off the snow and

Open their petals again and again and you know that

Apple green ice cream can melt in your hands I can't so...

I, I held your hand at the fair and

Even forgot what time it was

And even Thomas Jefferson wasn't born

In your backyard like you have said and

Maybe I'm just the horizon you run to

When she has left you and me here alone on the floor,

You're counting my feathers as the bells toll

You see the bow and the belt and the girl from the south all

Fav'rite of mine you know them all well

And spring brings fresh little puddles that makes it all clear

makes it all...

Hey, do you know, hey, do you know, what this is doing to me?

Here in my head.

Ride on, Ride on

Friends of the black swan

Ride on, Ride on

Do you know where she's gone?

Gumdrops and Saturdays, did Eric call by the way?

He knew, he knew, and he knew where the pillow goes.

Ride on, Ride on, friends of the black swan

Ride on, Ride on you know where she's gone

Buttercups and fishing flies the biggest thickest ever sky.

I know they know something

I know, ah!

Ride on, Ride on, friends of the black swan.

Ride on, Ride on you know where she's gone?

Little green men do O.K.

It's the faerie's revenge they say,

And gumdrops and Saturdays, did Eric call by the way?

Mm, la la, ride on, ride on, ride on.

Straight suits, they don't understand

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