| 81. Joni Mitchell - The Magdalene Laundries |
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I was an unmarried girl I'd just turned twenty-seven When they sent me to the sisters For the way men looked at me Branded as a jezebel I knew I...
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| 82. Joni Mitchell - Night Ride Home |
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Once in a while In a big blue moon There comes a night like this Like some surrealist Invented this 4th of July Night ride home Hula girls And...
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| 83. Joni Mitchell - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines |
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(feat. Charles Mingus) I'm down to a roll of dimes I'm stalking the slot that's hot I keep hearing bells all around me Jingling in the lucky...
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| 84. Joni Mitchell - The Pirate Of Penance |
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[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...
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| 85. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi |
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They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know...
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| 86. Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon |
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I went to Staten Island, Sharon To buy myself a mandolin And I saw the long white dress of love On a storefront mannequin Big boat chuggin' back...
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| 87. Joni Mitchell - Cool Water |
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[Revised lyrics by Joni Mitchell] All day I face the barren waste Without a taste of water Cool water Old Dan and I Our throats slate dry Our...
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| 88. Joni Mitchell - Daisy Summer Piper |
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Come and take me by the hand There's so much to be seen The fields are dancing daisy bright Hills are dappled green Winter wind has ceased her...
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| 89. Joni Mitchell - Barangrill |
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Three waitresses all wearing Black diamond earrings Talking about zombies And Singapore slings No trouble in their faces Not one anxious voice None...
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| 90. Joni Mitchell - Lesson In Survival |
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Lesson in Survival Spinning out on turns That gets you tough Guru books-the Bible Only a reminder That you're just not good enough You need to...
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| 91. Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast |
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He came She smiled She thought she had him tamed But he was just as wild Eating from her hand at last Wild things run fast In the dark He could...
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| 92. Joni Mitchell - Moon In The Mirror |
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Moon in the mirror, Won't you stay a while tonight? All things of beauty Are too soon out of sight. I know it's a selfish plea; You must light the...
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| 93. Joni Mitchell - Talk To Me |
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There was a moon and a street lamp I didn't know I drank such a lot 'Till I pissed a tequila-anaconda The full length of the parking lot! Oh, I talk...
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| 94. Joni Mitchell - Ladies' Man |
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Well, I've heard of heartbreakers But you take the cake Ladies' man You could charm the diamonds Off a rattlesnake Ladies' man Ladies bring it on...
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| 95. Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader |
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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 Never...
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| 96. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You |
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Just before our love got lost you said, "I am as constant as a northern star." And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want...
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| 97. Joni Mitchell - Blonde In The Bleachers |
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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...
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| 98. Joni Mitchell - See You Sometime |
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Where are you now Are you in some hotel room Does it have a view? Are you caught in a crowd Or holding some honey Who came on to you? Why do you...
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| 99. Joni Mitchell - Marcie |
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Marcie in a coat of flowers Steps inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at her door So she'll wash her flower...
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| 100. Joni Mitchell - Straw-flower Me |
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Look at me. Won't you tell me What you see behind the tinsel Flower lady that you made Me feel I must be. Don't you know even tinsel flowers Grow...
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