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.
Richard got married to a figure skater
and he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator
and he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on
and all the house lights left up bright,
I'm going to blow this candle out,
I don't want nobody coming over to my table
I got nothing to talk to anybody about,
All good dreamers pass this way some day,
Hiding behind bottles in dark cafes.
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?"
Sitting in a park in Paris, France
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
That was just a dream some of us had
Still a lot of lands to see
But I wouldn't want to stay here
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways.
Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will buy you
A bottle of wine
And we'll laugh and toast to nothing and smash
Our empty glasses down
A round for these freaks and these soldiers
A round for these friends of mine.
We're captive on a carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came.
I'm going to camp out on the land
And try and get my soul free.
Only a phase, those dark cafe days.
You could have been more than a name on the door,
On the thirty-third floor in the air.
JONI MITCHELL
BLUE
Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea betore
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there're so many sinking now
You've got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you
Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
JONI MITCHELL
LITTLE GREEN
Born with the moon in Cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who've made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer
He went to California
Hearing that everything's warmer there
So you write him a letter and say, "Her eyes are blue."
He sends you a poem and she's lost to you
Little green, he's a non-conformer
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow
Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed
Little green, have a happy ending
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow
JONI MITCHELL
IF NOT FOR YOU
If not for you
Babe, I couldn't even find the door
I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue, if not for you
If not for you
Babe, the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
It would not be new, if not for you
If not for you, my sky would fall
Rain would gather, too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost, if not for you
If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
Couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue, if not for you
If not for you, my sky would fall
Rain would gather, too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost, if not for you
If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
Couldn't hear a robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue, if not for you
If not for you
GEORGE HARRISON
RUN OF THE MILL
Everyone has a choice
When to or not to raise their voices
It's you that decides
Which way will you turn
While feeling that our love's not your concern
It's you that decides
No one around you
Will carry the blame for you
No one around you
Will love you today and throw it all away
Tomorrow when you rise
Another day for you to realize me
Or send me down again
As the days stand up on end
You've got me wondering how I lost your friendship
But I see it in your eyes
Though I'm beside you
I can't carry the lame for you
I may decide to
Get out with your blessing
Where I'll carry on guessing
How high will you leap
Will you make enough for you to reap it?
Only you'll arrive
At your own made end
With no one but yourself to be offended
It's you that decides
GEORGE HARRISON
ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Sunrise doesn't last all morning,
a cloudburst doesn't last all day.
Seems my love is up
and has left you with no warning.
It's not always going to be this grey.
All things must pass,
all things must pass away.
Sunset doesn't last all evening,
a mind can blow those clouds away.
after all this my love is up
and must be leaving.
It's not always going to be this grey.
All things must pass,
all things must pass away.
All things must pass
none of life's strings can last.
So I must be on my way,
face another day.
Darkness only stays at nighttime,
in the morning it will fade away.
Daylight has a habit of arriving at the right time.
It's not always going to be this grey.
All things must pass,
all things must pass away.
All things must pass,
all things must pass away.
GEORGE HARRISON
BEWARE OF DARKNESS
Watch out now, take care
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips
Beware of darkness
Watch out now, take care
Beware of the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night
Beware of sadness
It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for
Watch out now, take care
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of maya
Watch out now, take care
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While weeping atlas cedars
They just want to grow, grow and grow
Beware of darkness (beware of darkness)
GEORGE HARRISON
Stand your ground, I think you've got the guts it takes to win.
But arm yourself against the pain a wounded bird can give,
And in the end remember, it's with you you have to live.
And I don't really have much to say
'Cause I'm living from day to day.
Is the image I'm making, the image I see
When the man in the mirror is talking to me.
You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye.
Please don't ask me how I know
I've just been up that street.
When your love has moved away
You must face yourself and you must say
I remember better days.
You're supposed to be my friend.
So my advice to you is not to take advice
From the dealers who are handing out the cards
Take your life in your own hands
Just have faith in who you are.
I am in a strangers room
And I still can't find the light.
GRAHAM NASH
But every junkies like a setting sun.
To give a love, you gotta live a love
To live a love, you gotta be 'part of'
When will I see you again?
Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things that don't get lost.
Red lights flashing through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan
White cane lying in the gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone
Don't let it bring you down - it's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning and you will come around.