Joni Mitchell - Banquet

Tekst :

Come to the dinner gong
the table is laden high
fat bellies and hungry little ones
tuck your napkin in
and take your share
some get the gravy
and some get the gristle
some get the marrow bone
and some get nothing
though there’s plenty to spare

I took my share down by the sea
paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide
seagulls come down
and they squawk at me
down where the water-skiers glide

some turn to Jesus
and some turn to heroin
some turn to rambling round
looking for a clean sky
and a drinking stream
some watch the paint peel off
some watch their kids grow up
some watch their stocks and bonds
waiting for that big deal
American dream

I took my dream down by the sea
Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine
and logs and sails
and shell oil pails
dogs and tugs and summertime
back in the banquet line
angry young people crying

who let the greedy in
and who left the needy out
who made this salty soup
tell him we’re very hungry now
for a sweeter fare
in the cookie I read
“some get the gravy
and some get the gristle
some get the marrow bone
and some get nothing
though there’s plenty to spare.”

Inne utwory

  • The dawntreader
  • See you sometime
  • Sweet bird
  • Raised on robbery
  • Down to you
  • Ballerina Valerie
  • Comes love
  • The same situation
  • River
  • The hissing of summer lawns
  • Blue
  • Why do fools fall in love
  • Impossible dreamer
  • The priest
  • Edith & the kingpin
  • Love
  • The circle game
  • Furry sings the blues
  • Woodstock
  • Big yellow taxi
  • At last
  • I had a king
  • Borderline
  • Free man in Paris
  • The boho dance
  • Twisted
  • Snakes and ladders
  • Conversation
  • Cold blue steel and sweet fire
  • How do you stop
  • Stormy weather
  • For the roses
  • The gallery
  • Losowe utwory

    Oasis

    This desert road s forever winding
    It saps your strength - it has no exit
    The drying wind
    The burning sun
    I m tossing the burnt out engine aside

    Nani mo naisekai de
    Dokoe yuke baii noka
    Tsu yoi me mai

    Każdą minutę

    Każdą minutę spędzoną razem z tobą…

    Zdarzyło się, że śnieg wciąż sypał za oknami
    Był ciepły koc, miałam twe oczy przed oczami
    Tak blisko, że zanurzyć mogłam się w nich cała
    Szczęśliwa jak przed laty, kiedy byłam mała
    To takie dziwne, że cię kiedyś nie znałam
    To takie dziwne, że...

    Za wielkim morzem Ty

    Już bieluchny śnieg
    Na polach się skrzy
    Nowy roczek z wierchów zbiegł ku dolinom
    Śniegu pytam gdzieżeś ty

    Już szczebiocze ptak
    Już wiosna i bzy
    Nocą gwiazdy złote tak , jak kaczeńce
    Gwiazdek pytam gdzieżeś ty


    Żniw już nadszedł czas
    A od lasu grzmi
    Pewnie deszczyk jeszcze...

    I dedicate [part II]

    I dedicate, I dedicate
    I dedicate, I dedicate
    I dedicate, I dedicate
    I dedicate, I dedicate

    I dedicate to you
    This song s for you
    I give you my voice
    This song s for you

    This song s for you
    And you and you and you yeah ...

    Come home

    Long day
    stabbing at shadows
    blank eyed, just staring out windows
    he s gone, left me again
    same song on permanent repeat,
    a Big Dog on a thin leash,these thoughts,
    have got me lost and wondering
    where he s been
    and who he s kissing
    Come home
    Come home, stop...