Top Songs By Joni Mitchell
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joni Mitchell
Vocals
Wilton Felder
Bass Guitar
John Guerin
Drums
Joe Sample
Electric Piano
Tom Scott
Woodwinds
Larry Carlton
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joni Mitchell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joni Mitchell
Producer
Ellis Sorkin
Engineer
Henry Lewy
Engineer
Bernie Grundman
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
All the people at this party
They've got a lot of style
They've got stamps of many countries
They've got passport smiles
Some are friendly
Some are cutting
Some are watching it from the wings
Some are standing in the centre
Giving to get something
Photo beauty gets attention
Then her eye paint's running down
She's got a rose in her teeth
And a lampshade crown
One minute she's so happy
Then she's crying on someone's knee
Saying laughing and crying
You know it's the same release
I told you when I met you
I was crazy
Cry for us all beauty
Cry for Eddie in the corner
Thinking he's nobody
And Jack behind his joker
And stone-cold Grace behind her fan
And me in my frightened silence
Thinking I don't understand
I feel like I'm sleeping
Can you wake me
You seem to have a broader sensibility
I'm just living on nerves and feelings
With a weak and a lazy mind
And coming to peoples parties
Fumbling deaf dumb and blind
I wish I had more sense of humor
Keeping the sadness at bay
Throwing the lightness on these things
Laughing it all away
Laughing it alI away
Laughing it all away
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell
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