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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joni Mitchell
Vocals
John Guerin
Drums
Max Bennett
Bass
Bud Shank
Flute
James Taylor
Guitar
Victor Feldman
Percussion
Chuck Findley
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joni Mitchell
Composer
John Guerin
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joni Mitchell
Producer
Ellis Sorkin
Assistant Engineer
Henry Lewy
Mixing Engineer
Bernie Grundman
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
He bought her a diamond for her throat
He put her in a ranch house on a hill
She could see the valley barbecues
From her window sill
See the blue pools in the squinting sun
Hear the hissing of summer lawns
He put up a barbed wire fence
To keep out the unknown
And on every metal thorn
Just a little blood of his own
She patrols that fence of his
To a latin drum
And the hissing of summer lawns
Darkness
Wonder makes it easy
Darkness
With a joyful mask
Darkness
Tube's gone, darkness, darkness, darkness
No color no contrast
A diamond dog
Carrying a cup and a cane
Looking through a double glass
Looking at too much pride and too much shame
There's a black fly buzzing
There's a heat wave burning in her master's voice
Hissing summer lawns
He gave her his darkness to regret
And good reason to quit him
He gave her a roomful of Chippendale
That nobody sits in
Still she stays with a love of some kind
It's the lady's choice
The hissing of summer lawns
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell, John Guerin
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