Paprika Plains (LP Version)

Song Paprika Plains (LP Version)
Artist Joni Mitchell
Album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

Lyrics

[00:26.420] Joni Mitchell
[00:34.420] It fell from midnight skies
[00:39.420] It drummed on the galvanized
[00:44.420] In the washroom, women tracked the rain
[00:49.420] Up to the make-up mirror
[00:57.420] Liquid soap and grass
[00:59.420] And Jungle Gardenia crash
[01:02.420] On Pine-Sol and beer ...
[01:10.580] It's stifling in here ...
[01:17.420] I've got to get some air ...
[01:20.420] I'm going outside to get some air
[01:31.690] Back in my hometown
[01:36.420] They would have cleared the floor
[01:38.420] Just to watch the rain come down!
[01:47.420] They're such sky oriented people--
[01:53.420] Geared to changing weather ...
[01:59.420] I'm floating off in time
[02:06.420] I'm floating off
[02:06.420] I'd beat the drum
[02:09.420] I'm floating off in time
[02:20.420] When I was three feet tall
[02:25.420] And wide eyed open to it all
[02:29.420] With their tasseled teams they came
[02:32.420] To McGee's General Store
[02:39.420] All in their beaded leathers
[02:42.420] I would tie on colored feathers
[02:46.420] And I'd beat the drum like war ...
[02:52.420] I would beat the drum like war
[03:14.420] But when the church got through
[03:19.420] They traded their beads for bottles
[03:22.420] Smashed--on Railway Avenue
[03:29.680] And they cut off their braids
[03:34.420] And lost some link with nature
[03:41.420] I'm floating into dreams
[03:48.420] I'm floating off
[03:52.420] I'm floating into my dreams
[04:10.420] I dream paprika plains
[04:16.420] Vast and bleak and God forsaken
[04:22.420] Paprika plains
[04:26.420] And a turquoise river snaking
[11:56.420] The rain retreats
[11:59.420] Like troops to fall on other fields and streets
[12:04.420] Meanwhile they're sweet talking and name calling
[12:07.420] And brawling on the fringes of the floor
[12:13.420] I spot you through the smoke
[12:17.420] With your eyes on fire
[12:19.420] From J&B and coke
[12:25.420] As I'm coming through the door
[12:31.420] I'm coming back
[12:34.420] I'm coming back for more!
[12:47.420] The band plugs in again
[12:51.420] You see that mirrored ball begin to sputter lights
[12:59.420] And spin
[13:06.420] Dizzy on the dancers
[13:09.420] Geared to changing rhythms
[13:19.420] No matter what you do
[13:26.420] I'm floating back
[13:29.690] I'm floating back to you!