Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune) (LP Version)

Song Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune) (LP Version)
Artist Joni Mitchell
Album For The Roses

Lyrics

[00:24.44] No tongue in the bell
[00:26.38] And the fishwives yell
[00:28.50] But they
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[00:29.87] Might as well be mute
[00:32.26]
[00:32.82] So you get to keep the pictures
[00:36.30] That don't seem like much
[00:39.98]
[00:40.62] Cold white keys under your fingers
[00:44.71] Now you're thinking
[00:45.87] That's no substitute
[00:49.44] It just don't do it
[00:50.94] Like the song of a warm warm body
[00:55.07] Loving your touch
[00:59.93]
[01:07.45] In the court they carve your legend
[01:10.73] With an apple in it's jaw
[01:13.74]
[01:15.17] And the women that you wanted
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[01:18.77] They get their laughs
[01:22.52]
[01:23.08] Long silk stockings
[01:25.28] On the bedposts of refinement
[01:29.07] You're too raw
[01:31.88] They think you're too raw
[01:33.56] It's the judgement of the moon and stars
[01:36.98] Your solitary path
[01:41.22] Draw yourself a bath
[01:43.81] Think what you'd like to have
[01:46.52] For supper
[01:47.80]
[01:49.85] Or take a walk
[01:50.96] A park
[01:51.94] A bridge
[01:53.26] A tree
[01:54.32]
[01:55.54] A river
[01:57.46]
[01:58.54] Revoked but not yet cancelled
[02:01.79] The gift goes on
[02:06.19] In silence
[02:07.73] In a bell jar
[02:12.26] Still a song
[02:13.55]
[03:41.34] You've got to shake your fists at lightning now
[03:45.42] You've got to roar like forest fire
[03:48.89] You've got to spread your light like blazes
[03:52.93] All across the sky
[03:55.70]
[03:57.00] They're going to aim the hoses on you
[04:02.06] Show 'em you won't expire
[04:06.11]
[04:06.94] Not till you burn up every passion
[04:11.56] Not even when you die
[04:13.19]
[04:14.16] Come on now
[04:14.91] You've got to try
[04:17.43] If you're feeling contempt
[04:19.33] Well then you tell it
[04:23.02] If you're tired of the silent night
[04:26.72] Jesus well then you yell it
[04:31.69] Condemned to wires and hammers
[04:35.54] Strike every chord that you feel
[04:39.29] That broken trees
[04:41.77] And elephant ivories
[04:45.14] Conceal