[ti:The Last Time I Saw Richard (LP Version)]
[ar:Joni Mitchell]
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[00:59.15]The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68
[01:02.16]And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday
[01:07.60]Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe
[01:16.11]"You laugh," he said, "You think you're immune,
[01:19.90]Go look at your eyes, they're full of moon
[01:23.00]You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you
[01:27.29]All those pretty lies, pretty lies
[01:33.91]When you gonna realize they're only pretty lies
[01:39.00]Only pretty lies, just pretty lies"
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[01:56.54]He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer
[01:59.10]And he pushed three buttons and the thing began to whirr
[02:03.41]And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie
[02:07.64]And she said, "Drink up now it's gettin' on time to close"
[02:12.87]"Richard you haven't really changed," I said, “
[02:16.40]"It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head “
[02:20.49]You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs you punched are dreaming
[02:25.79]Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet
[02:31.60][When you gonna go get yourself back on your feet?
[02:36.54]Oh love can be so sweet, love so sweet.
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[02:52.39]Richard got married to a figure skater
[02:56.10]And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator
[03:00.22]And he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on
[03:04.10]And all the house lights left up bright
[03:09.97]I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
[03:12.47]I don't want nobody comin' over to my table
[03:15.00]I got nothing to talk to anybody about
[03:18.48]All good dreamers pass this way some day
[03:21.19]Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes, dark cafes
[03:27.80]Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away
[03:34.96]Only a phase, these dark cafe days.
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