Song For Sharon (LP Version) Lyrics
| Song | Song For Sharon (LP Version) |
| Artist | Joni Mitchell |
| Album | Hejira |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:18.000] | I went to Staten Island, Sharon |
| [00:21.000] | To buy myself a mandolin |
| [00:27.000] | And I saw the long white dress of love |
| [00:31.000] | On a storefront mannequin |
| [00:37.000] | Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars |
| [00:41.000] | All for something lacy |
| [00:45.000] | Some girl's going to see that dress |
| [00:48.000] | And crave that day like crazy |
| [01:04.000] | Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada |
| [01:08.000] | They can balance and they can climb |
| [01:13.000] | Like their fathers before them |
| [01:16.000] | They'll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline |
| [01:22.000] | Shine your light on me Miss Liberty |
| [01:26.000] | Because as soon as this ferry boat docks |
| [01:30.000] | I'm headed to the church to play Bingo |
| [01:34.000] | Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks |
| [01:49.000] | I can keep my cool at poker |
| [01:52.000] | But I'm a fool when love's at stake |
| [01:58.000] | Because I can't conceal emotion |
| [02:01.000] | What I'm feeling's always written on my face |
| [02:08.000] | There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street |
| [02:12.000] | I went in to see her as a kind of joke |
| [02:16.000] | And she lit a candle for my love luck |
| [02:20.000] | And eighteen bucks went up in smoke |
| [02:35.000] | Sharon I left my man |
| [02:37.000] | At a North Dakota junction |
| [02:43.000] | And I came out to the "Big Apple" here |
| [02:47.000] | To face the dream's malfunction |
| [02:53.000] | Love's a repetitious danger |
| [02:58.000] | You'd think I'd be accustomed to |
| [03:01.000] | Well I do accept the changes |
| [03:06.000] | At least better than I used to do |
| [03:29.000] | A woman I knew just drowned herself |
| [03:33.000] | The well was deep and muddy |
| [03:38.000] | She was just shaking off futility |
| [03:42.000] | Or punishing somebody |
| [03:48.000] | My friends were calling up all day yesterday |
| [03:52.000] | All emotions and abstractions |
| [03:56.000] | It seems we all live so close to that line |
| [04:00.000] | and so far from satisfaction |
| [04:15.000] | Dora says "Have children" |
| [04:18.000] | Mama and Betsy say "Find yourself a charity” |
| [04:24.000] | Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology" |
| [04:33.000] | Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes |
| [04:39.000] | And lovely landscapes to discover |
| [04:42.000] | But all I really want to do right now |
| [04:45.000] | Is find another lover |
| [05:01.000] | When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon |
| [05:04.000] | I went to every wedding in that little town |
| [05:10.000] | To see the tears and the kisses |
| [05:13.000] | And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown |
| [05:19.000] | And walking home on the railroad tracks |
| [05:23.000] | Or swinging on the playground swing |
| [05:28.000] | Love stimulated my illusions |
| [05:32.000] | More than anything |
| [05:38.000] | And when I went skating after Golden Reggie |
| [05:41.000] | You know it was white lace I was chasing |
| [05:45.000] | Chasing dreams |
| [05:49.000] | Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans |
| [05:56.000] | He showed me first you get the kisses |
| [06:00.000] | And then you get the tears |
| [06:04.000] | But the ceremony of the bells and lace |
| [06:07.000] | Still veils this reckless fool here |
| [06:23.000] | Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink |
| [06:27.000] | Circling in singles and in pairs |
| [06:32.000] | In this vigorous anonymity |
| [06:35.000] | A blank face at the window stares and |
| [06:39.000] | stares and stares and stares and stares |
| [06:42.000] | And the power of reason |
| [06:46.000] | And the flowers of deep feeling |
| [06:49.000] | Seem to serve me |
| [06:52.000] | Only to deceive me |
| [07:07.000] | Sharon you've got a husband |
| [07:12.000] | And a family and a farm |
| [07:17.000] | I've got the apple of temptation |
| [07:21.000] | And a diamond snake around my arm |
| [07:27.000] | But you still have your music |
| [07:32.000] | And I've still got my eyes on the land and the sky |
| [07:35.000] | You sing for your friends and your family |
| [07:38.000] | I'll walk green pastures by and by |
| [07:45.000] |
| [00:18.000] | I went to Staten Island, Sharon |
| [00:21.000] | To buy myself a mandolin |
| [00:27.000] | And I saw the long white dress of love |
| [00:31.000] | On a storefront mannequin |
| [00:37.000] | Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars |
| [00:41.000] | All for something lacy |
| [00:45.000] | Some girl' s going to see that dress |
| [00:48.000] | And crave that day like crazy |
| [01:04.000] | Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada |
| [01:08.000] | They can balance and they can climb |
| [01:13.000] | Like their fathers before them |
| [01:16.000] | They' ll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline |
| [01:22.000] | Shine your light on me Miss Liberty |
| [01:26.000] | Because as soon as this ferry boat docks |
| [01:30.000] | I' m headed to the church to play Bingo |
| [01:34.000] | Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks |
| [01:49.000] | I can keep my cool at poker |
| [01:52.000] | But I' m a fool when love' s at stake |
| [01:58.000] | Because I can' t conceal emotion |
| [02:01.000] | What I' m feeling' s always written on my face |
| [02:08.000] | There' s a gypsy down on Bleecker Street |
| [02:12.000] | I went in to see her as a kind of joke |
| [02:16.000] | And she lit a candle for my love luck |
| [02:20.000] | And eighteen bucks went up in smoke |
| [02:35.000] | Sharon I left my man |
| [02:37.000] | At a North Dakota junction |
| [02:43.000] | And I came out to the " Big Apple" here |
| [02:47.000] | To face the dream' s malfunction |
| [02:53.000] | Love' s a repetitious danger |
| [02:58.000] | You' d think I' d be accustomed to |
| [03:01.000] | Well I do accept the changes |
| [03:06.000] | At least better than I used to do |
| [03:29.000] | A woman I knew just drowned herself |
| [03:33.000] | The well was deep and muddy |
| [03:38.000] | She was just shaking off futility |
| [03:42.000] | Or punishing somebody |
| [03:48.000] | My friends were calling up all day yesterday |
| [03:52.000] | All emotions and abstractions |
| [03:56.000] | It seems we all live so close to that line |
| [04:00.000] | and so far from satisfaction |
| [04:15.000] | Dora says " Have children" |
| [04:18.000] | Mama and Betsy say " Find yourself a charity" |
| [04:24.000] | Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology" |
| [04:33.000] | Well there' s a wide wide world of noble causes |
| [04:39.000] | And lovely landscapes to discover |
| [04:42.000] | But all I really want to do right now |
| [04:45.000] | Is find another lover |
| [05:01.000] | When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon |
| [05:04.000] | I went to every wedding in that little town |
| [05:10.000] | To see the tears and the kisses |
| [05:13.000] | And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown |
| [05:19.000] | And walking home on the railroad tracks |
| [05:23.000] | Or swinging on the playground swing |
| [05:28.000] | Love stimulated my illusions |
| [05:32.000] | More than anything |
| [05:38.000] | And when I went skating after Golden Reggie |
| [05:41.000] | You know it was white lace I was chasing |
| [05:45.000] | Chasing dreams |
| [05:49.000] | Mama' s nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans |
| [05:56.000] | He showed me first you get the kisses |
| [06:00.000] | And then you get the tears |
| [06:04.000] | But the ceremony of the bells and lace |
| [06:07.000] | Still veils this reckless fool here |
| [06:23.000] | Now there are twentynine skaters on Wollman Rink |
| [06:27.000] | Circling in singles and in pairs |
| [06:32.000] | In this vigorous anonymity |
| [06:35.000] | A blank face at the window stares and |
| [06:39.000] | stares and stares and stares and stares |
| [06:42.000] | And the power of reason |
| [06:46.000] | And the flowers of deep feeling |
| [06:49.000] | Seem to serve me |
| [06:52.000] | Only to deceive me |
| [07:07.000] | Sharon you' ve got a husband |
| [07:12.000] | And a family and a farm |
| [07:17.000] | I' ve got the apple of temptation |
| [07:21.000] | And a diamond snake around my arm |
| [07:27.000] | But you still have your music |
| [07:32.000] | And I' ve still got my eyes on the land and the sky |
| [07:35.000] | You sing for your friends and your family |
| [07:38.000] | I' ll walk green pastures by and by |
| [07:45.000] |
| [00:18.000] | I went to Staten Island, Sharon |
| [00:21.000] | To buy myself a mandolin |
| [00:27.000] | And I saw the long white dress of love |
| [00:31.000] | On a storefront mannequin |
| [00:37.000] | Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars |
| [00:41.000] | All for something lacy |
| [00:45.000] | Some girl' s going to see that dress |
| [00:48.000] | And crave that day like crazy |
| [01:04.000] | Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada |
| [01:08.000] | They can balance and they can climb |
| [01:13.000] | Like their fathers before them |
| [01:16.000] | They' ll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline |
| [01:22.000] | Shine your light on me Miss Liberty |
| [01:26.000] | Because as soon as this ferry boat docks |
| [01:30.000] | I' m headed to the church to play Bingo |
| [01:34.000] | Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks |
| [01:49.000] | I can keep my cool at poker |
| [01:52.000] | But I' m a fool when love' s at stake |
| [01:58.000] | Because I can' t conceal emotion |
| [02:01.000] | What I' m feeling' s always written on my face |
| [02:08.000] | There' s a gypsy down on Bleecker Street |
| [02:12.000] | I went in to see her as a kind of joke |
| [02:16.000] | And she lit a candle for my love luck |
| [02:20.000] | And eighteen bucks went up in smoke |
| [02:35.000] | Sharon I left my man |
| [02:37.000] | At a North Dakota junction |
| [02:43.000] | And I came out to the " Big Apple" here |
| [02:47.000] | To face the dream' s malfunction |
| [02:53.000] | Love' s a repetitious danger |
| [02:58.000] | You' d think I' d be accustomed to |
| [03:01.000] | Well I do accept the changes |
| [03:06.000] | At least better than I used to do |
| [03:29.000] | A woman I knew just drowned herself |
| [03:33.000] | The well was deep and muddy |
| [03:38.000] | She was just shaking off futility |
| [03:42.000] | Or punishing somebody |
| [03:48.000] | My friends were calling up all day yesterday |
| [03:52.000] | All emotions and abstractions |
| [03:56.000] | It seems we all live so close to that line |
| [04:00.000] | and so far from satisfaction |
| [04:15.000] | Dora says " Have children" |
| [04:18.000] | Mama and Betsy say " Find yourself a charity" |
| [04:24.000] | Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology" |
| [04:33.000] | Well there' s a wide wide world of noble causes |
| [04:39.000] | And lovely landscapes to discover |
| [04:42.000] | But all I really want to do right now |
| [04:45.000] | Is find another lover |
| [05:01.000] | When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon |
| [05:04.000] | I went to every wedding in that little town |
| [05:10.000] | To see the tears and the kisses |
| [05:13.000] | And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown |
| [05:19.000] | And walking home on the railroad tracks |
| [05:23.000] | Or swinging on the playground swing |
| [05:28.000] | Love stimulated my illusions |
| [05:32.000] | More than anything |
| [05:38.000] | And when I went skating after Golden Reggie |
| [05:41.000] | You know it was white lace I was chasing |
| [05:45.000] | Chasing dreams |
| [05:49.000] | Mama' s nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans |
| [05:56.000] | He showed me first you get the kisses |
| [06:00.000] | And then you get the tears |
| [06:04.000] | But the ceremony of the bells and lace |
| [06:07.000] | Still veils this reckless fool here |
| [06:23.000] | Now there are twentynine skaters on Wollman Rink |
| [06:27.000] | Circling in singles and in pairs |
| [06:32.000] | In this vigorous anonymity |
| [06:35.000] | A blank face at the window stares and |
| [06:39.000] | stares and stares and stares and stares |
| [06:42.000] | And the power of reason |
| [06:46.000] | And the flowers of deep feeling |
| [06:49.000] | Seem to serve me |
| [06:52.000] | Only to deceive me |
| [07:07.000] | Sharon you' ve got a husband |
| [07:12.000] | And a family and a farm |
| [07:17.000] | I' ve got the apple of temptation |
| [07:21.000] | And a diamond snake around my arm |
| [07:27.000] | But you still have your music |
| [07:32.000] | And I' ve still got my eyes on the land and the sky |
| [07:35.000] | You sing for your friends and your family |
| [07:38.000] | I' ll walk green pastures by and by |
| [07:45.000] |
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