For our first time together i wanted everything to be just right I prayed for good weather For we were going to a concert in the park that night I wanted violins and sweet romantic melodies But when the band began to play It didn’t turn out quite that way For there were trumpets and […]
Joni’s lighthearted take on "london bridge" was a crowd pleaser in her mid-sixties club show, before she signed her first recording contract. this transcription includes spoken patter Combined with her music, enchanted audiences back in the early days when joni was playing the smaller, more intimate venues she has always enjoyed most. (spoken words are […]
Play, little david Play little david, play David he would sit in some dark corner Seemed to melt the shadows with his eyes And the song that he was playing Was nothing less than prayin’ And nothing more than sayin’ "i’m alive." Won’t you play, little david Play little david, play David he would send […]
He’s so independent He acts like he couldn’t care less for us all He’s someone’s descendent Their child But he’ll never acknowledge their call He’s afraid to be loved And i know he’s afraid not to be And he’ll laugh and he’ll cry And someday he’ll die Just like me Just like me He’s settling […]
Jeremy - Unreleased On Record
Jeremy sits in the sun and he stares at the stripes On the floor from the bars on the door, Thinking of rabbits he kept as a child In a chicken wire cage; he remembers the rage Of his father the night he made his one call; The relative stranger who left him to fall […]
I Won’t Cry - Unreleased On Record
Where to begin to end uncertainty Do i leave silently or boldly say farewell How can i think of times that used to be And find the smile i need to wish you well But i won’t cry for dusty memories No i won’t cry for dreams that couldn’t be No i won’t cry The […]
Hunter - Unreleased On Record
I was alone and sickly It was a quarter of a moonlit night I heard him cry through my window shade And it filled me so full of fright But i could not turn my back on him I put on the back porch light "can i help you," said the good samaritan "can i […]
Love is not a game with me Played with inconsistency Though my love turned out to be Here today and gone tomorrow Love is like a candlelight Sometimes flickering sometimes bright Sometimes burning up the night Here today and gone tomorrow Live is something of a rover Comes to town and takes a lover Packs […]
Silver drums, rhythms that he hums Waltzing dogs, that come when he calls Plans for one he keeps in a coffer What can i offer, i don’t know Can i bring him love words to sing him Like some foolish magi I’ll be gone and words in a song Won’t even last till sunrise Go […]
I remember monday rising up to pack his lunch We kissed goodbye saying What a foolish girl was i Saying, what a fool was she Near the store where i go shopping On display there was a golden watch chain All that week it had me stopping What a fool was she. Almost christmas, we […]
