Lyrics and translation Joni Mitchell - I Had A King
I
had
a
king
in
a
tenement
castle
J'avais
un
roi
dans
un
château
de
taudis
Lately
he′s
taken
to
painting
the
pastel
walls
brown
Dernièrement,
il
s'est
mis
à
peindre
les
murs
pastel
en
brun
He's
taken
the
curtains
down
Il
a
enlevé
les
rideaux
He′s
swept
with
the
broom
of
contempt
Il
a
balayé
avec
le
balai
du
mépris
And
the
rooms
have
an
empty
ring
Et
les
pièces
ont
un
son
vide
He's
cleaned
with
the
tears
of
an
actor
Il
a
nettoyé
avec
les
larmes
d'un
acteur
Who
fears
for
the
laughter's
sting
Qui
craint
la
piqûre
du
rire
I
can′t
go
back
there
anymore
Je
ne
peux
plus
y
retourner
You
know
my
keys
won′t
fit
the
door
Tu
sais
que
mes
clés
ne
correspondent
pas
à
la
porte
You
know
my
thoughts
don't
fit
the
man
Tu
sais
que
mes
pensées
ne
correspondent
pas
à
l'homme
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
I
had
a
king
dressed
in
drip-dry
and
paisley
J'avais
un
roi
habillé
de
tissu
synthétique
et
de
paisley
Lately
he′s
taken
to
saying
I'm
crazy
and
blind
Dernièrement,
il
s'est
mis
à
dire
que
je
suis
folle
et
aveugle
He
lives
in
another
time
Il
vit
dans
un
autre
temps
Ladies
in
gingham
still
blush
Les
dames
en
vichy
rougissent
encore
While
he
sings
them
of
wars
and
wine
Alors
qu'il
leur
chante
des
guerres
et
du
vin
But
I,
in
my
leather
and
lace
Mais
moi,
dans
mon
cuir
et
ma
dentelle
I
can
never
become
that
kind
Je
ne
peux
jamais
devenir
de
ce
genre
I
can′t
go
back
there
anymore
Je
ne
peux
plus
y
retourner
You
know
my
keys
won't
fit
the
door
Tu
sais
que
mes
clés
ne
correspondent
pas
à
la
porte
You
know
my
thoughts
don′t
fit
the
man
Tu
sais
que
mes
pensées
ne
correspondent
pas
à
l'homme
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
I
had
a
king
in
a
salt-rusted
carriage
J'avais
un
roi
dans
un
carrosse
rouillé
par
le
sel
Who
carried
me
off
to
his
country
for
marriage
too
soon
Qui
m'a
emmenée
dans
son
pays
pour
un
mariage
trop
tôt
Beware
of
the
power
of
moons
Méfiez-vous
du
pouvoir
des
lunes
There's
no
one
to
blame,
no
Il
n'y
a
personne
à
blâmer,
non
There's
no
one
to
name
as
a
traitor
here
Il
n'y
a
personne
à
nommer
comme
traître
ici
The
queen′s
in
the
grove
and
the
king′s
on
the
road
La
reine
est
dans
le
bosquet
et
le
roi
est
sur
la
route
'Til
the
end
of
the
year
Jusqu'à
la
fin
de
l'année
I
can′t
go
back
there
anymore
Je
ne
peux
plus
y
retourner
You
know
my
keys
won't
fit
the
door
Tu
sais
que
mes
clés
ne
correspondent
pas
à
la
porte
You
know
my
thoughts
don′t
fit
the
man
Tu
sais
que
mes
pensées
ne
correspondent
pas
à
l'homme
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
They
never
can
Elles
ne
le
peuvent
jamais
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1
Blue On Blue
2 I Had A King
3 Both Sides Now
4 Dark As A Dungeon
5 Day After Day
6 Just Like Me
7 Me And My Uncle
8 Tell Old Bill
9 Intro To Both Sides Now (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
10 Intro To Sail Away - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
11 The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
12 House Of The Rising Sun
13 Urge For Going
14 Sugar Mountain
15 Intro To Sugar Mountain
16 Joni Improvising
17 I Don't Know Where I Stand
18 Tin Angel
19 A Melody In Your Name
20 Strawflower Me
21 Gemini Twin
22 Intro To Blue On Blue
23 Eastern Rain
24 Intro To Eastern Rain
25 Both Sides Now (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
26 Winter Lady (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
27 Song To A Seagull (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
28 Intro To Song To A Seagull (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
29 Born To Take The Highway (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
30 Morning Morgantown (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
31 The Circle Game
32 Free Darling
33 Conversation
34 Morning Morgantown
35 Dr. Junk
36 Intro To Marcie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
37 Little Green (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
38 Cactus Tree (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
39 Intro To Cactus Tree (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
40 Free Darling (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
41 Intro To Free Darling (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
42 I Had A King (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
43 Intro To The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
44 Play Little David (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
45 Intro To The Circle Game
46 Gift Of The Magi (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
47 Chelsea Morning (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
48 Intro To Chelsea Morning (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
49 Come To The Sunshine (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
50 Intro To Come To The Sunshine (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
51 Conversation (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
52 Jeremy (Incomplete)
53 Cara's Castle
54 Michael From Mountains
55 Chelsea Morning
56 Gift Of The Magi
57 Intro To Gift Of The Magi (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
58 Marcie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
59 Night In The City - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
60 The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
61 Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
62 Intro To Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
63 Dark As A Dungeon - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
64 John Hardy - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
65 Sail Away - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
66 Every Night When The Sun Goes In - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
67 Pastures Of Plenty - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
68 The Crow On The Cradle - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
69 Intro To The Crow On The Cradle - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
70 Nancy Whiskey - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
71 Introduction - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
72 Molly Malone
73 Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
74 Copper Kettle
75 Anathea
76 Nancy Whiskey
77 John Hardy
78 Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos) - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
79 The Long Black Rifle
80 Ten Thousand Miles
81 Seven Daffodils
82 Intro To Night In The City - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
83 The Circle Game - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
84 Intro To The Circle Game - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
85 Eastern Rain - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
86 What's The Story Mr. Blue - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
87 Intro To What's The Story Mr. Blue - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
88 Urge For Going - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
89 Intro To Urge For Going - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
90 Brandy Eyes - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
91 Night In The City
92 Intro To Both Sides Now
93 Favorite Colour
94 Like The Lonely Swallow
95 The Student Song
96 Let It Be Me
97 What Will You Give Me
98 Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
99 Born To Take The Highway
100 Sad Winds Blowin'
101 Urge For Going (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
102 Ballerina Valerie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
103 The Circle Game (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
104 Intro To Michael From Mountains (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
105 Michael From Mountains (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
106 Go Tell The Drummer Man (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
107 Intro To I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
108 I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
109 A Melody In Your Name (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
110 Intro To Carnival In Kenora (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
111 Carnival In Kenora (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
112 Songs To Aging Children Come (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
113 Intro To Dr. Junk (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
114 Dr. Junk (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
115 Morning Morgantown (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
116 Intro To Night In The City (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
117 Night In The City (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
118 Both Sides Now (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
119 Intro To Ballerina Valerie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
2 I Had A King
3 Both Sides Now
4 Dark As A Dungeon
5 Day After Day
6 Just Like Me
7 Me And My Uncle
8 Tell Old Bill
9 Intro To Both Sides Now (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
10 Intro To Sail Away - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
11 The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
12 House Of The Rising Sun
13 Urge For Going
14 Sugar Mountain
15 Intro To Sugar Mountain
16 Joni Improvising
17 I Don't Know Where I Stand
18 Tin Angel
19 A Melody In Your Name
20 Strawflower Me
21 Gemini Twin
22 Intro To Blue On Blue
23 Eastern Rain
24 Intro To Eastern Rain
25 Both Sides Now (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
26 Winter Lady (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 3rd Set
27 Song To A Seagull (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
28 Intro To Song To A Seagull (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
29 Born To Take The Highway (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
30 Morning Morgantown (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 3/17/1967) - 2nd Set
31 The Circle Game
32 Free Darling
33 Conversation
34 Morning Morgantown
35 Dr. Junk
36 Intro To Marcie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
37 Little Green (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
38 Cactus Tree (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
39 Intro To Cactus Tree (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
40 Free Darling (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
41 Intro To Free Darling (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
42 I Had A King (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
43 Intro To The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
44 Play Little David (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
45 Intro To The Circle Game
46 Gift Of The Magi (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
47 Chelsea Morning (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
48 Intro To Chelsea Morning (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
49 Come To The Sunshine (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
50 Intro To Come To The Sunshine (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
51 Conversation (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
52 Jeremy (Incomplete)
53 Cara's Castle
54 Michael From Mountains
55 Chelsea Morning
56 Gift Of The Magi
57 Intro To Gift Of The Magi (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 1st Set
58 Marcie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
59 Night In The City - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
60 The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
61 Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
62 Intro To Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
63 Dark As A Dungeon - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
64 John Hardy - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
65 Sail Away - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
66 Every Night When The Sun Goes In - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
67 Pastures Of Plenty - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
68 The Crow On The Cradle - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
69 Intro To The Crow On The Cradle - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
70 Nancy Whiskey - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
71 Introduction - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
72 Molly Malone
73 Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
74 Copper Kettle
75 Anathea
76 Nancy Whiskey
77 John Hardy
78 Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos) - Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada, 10/21/1964
79 The Long Black Rifle
80 Ten Thousand Miles
81 Seven Daffodils
82 Intro To Night In The City - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
83 The Circle Game - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
84 Intro To The Circle Game - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
85 Eastern Rain - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
86 What's The Story Mr. Blue - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
87 Intro To What's The Story Mr. Blue - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
88 Urge For Going - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
89 Intro To Urge For Going - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
90 Brandy Eyes - Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966
91 Night In The City
92 Intro To Both Sides Now
93 Favorite Colour
94 Like The Lonely Swallow
95 The Student Song
96 Let It Be Me
97 What Will You Give Me
98 Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
99 Born To Take The Highway
100 Sad Winds Blowin'
101 Urge For Going (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
102 Ballerina Valerie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
103 The Circle Game (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
104 Intro To Michael From Mountains (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
105 Michael From Mountains (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
106 Go Tell The Drummer Man (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
107 Intro To I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
108 I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
109 A Melody In Your Name (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
110 Intro To Carnival In Kenora (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
111 Carnival In Kenora (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
112 Songs To Aging Children Come (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
113 Intro To Dr. Junk (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
114 Dr. Junk (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
115 Morning Morgantown (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
116 Intro To Night In The City (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
117 Night In The City (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
118 Both Sides Now (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 3rd Set
119 Intro To Ballerina Valerie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
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