Lyrics Song For Sharon - Joni Mitchell
I
went
to
staten
island.
to
buy
myself
a
mandolin
and
i
saw
the
long
white
dress
of
love
on
a
storefront
mannequin
big
boat
chuggin'
back
with
a
belly
full
of
cars...
all
for
something
lacy
some
girl's
going
to
see
that
dress
and
crave
that
day
like
crazy
Little
indian
kids
on
a
bridge
up
in
canada
they
can
balance
and
they
can
climb
like
their
fathers
before
them
they'll
walk
the
girders
of
the
manhattan
skyline
shine
your
light
on
me
miss
liberty
because
as
soon
as
this
ferry
boat
docks
i'm
headed
to
the
church
to
play
bingo
fleece
me
with
the
gamblers'
flocks
I
can
keep
my
cool
at
poker
but
i'm
a
fool
when
love's
at
stake
because
i
can't
conceal
emotion
what
i'm
feeling's
always
written
on
my
face
there's
a
gypsy
down
on
bleecker
street
i
went
in
to
see
her
as
a
kind
of
joke
and
she
lit
a
candle
for
my
love
luck
and
eighteen
bucks
went
up
in
smoke
Sharon,
i
left
my
man
at
a
north
dakota
junction
and
i
came
out
to
the
"big
apple"
here
to
face
the
dream's
malfunction
love's
a
repetitious
danger
you'd
think
i'd
be
accustomed
to
well,
i
do
accept
the
changes
at
least
better
than
i
used
to
do
A
woman
i
knew
just
drowned
herself
the
well
was
deep
and
muddy
she
was
just
shaking
off
futility
or
punishing
somebody
my
friends
were
calling
up
all
day
yesterday
all
emotions
and
abstractions
it
seems
we
all
live
so
close
to
that
line
and
so
far
from
satisfaction
Dora
says,
"have
children!"
mama
and
betsy
say-"find
yourself
a
charity."
help
the
needy
and
the
crippled
or
put
some
time
into
ecology."
well,
there's
a
wide
wide
world
of
noble
causes
and
lovely
landscapes
to
discover
but
all
i
really
want
right
now
is...
find
another
lover
When
we
were
kids
in
maidstone,
sharon
i
went
to
every
wedding
in
that
little
town
to
see
the
tears
and
the
kisses
and
the
pretty
lady
in
the
white
lace
wedding
gown
and
walking
home
on
the
railroad
tracks
or
swinging
on
the
playground
swing
love
stimulated
my
illusions
more
than
anything
And
when
i
went
skating
after
golden
reggie
you
know
it
was
white
lace
i
was
chasing
chasing
dreams
mama's
nylons
underneath
my
cowgirl
jeans
he
showed
me
first
you
get
the
kisses
and
then
you
get
the
tears
but
the
ceremony
of
the
bells
and
lace
still
veils
this
reckless
fool
here
Now
there
are
29
skaters
on
wolmann
rink
circling
in
singles
and
in
pairs
in
this
vigorous
anonymity
a
blank
face
at
the
window
stares
and
stares
and
stares
and
stares
and
the
power
of
reason
and
the
flowers
of
deep
feeling
seem
to
serve
me
only
to
deceive
me
Sharon
you've
got
a
husband
and
a
family
and
a
farm
i've
got
the
apple
of
temptation
and
a
diamond
snake
around
my
arm
but
you
still
have
your
music
and
i've
still
got
my
eyes
on
the
land
and
the
sky
you
sing
for
your
friends
and
your
family
i'll
walk
green
pastures
by
and
by
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