Furry Sings the Blues (Live)-Joni Mitchell

[ti:Furry Sings The Blues] [ar:Joni Mitchell] [al:Shadows and Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Furry Sings the Blues (Live) - Joni Mitchell [00:08.02]Written by：Joni Mitchell [00:16.05]Old Beale Street is coming down [00:20.42]Sweeties' Snack Bar boarded up now [00:24.14]And Eagles The Tailor [00:25.68]And the Shine Boy's gone [00:28.78]Faded out with ragtime blues [00:34.11]Handy's cast in bronze and [00:37.23]He's standing in a little park [00:40.20]With his trumpet in his hand [00:41.49]Like he's listening we we back to [00:44.79]The good old bands [00:46.95]And the click of high heeled shoes [00:50.89]Old Furry sings the blues [00:54.35]Propped up in his bed [00:55.34]With his dentures and his leg removed [01:00.14]And Ginny's there for [01:02.84]Her kindness and Furry's beer [01:05.63]She's the old man's angel overseer [01:18.58]Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps [01:23.35]In the grey decay [01:24.94]They chew the last few dollars off [01:27.58]Old Beale Street's carcass [01:32.13]Carrion and mercy [01:37.23]Blue and silver sparkling drums [01:41.98]Cheap guitars eye shades and guns [01:45.90]Aimed at the hot blood of being no one [01:50.43]Down and out in Memphis Tennessee [01:54.32]Old Furry sings the blues [01:57.07]Bring him smoke [01:58.63]And drink and he'll play for you [02:03.71]Lt's mostly muttering now [02:06.63]And sideshow spiel [02:09.45]But there was one song he played [02:11.27]I could really feel [02:27.86]There's a double bill murder [02:29.23]At the New Daisy [02:31.95]The old girl's silent across the street [02:37.10]She's silent waiting for the wrecker's beat [02:41.27]Silent staring at her stolen name [02:46.78]Diamond boys and satin dolls [02:51.69]Bourbon laughter ghosts history falls [02:56.52]To parking lots and shopping malls [02:59.78]As they tear down old Beale Street [03:03.22]Old Furry sings the blues [03:06.92]He points a bony finger [03:08.58]At you and says I don't like you [03:13.45]Everybody laughs as [03:15.16]If it's the old man's standard joke [03:18.43]But it's true [03:19.71]We're only welcome [03:20.37]For our drink and smoke [03:31.99]W C Handy I'm rich and I'm fay [03:36.70]And I'm not familiar with what you played [03:40.21]But I get such strong impressions [03:42.45]Of your hey day [03:45.31]Looking up and down old Beale Street [03:50.15]Ghosts of the darktown society [03:54.44]Come right out of the bricks at me [03:58.44]Like it's a Saturday night [04:00.75]Everybody fly [04:02.15]They're in their finery [04:03.60]Dancing it up and making deals [04:07.45]Furry sings the blues [04:10.73]Why should I expect that old guy [04:12.79]To give it to me true [04:16.81]Fallen to hard luck [04:19.61]And time and other thieves [04:22.40]While our limo is shining [04:23.67]On his shanty street [04:26.57]Old Furry sings the blues