The Last Time I Saw Richard-Joni Mitchell

[ti:The Last Time I Saw Richard] [ar:Joni Mitchell] [al:Travelogue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.31]The Last Time I Saw Richard - Joni Mitchell (琼妮·米切尔) [00:02.95]Written by：Joni Mitchell/Vince Mendoza [01:02.08]The last time I saw Richard [01:03.95]Was detroit in '68 [01:06.08]And he told me all romantics [01:09.47]Meet the same fate someday [01:12.45]Cynical and drunk and boring [01:14.93]Someone in some dark cafe [01:22.55]You laugh he said [01:24.96]You think you're immune [01:27.12]Go look at your eyes [01:30.59]They're too blue moons [01:32.26]You like roses and kisses [01:35.11]And pretty men to tell you [01:37.01]All those pretty lies [01:42.55]Pretty lies [01:45.30]When you gonna realise [01:49.28]They're only pretty lies [01:53.01]Just pretty lies [01:59.73]Just pretty lies [02:12.07]He put a quarter in the wurlitzer [02:16.18]And he pushed three buttons [02:19.11]And the thing began to whirr [02:21.69]And a bar maid came by [02:24.45]In fish net stockings and a bow tie [02:26.58]She said drink up now it's gettin' [02:29.34]On time to close [02:33.33]Richard you haven't really changed [02:35.89]I said [02:36.82]It's just that now you're romanticizing [02:40.09]Some pain that's in your head [02:42.53]You got tombs in your eyes [02:45.77]But the songs you punched are dreaming [02:49.50]They talk of love so sweet [02:52.62]Love so sweet [02:56.14]When you gonna get yourself [02:58.99]Back on your feet [03:02.97]Oh and love can be so sweet [03:11.02]So sweet [03:23.27]Richard got married to a figure skater [03:27.69]And he bought her a dish washer [03:30.28]And a coffee percolator [03:33.33]And he drinks at home now most [03:35.64]Nights with the tv on [03:37.02]And all the house lights left up bright [03:43.45]I'm gonna blow this damn candle out [03:47.38]I don't want nobody comin' over to my table [03:50.36]I got nothing to talk to anybody about [03:53.77]All good dreamers [03:56.33]Pass this way some day [03:59.73]Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes [04:03.03]Dark cafes [04:06.26]Only a dark cocoon before [04:09.01]I get my gorgeous wings [04:13.23]And I fly away [04:16.46]Only a phase [04:19.73]These dark cafe days