The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)-Joni Mitchell

[ti:The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Dow] [ar:Joni Mitchell] [al:Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) - Joni Mitchell [00:13.09]Lay down your arms [00:21.89]Lay em down lay em down now [00:30.88]Lay down your arms [00:37.12]Newsreels rattle the nazi dread [00:41.42]The able bodied have shipped away [00:46.60]Molly mcgee gets her tea leaves read [00:51.10]You'll be married in a month they say [00:56.60]These leaves are crazy [01:00.40]Look at this town there's no men left [01:04.59]Just frail old boys and babies [01:08.50]Talking to teacher in the treble clef [01:15.86]She plants her garden in the spring [01:24.93]She does the winter shovelling [01:32.03]Tokyo rose on the radio [01:43.02]She says she's leaving but she don't go [01:50.22]Out of the blue just passing thru [01:53.91]A young flight sergeant On two weeks leave [01:58.93]Says molly mcgee no one else will do [02:02.83]And seals the tea leaf prophecy [02:07.94]Oh these nights are strong and soft [02:12.77]Private passions and secret storms [02:17.05]Nothing about him ticks her off [02:21.10]And he looks so cute in his uniform [02:28.34]She plants her garden in the spring [02:37.43]He does the winter shovelling [02:44.94]But summer's just a sneeze in a long long bad-winter cold [02:55.48]She says I'm leaving here but she don't go [03:02.52]Sleep little darling This is your happy home [03:11.71]Hiroshima cannot be pardoned [03:16.21]Don't have kids when you get grown [03:19.57]Because this world is shattered [03:25.02]The wise are mourning [03:27.20]The fools are joking [03:29.57]Oh what does it matter [03:33.57]The wash needs ironing and the fire needs stoking [03:40.87]She plants her garden in the spring [03:50.04]He does the winter shovelling [03:58.04]The three of em laughing round the radio [04:08.01]She says I'm leaving here but she don't go [04:17.15]She plants her garden in the spring [04:26.22]They do the winter shovelling