River - Joni Mitchell

Why do the birds sing so early in the dawn? Their honeysuckle melodies, before my day's alarm I imagine they're rehearsing for some big, elaborate show That I've not been invited to, so I should never know The songs they like to sing, I suppose they're not too far From all the songs I sing, when I'm alone late in my car (when I'm alone late in my car) And if I were the postman awake for the afternoon I'd be the lucky someone eavesdropping on their tunes But I think I like it better when I sleep late past their call For all I know, perhaps the birds don't even sing at all We are nothing Love comes easily to you But not the hurt You're impervious to blue I wish I knew How to sing about the other colors too

Jumped and took a fall Expected I would fly I didn't know that wings Were made of wax and wires But I forgive the sun For burning like it's June 'Cause bones can always mend But there's only one of you You're gravity to me You keep me in my place And without your pull I'd just be lost in space I'm tethered to your heart Oh, any distance wide When whispering your words I hear them amplified And I'm out here on a limb In this vacuum of two So believe when I say That my eyes see only you You're gravity to me You keep me in my place And without your pull I'd just be lost in space

I get fixated, some might say that I go too far Like candy blue, all my tattoos up and down my arms I buy too many watches, Jordan's fill up my closet I got a thing about tequila when I drink at the bar Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Your daily habits, yoga mats in the living room You're kinda messy, but it messes me up so good My fault if I'm caught watching Everything that moves when you're walking Can't sober up 'cause I'm drunk off of your perfume One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession Ooh, ooh, if I'm in, I'm all in Ooh, ooh, hundred and ten percent One little kiss and I can't get enough of you when You bite your lip, you know the way you make me lose it Second I saw you, you stole all my attention It's no surprise to me that you would be my new obsession Oh, my new obsession (oh, my new obsession) Oh, oh

While I'm here I wanna fix my daddy's pick-up and disappear Put the pedal to the floor and the past in the rearview mirror Just drive Keep the dream alive You only get one life I'm gonna live it While I'm here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here While I'm around I wanna get that peace of mind thing figured out Find a red-hot honey that won't go running if the money runs out Ooh and it always runs out But that ain't what it's all about So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Do everything I wanna while I'm) (Here) Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while Tick-tock that clock on the wall Only goes around so many times That bump-bump-thump in your chest Yeah, it's only gonna work for a little while So while I'm still around Down here I wanna go too far (I wanna go too far, yeah) I wanna play too hard I wana live it up 'cause I know I only got so many years I wanna lose myself (lose myself) In someone else I wana feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm I wanna go too far I wanna play too hard I wanna live it up Do everything I wanna while I'm here I wanna lose myself In someone else I wanna feel it all Do everything I wanna while I'm here