07 September 2007

"Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire" lyrics by Joni Mitchell

[the ?official formatting of these lyrics
doesn't do it for me]




coldbluesteel out of money
one eye for the
beatpolice

sweetfire calling you
can't deny me
now you know
what you need

underneath the jungle gym
hollowgrey fire-escape thief
looking for
sweetfire
shadow of lady release

come with me
i know the way she says
it's down
down
down the dark ladder




do you want to contact
somebody first?
leave someone a letter?

you can come now or
you can come later




a wristwatch a ring a downstairs screamer
edgy blackcracks
of the sky

pincushionprickfix
this poorbaddreamer
money
coldshadows reply




pawnshops
crisscrossed and padlocked
corridors spit-on
prayers&pleas

sparks fly
up from sweetfire
black
soot
of lady release

come with me i know the way
she says it's down down
down the dark ladder

do you want to contact somebody
first? does it really matter
if you come now
or if you
come on later?




redwater in the bathroom sink
fever&the
scumbrownbowl

bluesteel still
begging but it's indistinct
(someone's hifi drumming
jellyroll)

concrete concentrationcamp bashing in
veins for peace
coldbluesteel and sweetfire fall
into lady
release

come with me i know
the way she says it's downdowndown
the dark
ladder




do you want to
contact somebody first? i mean
what does it really matter?

you're going to come now
or you're going to come later








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