ฟังเพลงThe Last Time I Saw Richard (LP版)

The Last Time I Saw Richard (LP版) - Joni Mitchell (瓊妮·米切爾)

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in 68

And he told me

All romantics meet the same fate someday

Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe

You laugh he said

You think you're immune

Go look at your eyes they're full of moon

You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell

You all those pretty lies pretty lies

When you gonna realize they're only pretty lies

Only pretty lies

Just pretty lies

He put a quarter in the wurlitzer

And he pushed three buttons and the thing began to

Whirr

And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and

A bow tie

And she said drink up now it's gettin on time

To close

Richard

You haven't really changed I said

It's just that

Now you're romanticizing some pain thats in your head

You got tombs in your eyes but the songs you

Punched are dreaming

Listen

They sing of love so sweet love so sweet

When you gonna get yourself back on your feet

Oh love can be so sweet

Love so sweet

Richard got married to a figure skater

And he bought her a dishwasher

And a coffee percolator and he drinks at home

Now most nights with the T V on

And all the house lights left up bright

I'm gonna blow this d**n candle out

I don't want nobody comin' over to my table

And got none to talk to anybody about

All good dreamers pass this way some day

Hidin' behind bottles

In dark cafes dark cafes

Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous

Wings and fly away

Only a phase

These dark cafe days