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The rain slammed hard as bars
It caught me by surprise
Mutts of the planet
And shook me down for alibisI'm waiting for the keeper to release me
Debating this sentence
Biding my time in memories
Of old friends of mineIn daydreams of birdland
I see my soul on fire
Burning up the bandstandNext time
I'll be bigger
I'll be better than ever
I'll be happily attached
To my cold hard cashBut now Manhattan holds me
To a chair in the sky
With the bird in my ears
And boats in my eyes
Going byThese things I wish I'd done
Some friends I'm gonna miss

Beautiful lovers
I never got the chance to kissDaydreamin' drugs the pain of living
Processions of missing
Lovers and friends
Fade in and they fade out againIn these daydreams of rebirth
I see myself in style
Raking in what I'm worth forNext time
I'll be bigger
I'll be better than ever
I'll be resurrected royal
I'll be rich as standard oilBut now Manhattan holds me
To a chair in the sky
With the bird in my ears
And boats in my eyes
Going by

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Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson; 7 November 1943 - Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada) is a musician, singer-songwriter, poet and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. Her writing and art talent emerged before her exposure as a gifted musician performing in Western Canada, including Winnipeg, where she met Neil Young. She then associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City.

Recording her début album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides, Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time. Mitchell also had pop hits such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Free Man in Paris", and "Help Me", the last two from 1974's best-selling Court and Spark.

In 1975 Joni released "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which can be seen as an artistic turning point, and the beginning of her unique blend of folk, jazz and rock. It was intended as a concept album of sorts, with the "concept" being the contrast being freedom and slavery, and the idea that wealth and status sometimes ironically place a great many constraints on people's behavior.

Mitchell is also an accomplished visual artist. She has, through photography or painting, created the artwork for each of her albums, and has described herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance". A blunt critic of the music industry, Mitchell has stopped recording over the last several years, and now focuses mainly on her visual art, although she released a new album - Shine on 25th September 2007.

Official website: http://www.jonimitchell.com

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