Ladies of the Canyon

You could have been more than a name on the door, on the thirty-third floor in the air. More than a credit card, swimming pool in the backyard. While you still have the time you could get away and find a better life, you know the grind is so ungratef

The priest sat in the airport bar he was wearing his father's tie and his eyes looked into my eyes so far whenever the words ran dry behind the lash and the circles blue he looked as only a priest can thru and his eyes said me and his eyes said you a

Willy is my child, he is my father I would be his lady all my life He says he'd love to live with me But for an ancient injury That has not healed He said I feel once again Like I gave my heart too soon He stood there looking through the lace At the

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot SPOT Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'Til it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees And

It was a rainy night We took a taxi to your mothers' home She went to Florida and left you With your father`s gun, alone Upon her small white bed I fell into a dream You sat up all the night and watched me To see, who in the world I might be I am fro

I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me... I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to camp out on the land And then try and get m

He comes for conversation I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation He knows that's what he'll find I bring him apples and cheeses He brings me songs to play He sees me when he pleases I see him in cafes And I only say, hello And turn away bef

Lady called the blue boy, love, She took him home Made himself an idol, yes, So he turned to stone Like a pilgrim she travelled Ta place her flowers Before his granite grace And she prayed aloud for love To waken in his face In his face, oh Sometimes

Yesterday a child came out to wander Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the caro

When morning comes to Morgantown The merchants roll their awnings down The Milkjocks make their morning rounds In morning, Morgantown We'll rise up early with the sun To ride the bus while everyone is yawning and the day is young in morning morgantow