Joni Mitchell – Chinese Cafe Lyrics  Share

From Joni Mitchell's album: Wild Things Run Fast

Caught in the middle
Carol, we^,re middle class
We^,re middle aged
We were wild in the old days
Birth of rock ^,n roll days
Now your kids are coming up straight
And my child^,s a stranger
I bore her
But, I could not raise her
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Down at the Chinese Cafe
We^,d be dreaming on our dimes
We^,d be playing-
"Oh my love, my darling"
One more time

Uranium money
Is booming in the old home town now
It^,s putting up sleek concrete
Tearing the old landmarks down now
Paving over brave little parks
Ripping off Indian land again
How long-how long
Short sighted business men
Ah, nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Down at the Chinese Cafe
We^,d be dreaming on our dimes
[ Chinese Cafe lyrics from
http://www.musiclyricsnow.net/j/joni-mitchell/chinese-cafe/ ]
We^,d be playing-
"You give your love, so sweetly"
One more time

Christmas is sparkling
Out on Carol^,s lawn
This girl of my childhood games
With kids nearly grown and gone
Grown so fast
Like the turn of a page
We look like our mothers did now
When we were those kids^, age
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Nothing lasts for long-
Down at the Chinese Cafe
We^,d be dreaming on our dimes
We^,d be playing-
"Oh my love, my darling
I^,ve hungered for your touch
A long lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me."
(Time goes-where does the time go-
I wonder where the time goes. . .)
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