Joni Mitchell – The Last Time I Saw Richard Lyrics  Share

From Joni Mitchell's album: Blue

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 realise 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 that^,s 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
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When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
Oh and 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 TV on
And all the house lights left up bright
I^,m gonna blow this damn candle out
I don^,t want Nobody comin^, over to my table
I got nothing 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
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