Joni Mitchell - Amelia
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Song Lyrics
I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
it was the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture-post-card-charms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
People will tell you where they`ve gone
They`ll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other`s just come to harm
Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm
I wish that he was here tonight
It`s so hard to obey
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm
A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea, like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Maybe I`ve never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I`ve spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams, Amelia, dreams and false alarms
Remixes
Release History
Six Songs From Travelogue - A Radio Sampler
- Refuge Of The Road (7:59)
- Otis and Marlena (4:05)
- Amelia (6:00)
- Woodstock (4:25)
- Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody (5:44)
- Borderline (4:48)
Tribute Compilation
- The Beat of Black Wings
- Help Me (3:22)
- Night in The City (3:35)
- Boho Dance
- Hejira (6:35)
- Court and Spark (2:46)
- Blue (2:40)
- Edith and The Kingpin (4:10)
- Ladies of The Canyon
- Big Yellow Taxi (3:05)
- Amelia (6:00)
Hejira
- Coyote (5:00)
- Amelia (6:00)
- Furry Sings The Blues (5:03)
- Black Crow (4:20)
- Blue Motel Room (5:03)
- Song for Sharon (8:30)
- A Strange Boy (4:15)
- Hejira (6:35)
- Refuge of The Roads (6:37)
Hejira
- Coyote (5:00)
- Amelia (6:00)
- Furry Sings The Blues (5:03)
- A Strange Boy (4:15)
- Hejira (6:35)
- Song for Sharon (8:30)
- Black Crow (4:20)
- Blue Motel Room (5:03)
- Refuge of The Roads (6:37)
Shadows And Light
- Introduction (1:51)
- In France They Kiss on Main Street (4:14)
- Edith and The Kingpin (4:10)
- Coyote (5:00)
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (6:02)
- The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (4:37)
- Amelia (6:00)
- Pat's Solo (3:09)
- Hejira (6:35)
- Black Crow (4:20)
- Don's Solo (4:04)
- Dreamland (4:37)
- Free Man in Paris (3:02)
- Band Introduction (0:52)
- Furry Sings The Blues (5:03)
- WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? (2:53)
- Shadows and Light (5:23)
- God Must Be a Boogie Man (5:02)
- Woodstock (4:25)
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