The Last Time I Saw Richard

The Last Time I Saw Richard Lyrics

Song The Last Time I Saw Richard
Artist Joni Mitchell
Album Artist's Choice: Elvis Costello - Music That Matters To Him
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[00:11.47] Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard
[00:59.89] The last time i saw richard was detroit in '68,
[01:03.61] And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday
[01:08.55] Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe
[01:16.92] You laugh, he said you think you're immune, go look at your eyes
[01:22.06] They're full of moon
[01:23.88] You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you
[01:28.23] All those pretty lies, pretty lies
[01:35.22] When you gonna realise they're only pretty lies
[01:40.64] Only pretty lies, just pretty lies
[01:49.70]
[01:57.35] He put a quarter in the wurlitzer, and he pushed
[02:01.20] Three buttons and the thing began to whirr
[02:04.35] And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie
[02:08.70] And she said "drink up now it's gettin' on time to close."
[02:13.71] "richard, you haven't really changed," i said
[02:16.66] It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head
[02:20.86] You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs
[02:24.14] You punched are dreaming
[02:26.77] Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet
[02:32.07] When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
[02:37.08] Oh and love can be so sweet, love so sweet
[02:49.36]
[02:54.25] Richard got married to a figure skater
[02:57.00] And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator
[03:01.28] And he drinks at home now most nights with the tv on
[03:04.91] And all the house lights left up bright
[03:10.68] I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
[03:13.52] I don't want nobody comin' over to my table
[03:16.44] I got nothing to talk to anybody about
[03:18.87] All good dreamers pass this way some day
[03:22.97] Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes
[03:25.88] Dark cafes
[03:28.62] Only a dark cocoon before i get my gorgeous wings
[03:34.51] And fly away
[03:36.10] Only a phase, these dark cafe days
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