Joni Mitchell - A Strange Boy Lyrics
A strange boy is weavingA course of grace and havocOn a yellow skateboardThru midday sidewalk trafficJust when I think he's foolish and childishAnd I want him to be manlyI catch my fool and my childNeeding love and understandingWhat a strange, strange boyHe still lives with his familyEven the war and the navycouldn't bring him to maturityHe keeps referring back to school daysAnd clinging to his childFidgeting and bulliedHis crazy wisdom holding onto something wildHe asked me to be patientWell I failed"Grow up!" I criedAnd as, the smoke was clearing he said"Give me one good reason why!"What a strange, strange boyHe sees the cars as sets of wavesSequences of mass and spaceHe sees the damage in my faceWe got high on travelAnd we got drunk on alcoholAnd on love the strongest poison and medicine of allSee how that feeling comes and goesLike the pull of moon on tidesNow I am surf risingNow parched ribs of sand at his sideWhat a strange, strange boyI gave him clothes and jewelryI gave him my warm bodyI gave him power over meA thousand glass eyes were staringIn a cellar full of antique dollsI found an old pianoAnd sweet chords rose up in waxed New England hallsWhile the boarders were snoringUnder crisp white sheets of curfewWe were newly lovers thenWe were fire in the stiff-blue-haired-house-rules
