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Joni Mitchell - Banquet Lyrics

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  • Come to the dinner gong
  • The table is laden high
  • Fat bellies and hungry little ones
  • Tuck your napkins in
  • And take your share
  • Some get the gravy
  • And some get the gristle
  • Some get the marrow bone
  • And some get nothing
  • Though theres plenty to spare
  • I took my share down by the sea
  • Paper plates and javex bottles on the tide
  • Seagulls come down
  • And they squawk at me
  • Down where the water-skiers glide
  • Some turn to jesus
  • And some turn to heroin
  • Some turn to rambling round
  • Looking for a clean sky
  • And a drinking stream
  • Some watch the paint peel off
  • Some watch their kids grow up
  • Some watch their stocks and bonds
  • Waiting for that big deal
  • American dream
  • I took my dream down by the sea
  • Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine
  • And logs and sails
  • And shell oil pails
  • Dogs and tugs and summertime
  • Back in the banquet line
  • Angry young people crying
  • Who let the greedy in
  • And who left the needy out
  • Who made this salty soup
  • Tell him were very hungry now
  • For a sweeter fare
  • In the cookie I read
  • Some get the gravy
  • And some get the gristle
  • Some get the marrow bone
  • And some get nothing
  • Though theres plenty to spare

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