Joni Mitchell - Tax Free Lyrics
Front roomsBack roomsSlide into tablesCrowd into bathroomsJoke aroundCheap talkDeep talkTalk, talk, talk around the clockCrawl homeLie downTeeth chatterHeart poundsI dont feel so goodI dont feel so goodPush a button to escapePreacher on the tube crying lord!Theres evil in this landEvangelist:Rock and roll music!Cast down these dope-fiendsAnd there noisy bands!Damn their souls!Preacher preaching love like vengeancePreaching love like hateCalling for large donationsPromising estatesRolling lawns and angel bandsBehind the pearly gatesYou know, he will have his in this lifeBut yours will have to waitHes immaculately tax freeMulitiple hundreds of thousands of ...Tax freeHundreds and millions of dollarsTax freeA hundred billion dollars!And who is paying the price?Who, whoYour children arePissed offJacked upScream into the mikeSpit into the loving cupStrut like a roosterMarch like a manGods hired hands and the devil bandsPacking the same grandstandsDifferent clothesPot in their pockets!Different hairSexually activeRaise a screaming guitar or a Bible in the airTheatre of anguishTheatre of gloryGods hired hands and the devil bandsOh come let us adore---me!Lord, theres danger in this landYou get witch-hunts and warsWhen church and state hold hands***** it!Tonight Im going dancingWith the drag queens and the punksBig beat deliver meFrom this sanctimonious skunkWere no flaming angelsAnd hes not heaven sentHow can he speak for the prince of peaceWhen hes hawk-right militantAnd hes immaculately tax freeOur nation has lost its guts!Save meOur nation has lost its strengthTax freeOur nation has whimpered and criedSave meAnd petted the castrosTax freeThe khomeinis and the kaddafisSave meFor so longTax freeThat we dont know how to act like a manSave meI think that we should turn the united states marinesLoose on that little island south of florida andStop that problem!I am preachin love, I am!
