Sweet Bird

Joni Mitchell

Out on some borderline
Some mark of in between
I lay down golden, in time
And woke up vanishing

Sweet bird, you are
Briefer than a falling star
All these vain promises on beauty jars
Somewhere with your wings on time
You must be laughing
Behind our eyes
Calendars of our lives
Circled with compromise
Sweet bird of time and change
You must be laughing
Up on your feathers laughing

Golden in time
Cities under the sand
Power, ideals and beauty
Fading in everyone's hands

Give me some time
I feel like I'm losing mine
Out here on this horizon line
With the earth spinning
And the sky forever rushing
No one knows
They can never get that close
Guesses at most

Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set
Of time and change is touching

Trivia about the song Sweet Bird by Joni Mitchell

On which albums was the song “Sweet Bird” released by Joni Mitchell?
Joni Mitchell released the song on the albums “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” in 1975, “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” in 1975, “The Studio Albums 1968-1979” in 2012, and “The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)” in 2022.

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