JONI MITCHELL - Amelia lyrics

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I was driving across the burning desert<br>When I spotted six jet planes<br>Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain<br>It was the hexagram of the heavens<br>It was the strings of my guitar<br>Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>The drone of flying engines<br>Is a song so wild and blue<br>It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you<br>Then your life becomes a travelogue<br>Of picture-post-card-charms<br>Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>People will tell you where they've gone<br>They'll tell you where to go<br>But till you get there yourself you never really know<br>Where some have found their paradise<br>Other's just come to harm<br>Oh amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>I wish that he was here tonight<br>It's so hard to obey<br>His sad request of me to kindly stay away<br>So this is how I hide the hurt<br>As the road leads cursed and charmed<br>I tell amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>A ghost of aviation<br>She was swallowed by the sky<br>Or by the sea, like me she had a dream to fly<br>Like icarus ascending<br>On beautiful foolish arms<br>Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>Maybe I've never really loved<br>I guess that is the truth<br>I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude<br>And looking down on everything<br>I crashed into his arms<br>Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br><br>I pulled into the cactus tree motel<br>To shower off the dust<br>And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust<br>I dreamed of 747s<br>Over geometric farms<br>Dreams, amelia, dreams and false alarms