JONI MITCHELL - Ladies Of The Canyon lyrics

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Trina wears her wampum beads<br>She fills her drawing book with line<br>Sewing lace on widows' weeds<br>And filigree on leaf and vine<br>Vine and leaf are filigree<br>And her coat's a secondhand one<br>Trimmed with antique luxury<br>She is a lady of the canyon<br><br>Annie sits you down to eat<br>She always makes you welcome in<br>Cats and babies 'round her feet<br>And all are fat and none are thin<br>None are thin and all are fat<br>She may bake some brownies today<br>Saying, you are welcome back<br>She is another canyon lady<br><br>Estrella circus girl<br>Comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls<br>Songs like tiny hammers hurled<br>At beveled mirrors in empty halls<br>Empty halls and beveled mirrors<br>Sailing seas and climbing banyans<br>Come out for a visit here<br>To be a lady of the canyon<br><br>Trina takes her paints and her threads<br>And she weaves a pattern all her own<br>Annie bakes her cakes and her breads<br>And she gathers flowers for her home<br>For her home she gathers flowers<br>And estrella, dear companion<br>Colors up the sunshine hours<br>Pouring music down the canyon-<br>Coloring the sunshine hours<br>They are the ladies of the canyon