JONI MITCHELL - The Last Time I Saw Richard lyrics

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The last time I saw richard was detroit in '68,<br>And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday<br>Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe<br>You laugh, he said you think you're immune, go look at your eyes<br>They're full of moon<br>You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you<br>All those pretty lies, pretty lies<br>When you gonna realise they're only pretty lies<br>Only pretty lies, just pretty lies<br><br>He put a quarter in the wurlitzer, and he pushed<br>Three buttons and the thing began to whirr<br>And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie<br>And she said drink up now it's gettin' on time to close.<br>Richard, you haven't really changed, I said<br>It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head<br>You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs<br>You punched are dreaming<br>Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet<br>When you gonna get yourself back on your feet? <br>Oh and love can be so sweet, love so sweet<br><br>Richard got married to a figure skater<br>And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator<br>And he drinks at home now most nights with the tv on<br>And all the house lights left up bright<br>I'm gonna blow this damn candle out<br>I don't want nobody comin' over to my table<br>I got nothing to talk to anybody about<br>All good dreamers pass this way some day<br>Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes<br>Dark cafes<br>Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings<br>And fly away<br>Only a phase, these dark cafe days