(J.Mitchell)
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Originally performed by Joni Mitchell. Jeff performed it live at Sin-e, New York, late in the night on December 31 1995.
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All the people at this party
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They've got a lot of style
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They've got stamps of many countries
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They've got passport smiles
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Some are friendly
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Some are cutting
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Some are watching it from the wings
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Some are standing in the centre
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Giving to get something
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Photo beauty gets attention
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Then her eye paint's running down
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She's got a rose in her teeth
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And a lampshade crown
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One minute she's so happy
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Then she's crying on someone's knee
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Saying laughing and crying
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You know it's the same release
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I told you when i met you
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I was crazy
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Cry for us all beauty
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Cry for Eddie in the corner
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Thinking he's nobody
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And Jack behind his joker
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And stone-cold grace behind her fan
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And me in my frightened silence
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Thinking i don't understand
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I feel like i'm sleeping
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Can you wake me
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You seem to have a broader sensibility
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I'm just living on nerves and feelings
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With a weak and a lazy mind
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And coming to peoples parties
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Fumbling deaf dumb and blind
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I wish i had more sense of humor
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Keeping the sadness at bay
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Throwing the lightness on these things
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Laughing it all away
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Laughing it all away
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Laughing it all away
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People's Parties
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| Jeff Buckley |
