Every picture has its shadows
|
And it has some source of light
|
Blindness, blindness and sight
|
The perils of benefactors
|
The blessings of parasites
|
Blindness, blindness and sight
|
Threatened by all things
|
Devil of cruelty
|
Drawn to all things
|
Devil of delight
|
Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
|
Governing blindness, blindness and sight
|
|
Suntans in reservation dining rooms
|
Pale miners in their lantern rays
|
Night, night and day
|
Hostage smile on presidents
|
Freedom scribbled in the subway
|
It's like night, night and day
|
Threatened by all things
|
God of cruelty
|
Drawn to all things
|
God of delight
|
Mythical god of the everlasting laws
|
Governing day, day and night
|
|
Critics of all expression
|
Judges in black and white
|
Saying it's wrong, saying it's right
|
Compelled by prescribed standards
|
Or some ideals we fight
|
For wrong, wrong and right
|
Threatened by all things
|
Man of cruelty-mark of Cain
|
Drawn to all things
|
Man of delight-born again, born again
|
Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws
|
Governing wrong, wrong and right
|
Governing wrong, wrong and right
|
Wrong and right
|
|
-----------------
|
Shadows And Light
|
Joni Mitchell |