Banquet Lyrics - For The Roses - Joni Mitchell

Come to the dinner gong 

the table is laden high 

fat bellies and hungry little ones 

tuck your napkins in 

and take your share 

some get the gravy 

and some get the gristle 

some get the marrow bone 

and some get nothing 

though there's plenty to spare 

I took my share down by the sea 

paper plates and javex bottles on the tide 

seagulls come down 

and they squawk at me 

down where the water-skiers glide 

Some turn to jesus 

and some turn to heroin 

some turn to rambling round 

looking for a clean sky 

and a drinking stream 

some watch the paint peel off 

some watch their kids grow up 

some watch their stocks and bonds 

waiting for that big deal 

american dream 

I took my dream down by the sea 

yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine 

and logs and sails 

and shell oil pails 

dogs and tugs and summertime 

back in the banquet line 

angry young people crying 

Who let the greedy in 

and who left the needy out 

who made this salty soup 

tell him we're very hungry now 

for a sweeter fare 

in the cookie i read 

"some get the gravy 

and some get the gristle 

some get the marrow bone 

and some get nothing 

though there's plenty to spare" 

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