Sweet Bird Lyrics - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Out on some borderline 

Some mark of inbetween 

I lay down golden-in time 

And woke up vanishing 

Sweet bird you are 

Briefer than a falling star 

All these vain promises on beauty jars 

Somewhere with your wings on time 

You must be laughing 

Behind our eyes 

Calendars of our lives 

Circled with compromise 

Sweet bird of time and change 

You must be laughing 

Up on your feathers laughing 

Golden in time 

Cities under the sand 

Power, ideals and beauty 

Fading in everyone's hand 

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Give me some time 

I feel like I'm losing mine 

Out here on this horizon line 

With the earth spinning 

And the sky forever rushing 

No one knows 

They can never get that close 

Guesses at most 

Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching 

Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching 

Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching 

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