The Priest Lyrics by Joni Mitchell

The Priest Lyrics

    The priest sat in the airport bar
    He was wearing his father's tie
    And his eyes looked into my eyes so far
    Whenever the words ran dry
    Behind the lash and the circles blue
    He looked as only a priest can, thru
    And his eyes said me and his eyes said you
    And my eyes said, let us try

    He said, "you wouldn't like it here
    No it's no place you should share
    The roof is ripped with hurricanes
    And the room is always bare
    I need the wind and i seek the cold"
    He reached post the wine for my hand to hold
    And he saw me young and he saw me old
    And he saw me sitting there

    Then he took his contradictions out
    And he splashed them on my brow
    So which words was i then to doubt
    When choosing what to vow
    Should i choose them all-should i make them mine
    The sermons, the hymns and the valentines
    And he asked for truth and he asked for time
    And he asked for only now
    Now the trials are trumpet scored
    Oh will we pass the test
    Or just as one loves more and more
    Will one love less and less
    Oh come let's run from this ring we're in
    Where the christians clap and the germans grin
    Saying let them lose, crying let them win
    Oh make them both confess

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