Joni Mitchell

Lyrics Passion play (when all the slaves are free) Joni Mitchell

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Passion play (when all the slaves are free)


Magdalene is trembling
Like a washing on a line
Trembling and gleaming
Never before was a man so kind
Never so redeeming

Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue
In radiation rose
Ecstasy
Now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get)

I am up a sycamore
Looking through the leaves
A sinner of some position
Who in the world can this heart healer be
This magical physician

Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue
In radiation rose
Misery
Now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get)

Enter the multitudes
The walking wounded
They come to this diver of the heart
Of the multitudes
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done

Oh, climb down, climb down he says to me
From the middle of unrest
They think is light is squandered
But he sees a stray in the wilderness
And I see how far I've wandered

Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue
In radiation rose
Apathy
Now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get)

Enter the multitudes
The walking wounded
They come to this diver of the heart
Of the multitudes
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done

Oh, all around the marketplace
The buzzing of the flies
The buzzing and the stinging
Divinely barren
And wickedly wise
The killer nails are ringing

Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue
In radiation rose
Tragedy
Now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get)

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The lyrics PASSION PLAY (WHEN ALL THE SLAVES ARE FREE) of JONI MITCHELL is also present in the album Night ride home (1991)

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Biografia

Joni Mitchell, born Roberta Joan Anderson, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, in 1943. Considered one of the most influential folk-rock artists of the 1960s and 1970s, Mitchell revolutionized the musical landscape with her introspective lyrics, innovative melodies, and distinctive voice. After starting her career in the United States, she established herself as an internationally successful artist with albums like "Clouds" (1971), "Blue" (1971), and "Court and Spark" (1974). Her most celebrated songs include "Both Sides Now", "Big Yellow Taxi", "A Case of You", and "Woodstock". Besides music, Mitchell is a talented painter and has exhibited her works in various galleries. In 2002, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her extraordinary career.

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