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Trouble Child

Album cover art for "Trouble Child" by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell - Rock, Pop

Trouble Child

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January 17, 1974.

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[Verse 1] Up in a sterilized room Where they let you be lazy Knowin' your attitude's all wrong And you gotta change and that's not easy Dragon shining with all values known Dazzling you, keepin' you from your own Where is the lion in you to defy him When you're this weak and this spacey? [Verse 2] So what are you gonna do about it? You can't live life and you can't leave it Advice and religion, you can't take it You can't seem to believe it The peacock is afraid to parade You're under the thumb of the maid You really can't give love in this condition Still you know how you need it [Chorus] They open and close you Then they talk like they know you, they don't know you They're friends and they're foes too Trouble child, breakin' like the waves at Malibu [Verse 3] So why does it come as such a shock To know you really have no one Only a river of changing faces Lookin' for an ocean They trickle through your leaky plans Another dream over the dam And you're lyin' in some room Feelin' like your right to be human is goin' over too [Chorus] Well, some are gonna knock you And some'll try and clock you You know it's really hard to talk sense to you Trouble child, breakin' like the waves at Malibu

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