[00:11.47]Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard [00:59.89]The last time i saw richard was detroit in \'68, [01:03.61]And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday [01:08.55]Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe [01:16.92]You laugh, he said you think you\'re immune, go look at your eyes [01:22.06]They\'re full of moon [01:23.88]You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you [01:28.23]All those pretty lies, pretty lies [01:35.22]When you gonna realise they\'re only pretty lies [01:40.64]Only pretty lies, just pretty lies [01:49.70] [01:57.35]He put a quarter in the wurlitzer, and he pushed [02:01.20]Three buttons and the thing began to whirr [02:04.35]And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie [02:08.70]And she said \"drink up now it\'s gettin\' on time to close.\" [02:13.71]\"richard, you haven\'t really changed,\" i said [02:16.66]It\'s just that now you\'re romanticizing some pain that\'s in your head [02:20.86]You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs [02:24.14]You punched are dreaming [02:26.77]Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet [02:32.07]When you gonna get yourself back on your feet? [02:37.08]Oh and love can be so sweet, love so sweet [02:49.36] [02:54.25]Richard got married to a figure skater [02:57.00]And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator [03:01.28]And he drinks at home now most nights with the tv on [03:04.91]And all the house lights left up bright [03:10.68]I\'m gonna blow this damn candle out [03:13.52]I don\'t want nobody comin\' over to my table [03:16.44]I got nothing to talk to anybody about [03:18.87]All good dreamers pass this way some day [03:22.97]Hidin\' behind bottles in dark cafes [03:25.88]Dark cafes [03:28.62]Only a dark cocoon before i get my gorgeous wings [03:34.51]And fly away [03:36.10]Only a phase, these dark cafe days