Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Shades of Scarlett Conquering, artist - Joni Mitchell. Date of issue: 28.10.2012
Song language: English
Shades of Scarlett Conquering |
| Out of the fire like Catholic saints |
| Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint |
| Mimicking tenderness she sees |
| In sentimental movies |
| A celluloid rider comes to town |
| Cinematic lovers sway |
| Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns |
| Take her breath away |
| Out in the wind in crinolines |
| Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn |
| Through stand-in boys and extra players |
| Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair |
| She comes from a school of southern charm |
| She likes to have things her way |
| Any man in the world holding out his arm |
| Would soon be made to pay |
| Friends have told her not so proud |
| Neighbors trying to sleep and yelling «not so loud» |
| Lovers in anger «block of ice» |
| Harder and harder just to be nice |
| Given in the night to dark dreams |
| From the dark things she feels |
| She covers her eyes in the x-rated scenes |
| Running from the reels |
| Beauty and madness to be praised |
| 'cause it is not easy to be brave |
| To walk around in so much need |
| To carry the weight of all that greed |
| Dressed in stolen clothes she stands |
| Cast iron and frail |
| With her impossibly gentle hands |
| And her blood-red fingernails |
| Out of the fire and still smoldering |
| She says «a woman must have everything» |
| Shades of scarlett conquering |
| She says «a woman must have everything» |