Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Shadows and Light , by - Joni Mitchell. Release date: 28.10.2012
Song language: English
Shadows and Light |
| Every picture has its shadows |
| And it has some source of light |
| Blindness, blindness and sight |
| The perils of benefactors |
| The blessings of parasites |
| Blindness, blindness and sight |
| Threatened by all things |
| Devil of cruelty |
| Drawn to all things |
| Devil of delight |
| Mythical devil of the ever-present laws |
| Governing blindness, blindness and sight |
| Suntans in reservation dining rooms |
| Pale miners in their lantern rays |
| Night, night and day |
| Hostage smile on presidents |
| Freedom scribbled in the subway |
| It’s like night, night and day |
| Threatened by all things |
| God of cruelty |
| Drawn to all things |
| God of delight |
| Mythical god of the everlasting laws |
| Governing day, day and night |
| Critics of all expression |
| Judges in black and white |
| Saying it’s wrong, saying it’s right |
| Compelled by prescribed standards |
| Or some ideals we fight |
| For wrong, wrong and right |
| Threatened by all things |
| Man of cruelty — mark of Cain |
| Drawn to all things |
| Man of delight — born again, born again |
| Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws |
| Governing wrong, wrong and right |
| Governing wrong, wrong and right |
| Wrong and right |