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Joni Mitchell Nathan La Franeer Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.29/10 [24 votes]Album: Joni Mitchell / Original Release Date: 2006Genre: PopSong Duration: 3 min 20 sec
JONI MITCHELL
- Nathan La Franeer Lyrics / with translationsI hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane
And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again
The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror
I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer
I asked him would he hurry
But we crawled the canyons slowly
Thru the buyers and the sellers
Thru the burglar bells and the wishing wells
With gangs and girly shows
The ghostly garden grows
The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day
I looked thru window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey
I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons
The city grated thru chrome-plate
The clock struck slowly half-past-noon
Thru the tunnel tiled and turning
Into daylight once again I am escaping
Once again goodbye
To symphonies and dirty trees
With parks and plastic clothes
The ghostly garden grows
He asked me for a dollar more
He cursed me to my face
He hated everyone who paid to ride
And share his common space
I picked my bags up from the curb
And stumbled to the door
Another man reached out his hand
Another hand reached out for more
And I filled it full of silver
And I left the fingers counting
And the sky goes on forever
Without meter maids and peace parades
You feed it all your woes
The ghostly garden grows
© 1968 Siquomb Publishing Co. (BMI)
And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again
The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror
I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer
I asked him would he hurry
But we crawled the canyons slowly
Thru the buyers and the sellers
Thru the burglar bells and the wishing wells
With gangs and girly shows
The ghostly garden grows
The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day
I looked thru window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey
I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons
The city grated thru chrome-plate
The clock struck slowly half-past-noon
Into daylight once again I am escaping
Once again goodbye
To symphonies and dirty trees
With parks and plastic clothes
The ghostly garden grows
He asked me for a dollar more
He cursed me to my face
He hated everyone who paid to ride
And share his common space
I picked my bags up from the curb
And stumbled to the door
Another man reached out his hand
Another hand reached out for more
And I filled it full of silver
And I left the fingers counting
And the sky goes on forever
Without meter maids and peace parades
You feed it all your woes
The ghostly garden grows
© 1968 Siquomb Publishing Co. (BMI)
Facts about Nathan La Franeer
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Nathan La Franeer is written and performed by Joni Mitchell.
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It is first released in 2006 as part of Joni Mitchell's album "Joni Mitchell" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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When we think about the deeper meaning of the song, the song 'Nathan la Franeer' which Joni Mitchell wrote shows how people drive coaches to show their understanding of life difficulties and their experience with brief friendships. The 'ghostly garden' represents the unending development of personal difficulties together with social problems which people accumulate throughout their lives. The lyrics of Nathan la franeer express thoughts about life while showing feelings of despair and loneliness which people experience in social situations. The song highlights various alienation themes together with urban disorder and temporary existence and feelings of hopelessness. The lyrics present adult content through their depiction of street gangs and girly shows and their inclusion of a supernatural garden which might disturb younger viewers. The content includes cursing and portrays a disordered city scene which creates a more intense environment that justifies a PG-13 rating.
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Nathan La Franeer falls under the genre Pop.
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Nathan La Franeer song length is 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
Who wrote Nathan La Franeer lyrics?
Nathan La Franeer is written and performed by Joni Mitchell.
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When was Nathan La Franeer released?
It is first released in 2006 as part of Joni Mitchell's album "Joni Mitchell" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Nathan La Franeer lyrics?
When we think about the deeper meaning of the song, the song 'Nathan la Franeer' which Joni Mitchell wrote shows how people drive coaches to show their understanding of life difficulties and their experience with brief friendships. The 'ghostly garden' represents the unending development of personal difficulties together with social problems which people accumulate throughout their lives. The lyrics of Nathan la franeer express thoughts about life while showing feelings of despair and loneliness which people experience in social situations. The song highlights various alienation themes together with urban disorder and temporary existence and feelings of hopelessness. The lyrics present adult content through their depiction of street gangs and girly shows and their inclusion of a supernatural garden which might disturb younger viewers. The content includes cursing and portrays a disordered city scene which creates a more intense environment that justifies a PG-13 rating.
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Which genre is Nathan La Franeer?
Nathan La Franeer falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song Nathan La Franeer?
Nathan La Franeer song length is 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Joni MitchellRecord Label(s): 1968 WEA International
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