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Joni Mitchell The Boho Dance Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 7.42/10 [24 votes]Album: The Hissing of Summer Lawns / Original Release Date: 1975-11Genre: RockSong Duration: 3 min 48 sec
JONI MITCHELL
- The Boho Dance Lyrics / with translationsDown in the cellar in the Boho zone
I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well
Just another hard-time band
With Negro affectations
I was a hopeful in rooms like this
When I was working cheap
It's an old romance-the Boho dance
It hasn't gone to sleep
But even on the scuffle
The cleaner's press was in my jeans
And any eye for detail
Caught a little lace along the seams
And you were in the parking lot
Subterranean by your own design
The virtue of your style inscribed
On your contempt for mine
Jesus was a beggar, he was rich in grace
And Solomon kept his head in all his glory
It's just that some steps outside the Boho dance
Have a fascination for me
A camera pans the cocktail hour
Behind a blind of potted palms
And finds a lady in a Paris dress
With runs in her nylons
You read those books where luxury
Comes as a guest to take a slave
Books where artists in noble poverty
Go like virgins to the grave
Don't you get sensitive on me
'Cause I know you're just too proud
You couldn't step outside the Boho dance now
Even if good fortune allowed
Like a priest with a pornographic watch
Looking and longing on the sly
Sure it's stricken from your uniform
But you can't get it out of your eyes
Nothing is capsulized in me
On either side of town
The streets were never really mine
Not mine these glamour gowns
I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well
Just another hard-time band
With Negro affectations
I was a hopeful in rooms like this
When I was working cheap
It's an old romance-the Boho dance
It hasn't gone to sleep
But even on the scuffle
The cleaner's press was in my jeans
And any eye for detail
Caught a little lace along the seams
And you were in the parking lot
Subterranean by your own design
The virtue of your style inscribed
On your contempt for mine
Jesus was a beggar, he was rich in grace
And Solomon kept his head in all his glory
It's just that some steps outside the Boho dance
Have a fascination for me
Behind a blind of potted palms
And finds a lady in a Paris dress
With runs in her nylons
You read those books where luxury
Comes as a guest to take a slave
Books where artists in noble poverty
Go like virgins to the grave
Don't you get sensitive on me
'Cause I know you're just too proud
You couldn't step outside the Boho dance now
Even if good fortune allowed
Like a priest with a pornographic watch
Looking and longing on the sly
Sure it's stricken from your uniform
But you can't get it out of your eyes
Nothing is capsulized in me
On either side of town
The streets were never really mine
Not mine these glamour gowns
Facts about The Boho Dance
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The Boho Dance is written and performed by Joni Mitchell.
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It is first released on November 01, 1975 as part of Joni Mitchell's album "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, The Boho Dance by Joni Mitchell shows how the bohemian lifestyle attracts people while it creates limitations for them through its two main metaphors 'Boho dance' and 'glamour gowns' which show how people want to escape their romanticized poverty but seek authentic existence. The boho dance lyrics mostly emphasizes reflection, nostalgia, social commentary, angst and solitude. The song shows how bohemian lifestyles need to be embraced because people need to fight against their goals while they face obstacles between their actual selves and their social appearances together with their struggle to choose between material possessions and spiritual wealth and their experience of being alone. The lyrics contain mature themes and some potentially sensitive imagery, which may not be suitable for a younger audience without parental guidance.
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The Boho Dance falls under the genre Rock.
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The Boho Dance song length is 3 minutes and 48 seconds.
Who wrote The Boho Dance lyrics?
The Boho Dance is written and performed by Joni Mitchell.
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When was The Boho Dance released?
It is first released on November 01, 1975 as part of Joni Mitchell's album "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the 6th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind The Boho Dance lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, The Boho Dance by Joni Mitchell shows how the bohemian lifestyle attracts people while it creates limitations for them through its two main metaphors 'Boho dance' and 'glamour gowns' which show how people want to escape their romanticized poverty but seek authentic existence. The boho dance lyrics mostly emphasizes reflection, nostalgia, social commentary, angst and solitude. The song shows how bohemian lifestyles need to be embraced because people need to fight against their goals while they face obstacles between their actual selves and their social appearances together with their struggle to choose between material possessions and spiritual wealth and their experience of being alone. The lyrics contain mature themes and some potentially sensitive imagery, which may not be suitable for a younger audience without parental guidance.
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Which genre is The Boho Dance?
The Boho Dance falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song The Boho Dance?
The Boho Dance song length is 3 minutes and 48 seconds.
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Record Label(s): 1974 Elektra Asylum Records, manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group company
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