Lyrics to
A Chair In The Sky

This version of A Chair In The Sky was released by Joni Mitchell in 1979.

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The rain slammed hard as bars
It caught me–by surprise
Mutts of the planet
And shook me down for alibis
I’m waiting
For the keeper to release me
Debating this sentence
Biding my time
In memories
Of old friends of mine …
In daydreams of Birdland
I see my soul on fire
Burning up the bandstand
Next time
I’ll be bigger!
I’ll be better than ever!
I’ll be happily attached
To my cold hard cash!
But now Manhattan holds me
To a chair in the sky
With the bird in my ears
And boats in my eyes
Going by

There are things I wish I’d done
Some friends I’m gonna miss
Beautiful lovers
I never got the chance to kiss…
Daydreamin’ drugs the pain of living
Processions of missing
Lovers and friends
Fade in and they fade out again
In these daydreams of rebirth
I see myself in style
Raking in what I’m worth
Next time
I’ll be bigger!
I’ll be better than ever!
I’ll be resurrected royal!
I’ll be rich as Standard Oil!
But now–Manhattan holds me
To a chair in the sky
With the bird in my ears
And boats in my eyes
Going by

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About Lyrics and A Chair In The Sky by Joni Mitchell

The lyrics to A Chair In The Sky are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joni Mitchell used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to A Chair In The Sky have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Joni Mitchell and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to A Chair In The Sky by Joni Mitchell. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to A Chair In The Sky" means the words set to the music of A Chair In The Sky, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joni Mitchell. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to A Chair In The Sky and the lyrics to A Chair In The Sky are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joni Mitchell who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Chair In The Sky, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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