Lyrics to
Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire

This version of Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire was released by Joni Mitchell in 1972.

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Cold Blue Steel out of money
One eye for the beat police
Sweet Fire calling
“You can’t deny me
Now you know what you need”
Underneath the jungle gym
Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief
Looking for Sweet Fire
Shadow of Lady Release

“Come with me
I know the way” she says
“It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
Do you want to contact somebody first?
Leave someone a letter?
You can come now
Or you can come later”

A wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer
Edgy – black cracks of the sky
“Pin-cushion-prick-
Fix this poor bad dreamer!”
“Money” cold shadows reply
Pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked
Corridors spit on prayers and pleas
Sparks fly up from Sweet Fire
Black soot of Lady Release

“Come with me
I know the way” she says
“It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
Do you want to contact somebody first?
Does it really matter
You can come now
Or you can come later?”

Red water in the bathroom sink
Fever and the scum brown bowl
Blue Steel still begging
But it’s indistinct
Someone’s HI-Fi drumming Jelly Roll
Concrete concentration camp
Bashing in veins for peace
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
Fall into Lady Release

“Come with me
I know the way” she says
“It’s down, down, down the dark ladder
Do you want to contact somebody first?
I mean what does it really matter?
You’re going to come now
Or you’re going to come later”

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About Lyrics and Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire by Joni Mitchell

The lyrics to Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joni Mitchell used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire 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 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire 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 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire" means the words set to the music of Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire, 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 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire and the lyrics to Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire 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 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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