Lyrics to
Raised On Robbery

This version of Raised On Robbery was released by Joni Mitchell in 1974.

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He was sitting in the lounge of the Empire Hotel
He was drinking for diversion, he was thinking for himself
A little money riding on the Maple Leafs
Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves
She says, let me sit down, you know drinking alone’s a shame, it’s a shame, it’s a crying shame
Look at those jokers glued to that damn hockey game
Hey honey, you’ve got lots of cash
Bring us down a bottle and we’ll have some laughs
Gin’s what I’m drinking, I was raised on robbery

I’m a pretty good cook, sitting on my groceries
Come up to my kitchen, I’ll show you my best recipe
I try and I try but I can’t save a cent
I’m up after midnight cooking, trying to make my rent
I’m rough but I’m pleasing, I was raised on robbery

We had a little money once, they were pushing through a four lane highway
Government gave us three thousand dollars, you should have seen it fly away
First he bought a ’57 Biscayne, he put it in the ditch
He drunk up all the rest, that son of a bitch
His blood’s bad whiskey, I was raised on robbery

You know you ain’t bad looking, I like the way you hold your drinks
Come home with me honey, I ain’t asking for no full-length mink
Hey, where you going, don’t go yet
Your glass ain’t empty and we just met
You’re mean when you’re loaded, I was raised on robbery

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About Lyrics and Raised On Robbery by Joni Mitchell

The lyrics for Raised On Robbery are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Joni Mitchell. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Raised On Robbery have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Raised On Robbery - Joni Mitchell and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Raised On Robbery by Joni Mitchell in multiple ways. 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 Raised On Robbery" means the words set to the music of Raised On Robbery, 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 Raised On Robbery and the lyrics to Raised On Robbery 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 Raised On Robbery, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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