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Chelsea Morning (Top Gear BBC Radio Broadcast, September 23, 1968)
Joni Mitchell with The John Cameron Group
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Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window
And the traffic wrote the words
It came ringing up like Christmas bells
And rapping up like pipes and drums
Oh won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll wear it till the night comes
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I saw
Was a sun through yellow curtains
And a rainbow on my wall
The red, green and gold to welcome you
Crimson crystal beads to beckon
Oh won't you stay
We'll put on the day
There's a sun show every second
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Now the curtain opens
On a portrait of today
And the streets are paved with passersby
And pigeons fly and papers lie
Waiting to blow away
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Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey
And a bowl of oranges too
And the sun poured in like butterscotch
And stuck to all my senses
Oh won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll talk in present tenses
When the curtain closes
And the rainbow runs away
I will bring you incense owls by night
By candlelight, by dew or light
If only you will stay
Pretty baby won't you wake up
It's a Chelsea morning
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