"Dreamland"

Written by Joni Mitchell
©1975 Crazy Crow Music (BMI)
Album: "Cardiff Rose" - 1976

It's a long, long way to Canada
It's a long way from snow chains
Donkey venders slicing coconuts
No parkas to their name

Black babies covered in baking flour
And the cook's got a carnival song
Lay down someplace shady
With Dreamland coming on

Dreamland dream of Dreamland

Walter Raleigh and Chris Columbus
Come a-marchin' out of the waves
Claim the beach and all concessions
In the name of the sun tanned slaves

I wrapped their flag around me
Like an Errol Flynn sarong
And laid down thinking national
With Dreamland coming on

Dream of Dreamland, dream of Dreamland

Goodtime Mary and the lady soldiers
All dressed up to follow the drum
Mary in a feather hula hoop
Misfortune with a rose on her big game gun

All Saints are sinners shining
Heed those trumpets all night long
Propped up on a Samba beat
With Dreamland coming on

Dream of Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland

Tar Baby and the Great White Wonder
Talking over a glass of rum
Burning on the inside
With the knowledge of things to come

There's gambling out on the terrace
Midnight rambling on the lawn
As they lean towards temptation
With Dreamland coming on

Dream of Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland

In a plane flying back to winter
With shoes full of tropic sand
There comes a lady dressed in a foreign flag
On the arm of her Marlboro' man

The hawk howls in New York City
Six-foot drifts on Myrtle's lawn
As they push the recline buttons down
With Dreamland coming on

Dream of Dreamland, dream of Dreamland

Dream of Dreamland, dream of Dreamland
Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland
Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland, Dreamland

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