Arrangement

Joni Mitchell · Ladies of the Canyon [1988]

You could have been more

than a name on the door,

on the thirty-third floor in the air.

More than a credit card,

swimming pool in the backyard.



While you still have the time

you could get away and find

a better life, you know the grind

is so ungrateful.

Racing cars, whiskey bars

no one cares who you really are.



You're the keeper of the cards,

Yes I know it gets hard,

keeping the wheels turning.

And the wife she keeps the keys,

she is so pleased to be

a part of the arrangement.



You could have been more,

than a name on the door

on the thirty-third floor in the air.

More than a consumer,

lying in some room trying to die,

more than a creditcard,

swimming pool in the backyard.



lalalalala...



You could have been more,

than a name on the door.

You could have been more

than a name on the door.

You could have been more...