Talk to Me
by Joni Mitchell
There was a moon and a street lamp
I didn't know I drank such a lot
Until I pissed a tequila anaconda the full length of the parking lot
Oh, I talk too loose
Again I talk too open and free
I pay a high price for my open talking like you do for your silent mystery
Come and talk to me
Please, talk to me
Talk to me, talk to me
Mister Mystery
We could talk about Martha
We could talk about landscapes
I'm not above gossip but I'll sit on a secret
Where honor is at stake
Or we could talk about power
About Jesus and Hitler
And Howard Hughes
Or Charlie Chaplin's movies
Or Bergman's nordic blues
Please, just talk to me
Any old thing you choose
Just come and talk to me
Mister Mystery, talk to me
You could talk like a fool
I'd listen
You could talk like a sage
Anyway, the best of my mind
All goes down on the strings and the page
That mind picks up all these pictures
It still gets my feet up to dance
Even though it's covered with keyloids
From the slings and arrows of outrageous romance
I stole that from Willie the Shake
You know
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
Romeo, Romeo
Talk to me
Is your silence that golden?
Are you comfortable in it?
Is it the key to your freedom or is it the bars on your prison?
Are you gagged by your ribbons?
Are you really exclusive or just miserly?
You spend every sentence as if it was marked currency
Come and spend some on me
Shut me up and talk to me
I'm always talking
Chicken squawking
Please talk to me
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