[ti:Amelia] [ar:Herbie Hancock/Luciana Souza] [al:River: The Joni Letters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.33]Amelia - Herbie Hancock/Luciana Souza [00:01.01]Lyrics by:Joni Mitchell [00:01.51]Composed by:Joni Mitchell [00:26.59]I was driving across the burning desert when [00:32.81]I spotted six jet planes [00:35.99]Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain [00:45.28]It was the hexagram of the heavens [00:52.53]It was the strings of my guitar [00:58.00]Amelia it was just a false alarm [01:21.46]The drone of flying engines is a song so wild and blue [01:30.40]It scrambles time and seasons if it gets through to you [01:39.68]Then your life becomes a travelogue of picture-post-card-charms [01:52.84]Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm [02:15.97]People will tell you where they've [02:19.08]Gone they'll tell you where to go [02:24.27]But till you get there yourself you never really know [02:33.86]Where some have found their paradise other's just come to harm [02:46.18]Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm [03:09.82]I wish that he was here tonight it's so hard to obey [03:17.34]His sad request of me to kindly stay away [03:28.60]So this is how [03:30.94]I hide the hurt as the road leads cursed and charmed [03:38.82]I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm [04:02.63]A ghost of aviation she was swallowed by the sky [04:10.92]Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly [04:20.90]Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms [04:33.48]Amelia it was just a false alarm [04:58.41]Maybe I've never really loved [05:03.01]I guess that is the truth [05:05.69]I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude [05:15.04]And looking down on everything [05:21.01]I crashed into his arms [05:27.59]Amelia it was just a false alarm [05:51.55]I pulled into the [05:52.83]Cactus Tree [05:54.15]Motel to shower off the dust [05:59.18]And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust [06:08.77]I dreamed of 747's over geometric farms [06:21.21]Dreams Amelia dreams and false alarms