Taming The Tiger

Joni Mitchell Taming The Tiger Album

3.LOVE PUTS ON A NEW FACE

He said 'You think you're a lady
But I know you're a woman
We are as young as the night'
I said 'No telephones ringing
No company coming
Just the lap of the lake and the firelight'
And the lonely loon and the crescent moon
What a pocket of heavenly grace
But in France they say
Everyday
Love puts on a new face
Love has many faces

About a month or so later he said
'Why can't you be happy
You make me feel helpless when you get this way'
I said 'I'm up to my neck in alligators
Jaws gnashing at me
Each one trying to pull a piece away'
Darling, you can't slay these beasts of prey
Some bad dreams even love can't erase
But in France they say
Everyday
Love puts on a new face
Love has many faces

He said 'I wish you were with me here
The leaves are electric
They burn on the river bank
Countless heatless flames'
I said 'Send me some pictures then
And I'll paint pyrotechnic
Explosions of your autumn till we meet again
I miss your touch and your lips so much
I long for our next embrace'
But in France they say
Everyday
Love puts on a new face
Love puts on a new face
Love has many faces
Many many faces