I pulled into the cactus tree motel
Over geometric farms
Like the strings of my guitar
The drone of flying engines
I was driving across the burning desert
On beautiful foolish arms
Like the hexagram of the heavens
I wish that he was here tonight
Or by the sea
I crashed into his arms
Others just come to harm
Where some have found their paradise
Then your life becomes a travelogue
I dreamed of seven forty sevens
Like me she had a dream to fly
But till you get there yourself
It's so hard to obey
They'll tell you where to go
The ghost of aviation
Publisher: CRAZY CROW MUSIC
I guess that is the truth
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
Leaving six white vapor trails
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
You never really know
Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
Across the bleak terrain
To shower off the dust
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
So this is how I hide the hurt
And looking down on everything
As the road leads cursed and charmed
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
When I spotted six jet planes
It scrambles time and seasons
Like Icarus ascending
She was swallowed by the sky
I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm
If it gets through to you
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes
For the picture post card charms
Dreams, Amelia, dreams and false alarms
Is a song so wild and blue
People will tell you where they've gone
Maybe I've never really loved
Amelia, it was just a false alarm