When the curtain closes
In like butterscotch
And the streets
We’ll put on the day
Pretty baby, won’t you
And a rainbow on the wall
Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning
Wake up, it’s a Chelsea Morning
Oh, won’t you stay
If only you will stay
By jewel-light
Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
In present tenses
Oh, won’t you stay
Like pipes and drums
And we’ll talk
It came a reelin' up
Are paved with passersby
And the first thing that I knew
Blue, red, green
And the first thing that I heard
And the first thing that I saw
Like Christmas bells
And the sun poured
Was a song outside my window
To beckon
And a bowl of oranges too
And pigeons fly
And the traffic wrote the words
Was the sun through yellow curtains
And the rainbow runs away
’Til the night comes
And papers lie
Now the curtain opens
And we’ll wear it
There’s a sun show
And stuck
And gold to welcome you
I will bring you incense owls by night
We’ll put on the day
To all my senses
Waitin' to blow away
Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning
Oh, won’t you stay
Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning
There was milk and toast and honey
And rappin' up
Publisher: CRAZY CROW MUSIC
By candlelight
Every second
Crimson crystal beads
We’ll put on the day
On a portrait of today