Edith and the Kingpin-Joni Mitchell

[00:17.89]The big man arrives [00:21.45]Disco dancers greet him [00:25.39]Plainclothes cops greet him [00:29.58]Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening [00:38.01]Sophomore jive [00:42.45]From victims of typewriters [00:45.32]The band sounds like typewriters [00:55.14]The big man he's not listening [00:58.07]His eyes hold edith [01:06.07]His left hand holds his right [01:09.21]What does that hand desire [01:11.76]That he grips it so tight [01:22.64]Edith in the ring [01:25.76]The passed-over girls are conferring [01:31.39]The man with the diamond ring is purring [01:35.57]All claws for now withdrawn [01:43.01]One by one they bring [01:46.82]His renegade stories to her [01:50.88]His crimes and his glories to her [01:56.45]In challenge they look on [02:03.58]Women he has wanted grow old too soon [02:10.51]He tilts their tired faces [02:17.45]Gently to the spoon [02:24.45]Edith in his bed [02:27.63]A plane in the rain is humming [02:32.95]The wires in the walls are humming [02:38.01]Some song-some mysterious song [02:45.88]Bars in her head [02:50.13]Beating frantic and snowblind [02:52.95]Romantic and snowblind [02:57.07]She says-his crime belongs [03:05.82]Edith and the kingpin [03:09.13]Each with charm to sway [03:12.38]Are staring eye to eye [03:20.14]They dare not look away [03:23.57]You know they dare not look away