In France They Kiss On Main Street-Joni Mitchell

[00:00.00]Downtown, my darling dimestore thief [00:17.28]In the war of independence [00:19.96]Rock an' Roll rang sweet as victory [00:23.50]Under neon signs a girl was in bloom [00:29.21]And a woman was fading in a suburban room [00:35.41]I said, take me to the dance [00:37.58]Do you want to dance? I love to dance [00:41.08]And I told him, they don't take chances [00:43.46]They seem so removed from romance [00:47.55]They've been broken in churches and schools [00:50.30]And molded to middle class circumstance [00:52.99]And we were rolling, rolling, Rock 'n' Rolling [01:04.14]Downtown the dance halls and cafes [01:08.91]Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart [01:12.00]Just doing the latest dance craze [01:15.85]Gail and Louise in those push-up brassieres [01:20.99]Tight dresses and rhinestone rings [01:24.22]Drinking up the band's beers [01:26.75]Young love was kissing under bridges [01:28.99]Kissing in cars, kissing in cafes [01:32.75]And we were walking down main street [01:35.00]Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays [01:39.69]In France they kiss on main street [01:41.41]Amour, mama, not cheap display [01:45.34]And we were rolling, rolling, Rock 'n' Rolling [02:06.26]Downtown in the Pinball Arcade [02:10.89]With his head full of pool hall pitches [02:14.12]And songs from the hit parade [02:16.91]He'd be singing bye, bye, love [02:19.92]While he's racking up his free play [02:22.89]Let those Rock 'n' Roll choir boys come and carry us away [02:29.19]Sometimes Chickie had the car or Ron had a car [02:32.08]Or lead foot Melvin with his hot-wire head [02:34.95]We'd all go looking for a party [02:37.13]Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead [02:40.75]And I'd be kissing in the back seat [02:42.98]Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said [02:46.59]And we'd be rolling, rolling, Rock n' Rolling [02:57.58]Rolling, rolling, Rock n' Rolling [03:07.99]Rolling, rolling, Rock n' Rolling