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Amelia is a track by Joni Mitchell, taken from the album “Travelogue”, released March 9, 2004 on Nonesuch. It runs 6:46. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Otis and Marlena, You Dream Flat Tires, Love. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Amelia
- Artist
- Joni Mitchell
- Release
- Travelogue
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 6:46
- Release date
- March 9, 2004
- Record label
- Nonesuch
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songI was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
Like the hexagram of the heavens
Like the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles time and seasons if it gets through to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Full of picture post card charms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
And where some have found their paradise
Others just come to harm
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
I wish that he was here tonight
It's so hard to obey
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm
A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams Amelia, dreams and false alarms
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More from Travelogue
- 01 Otis and Marlena 3:52
- 02 You Dream Flat Tires 3:46
- 03 Love 5:38
- 04 Woodstock 5:54
- 05 Slouching Towards Bethlehem 7:09
- 06 Judgement of the Moon and Stars 5:20
- 07 The Sire of Sorrow 7:09
- 08 For the Roses 7:29
- 09 Trouble Child 5:02
- 10 God Must Be a Boogie Man 3:56
- 11 Be Cool 5:09
- 12 Just Like This Train 5:04