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Artist credits
- Joni MitchellPrimary
About this song
Shadows and Light is a track by Joni Mitchell, taken from the album “The Hissing of Summer Lawns”, released November 5, 2007 on Rhino/Elektra. It runs 4:17. 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 In France They Kiss on Main Street, The Jungle Line, Edith and the Kingpin. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Shadows and Light
- Artist
- Joni Mitchell
- Release
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 4:17
- Release date
- November 5, 2007
- Record label
- Rhino/Elektra
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songEvery picture has its shadows
And it has some source of light
Blindness, blindness and sight
The perils of benefactors
The blessings of parasites
Blindness, blindness and sight
Threatened by all things
Devil of cruelty
Drawn to all things
Devil of delight
Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
Governing blindness, blindness and sight
Suntans in reservation dining rooms
Pale miners in their lantern rays
Night, night and day
Hostage smile on presidents
Freedom scribbled in the subway
It's like night, night and day
Threatened by all things
God of cruelty
Drawn to all things
God of delight
Mythical god of the everlasting laws
Governing day, day and night
Critics of all expression
Judges in black and white
Saying it's wrong, saying it's right
Compelled by prescribed standards
Or some ideals we fight
For wrong, wrong and right
Threatened by all things
Man of cruelty-mark of cain
Drawn to all things
Man of delight-born again, born again
Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws
Governing wrong, wrong and right
Governing wrong, wrong and right
Wrong and right
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