Joni Mitchell
Shades Of Scarlett Conquering (2022 Remaster)
[Verse 1]
Out of the fire like Catholic saints
Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint
Mimicking tenderness she sees
In sentimental movies
[Verse 2]
A celluloid rider comes to town
Cinematic lovers sway
Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns
Take her breath away
[Verse 3]
Out in the wind in crinolines
Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn
Through stand-in boys and extra players
Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair
[Verse 4]
She comes from a school of southern charm
She likes to have things her way
Any man in the world holding out his arm
Would soon be made to pay
[Verse 5]
Friends have told her not so proud
Nеighbors trying to sleep and yelling "not so loud"
Lovers in anger "block of icе"
Harder and harder just to be nice
[Verse 6]
Given in the night to dark dreams
From the dark things she feels
She covers her eyes in the X-rated scenes
Running from the reels
[Verse 7]
Beauty and madness to be praised
'Cause it is not easy to be brave
To walk around in so much need
To carry the weight of all that greed
[Verse 8]
Dressed in stolen clothes she stands
Cast iron and frail
With her impossibly gentle hands
And her blood-red fingernails
[Outro]
Out of the fire and still smoldering, she says
"A woman must have everything"
Shades of Scarlett conquering, she says
"A woman must have everything"