Midnight Cowboy (Home Demo 2)
I was in an all night movie
And I heard the usher say
Here comes the midnight cowboy
With his gun hired out for pay
You were walking kind of faded
From the Netherlands Hotel
With your hat tipped up to ladies
With your smile strapped on to sell
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home?
Quit hangin' 'round the lost and found
Dirty old town
You came to New York City
With your calendar of gold
But they locked it in the bedroom
And they kept you in the cold
Now you can't afford a blanket
You could steal one from your friend
You could trick one off the corner
You could keep the change to spend
Hey Joe, why don't you go back hom
I hate to see you slippin' down?
In dirty old town
There's a soldier in the depot
He's a fighting nightingale
Wearing western boots and buckskins
Reading fortunes off the scale
And today he's got a quarter
For the photograph machine
And tomorrow he'll be lonely
That's the way he's always been
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home
And find yourself a girl and settle down?
Dirty old town
It was in an all night movie
That I heard the usher say
Here comes that midnight cowboy again
With his gun hired out for pay
You were walking kind of faded
From the Netherlands Hotel
With your hat tipped up to ladies
With your smile strapped on as well
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home?
Quit hangin' 'round the lost and found
Dirty old town
And I heard the usher say
Here comes the midnight cowboy
With his gun hired out for pay
You were walking kind of faded
From the Netherlands Hotel
With your hat tipped up to ladies
With your smile strapped on to sell
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home?
Quit hangin' 'round the lost and found
Dirty old town
You came to New York City
With your calendar of gold
But they locked it in the bedroom
And they kept you in the cold
Now you can't afford a blanket
You could steal one from your friend
You could trick one off the corner
You could keep the change to spend
Hey Joe, why don't you go back hom
I hate to see you slippin' down?
In dirty old town
There's a soldier in the depot
He's a fighting nightingale
Wearing western boots and buckskins
Reading fortunes off the scale
And today he's got a quarter
For the photograph machine
And tomorrow he'll be lonely
That's the way he's always been
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home
And find yourself a girl and settle down?
Dirty old town
It was in an all night movie
That I heard the usher say
Here comes that midnight cowboy again
With his gun hired out for pay
You were walking kind of faded
From the Netherlands Hotel
With your hat tipped up to ladies
With your smile strapped on as well
Hey Joe, why don't you go back home?
Quit hangin' 'round the lost and found
Dirty old town
Credits
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell
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Other Album Tracks
- Midnight Cowboy (Home Demo 1)
- The Dawntreader (Home Demo with Vocal Overdub)
- Song to a Seagull (Home Demo)
- Midnight Cowboy (Home Demo 2)
- The Way It Is (Chelsea Recording)
- Turn Around (Incomplete Chelsea Recording)
- I Had a King (Home Demo with Piano Overdub)
- Roses Blue (Home Demo with Peacock Harp Overdub)
- The Fiddle and the Drum (Piano Home Demo)
- Jeremy (Song to a Seagull Session)
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