Cactus Tree (Live) [2022 Remaster]
There's a man who's been out sailing
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from California
With their amber stones and their green
He has called her from the harbor
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing
Of the water weeds
And she's busy being free
There's a man who's climbed a mountain
And he's calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles
He calls again
He can think of her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
While he showed her all the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaly towers
Of a forest tree
While she was somewhere being free
There's a man who's sent her a letter
And he's waiting for his reply
He has asked her of her travels
Since the day they said goodbye
He writes "I wish you were beside me
We can make it if we try"
He has missed her at the office
With her name on all of his papers
Through the sharing of the profits
He will find it hard to shake her
From his memory
And she's off somewhere being free
There's a lady in the city
And she thinks she loves them all
There's the one who's thinking of her
And there's the one who sometimes calls
There's the one who writes those letters
With his facts and figures scrawled
She has brought them to her senses
They have laughed inside her laughter
Now she rallies her defenses
For she fears that one will ask her
For eternity
While she's much too busy being free
There's a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
And there's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
There's a drummer and a dreamer
And you know there may be more
She will love them when she sees them
They will lose her if they follow
And she only means to please them
And her heart is full and hollow
Like a cactus tree
While she's so busy being free
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from California
With their amber stones and their green
He has called her from the harbor
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing
Of the water weeds
And she's busy being free
There's a man who's climbed a mountain
And he's calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles
He calls again
He can think of her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
While he showed her all the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaly towers
Of a forest tree
While she was somewhere being free
There's a man who's sent her a letter
And he's waiting for his reply
He has asked her of her travels
Since the day they said goodbye
He writes "I wish you were beside me
We can make it if we try"
He has missed her at the office
With her name on all of his papers
Through the sharing of the profits
He will find it hard to shake her
From his memory
And she's off somewhere being free
There's a lady in the city
And she thinks she loves them all
There's the one who's thinking of her
And there's the one who sometimes calls
There's the one who writes those letters
With his facts and figures scrawled
She has brought them to her senses
They have laughed inside her laughter
Now she rallies her defenses
For she fears that one will ask her
For eternity
While she's much too busy being free
There's a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
And there's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
There's a drummer and a dreamer
And you know there may be more
She will love them when she sees them
They will lose her if they follow
And she only means to please them
And her heart is full and hollow
Like a cactus tree
While she's so busy being free
Credits
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell
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Other Album Tracks
- You Turn Me On I'm A Radio (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Big Yellow Taxi (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Rainy Night House (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Woodstock (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Cactus Tree (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Woman Of Heart And Mind (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- A Case Of You (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Blue (Live) [2022 Remaster]
- Circle Game (Live) [2022 Remaster]
Altri album
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
- The Asylum Albums (1976-1980)
- The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (2024 Remaster)
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
- Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
- The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)
- Stars To Read (Live 1995)
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)
- The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)
- Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) - EP
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