Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell)

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning,
and the first thing that I heard
was a song outside my window
and the traffic wrote the words,
it came ringing up like Christmas bells
and rapping up like pipes and drums

Oh, won't you stay?
We'll put on the day!
And we'll wear it ‘till the night comes!

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning,
and the first thing that I saw
was the sun through yellow curtains
and a rainbow on the wall:
blue, red, green and gold to welcome you,
crimson crystal beads to beckon!

Oh, won't you stay?
We'll put on the day!
There's a sun show every second!

Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
and the streets are paved with passersby
and pigeons fly and papers lie
waiting to blow away!

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning,
and the first thing that I knew
there was milk and toast and honey
and a bowl of oranges too
and the sun poured in like butterscotch
and stuck to all my senses!

Oh, won't you stay?
We'll put on the day!
And we'll talk in present tenses!

When the curtain closes and the rainbows runs away
I will bring you incense owl by night
by candlelight, by jewel-light
if only you will stay!
Pretty baby, won't you?

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning!