If I Had a Heart

Joni Mitchell

9 fans

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs ("Urge for Going," "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides, Now," "The Circle Game") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell and her popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock" helped define an era and a generation. Her more starkly personal 1971 recording Blue has been called one o… more »


Year:
2007
4:05
49 
#3

 Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!

Holy war
Genocide
Suicide
Hate and cruelty
How can this be holy?
If I had a heart I'd cry.

These ancient tales
The good go to heaven
And the wicked ones burn in hell
Ring the funeral bells!
If I had a heart I'd cry.

There's just too many people now
Too little land
Much too much desire
You feel so feeble now
It's so out of hand
Big bombs and barbed wire
We've set our lovely sky
Our lovely sky
On fire!

There's just too many people now
And too little land
Too much rage and desire
It makes you feel so feeble now
It's so out of hand
Big bombs and barbed wire
Can't you see
Our destiny?
We are making this Earth
Our funeral pyre!

Holy Earth
How can we heal you?
We cover you like a blight
Strange birds of appetite
If I had a heart I'd cry.
If I had a heart I'd cry.
If I had a heart I'd cry.

 Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons!

Written by: Joni Mitchell

Lyrics © Crazy Crow Music / Siquomb Music Publishing, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

Discuss the If I Had a Heart Lyrics with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "If I Had a Heart Lyrics." Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/34372660/Joni+Mitchell/If+I+Had+a+Heart>.

    Missing lyrics by Joni Mitchell?

    Know any other songs by Joni Mitchell? Don't keep it to yourself!

    Watch the song video

    If I Had a Heart

    21,729
    144     7

    Browse Lyrics.com

    Quiz

    Are you a music master?

    »
    Spotlights, sirens, rifles firin' But he made it out With a _____________.
    A bullet in his back
    B gang of convicts
    C black eye
    D shank in his side

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Joni Mitchell tracks

    On Radio Right Now

    Loading...

    Powered by OnRad.io


    Think you know music? Test your MusicIQ here!

    Movies soundtrack

    If I Had a Heart

    »
    • Vikings