Joni Mitchell — Shadows and Light

[Verse 1] Every picture has its shadows and it has some source of light Blindness, blindness and sight The perils of benefactors, the blessings of parasites Blindness, blindness and sight [Chorus 1] Threatened by all things, devil of cruelty Drawn to all things, devil of delight Mythical devil of the ever-present laws Governing blindness, blindness and sight [Verse 2] Suntans in reservation dining rooms, pale miners in their lantern rays Night, night and day Hostage smiles on presidents, freedom scribbled in the subway It's like night, night and day [Chorus 2] Threatened by all things, god of cruelty Drawn to all things, god of delight Mythical god of the everlasting laws Governing day, day and night [Verse 3] Critics of all expression, judges in black and white Saying it's wrong, saying it's right Compelled by prescribed standards or some ideals we fight For wrong, wrong and right [Chorus 3] Threatened by all things, man of cruelty, mark of Cain Drawn to all things, man of delight born again, born again Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws Governing wrong, wrong and right Governing wrong, wrong and right Wrong and right