[Verse 1] Some watch their kids grow up
Lyrics Terms of Use, Come to the dinner gong Who made this salty soup
You must be registered and log in to add a permanently indexed comment. some watch their stocks and bonds The music scene is penned as if in a banquet party held by the sea, where the rich seem to be enjoying all the food, throwing only the leftovers to the less fortuned characters. Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine by Joni Mitchell. back in the banquet line Tell him we're very hungry now
Dogs and tugs and summertime and who left the needy out who made this salty soup [Chorus 2] american dream And a drinking stream
i thought she was talking about a special kind of boat. though there's plenty to spare and they squawk at me And some get the gristle “Banquet” starts the album with Joni remarking the unfair relationship between record companies and its signed artists. and some get the gristle And some get nothing
Some watch their stocks and bonds
some watch their kids grow up Back in the banquet line
That being the case, I've always assumed the "yankee yachts" were yachts from the US, owned by rich North-based Americans taking a little jaunt up the coast, to check out their "poor Canadian cousins" - no offence intended to my Canadian friends here, I think Joni was very tongue-in-cheek when she wrote this line. And logs and sails
And some get the gristle
Some turn to Jesus
Helen (Australia): Aren't "yankees" the "northern" americans, ie.
Rick In Belcarra adds: Lest you think that we Canadians are in the habit of gratuitously throwing our bleach bottles into the sea: These large empty plastic bottles and others of similar shape and size are commonly attached, with long lengths of nylon rope, to crab and shrimp traps so that they can be found easily for retrieval. Back in the banquet line Produced by Joni Mitchell. Come to the dinner gong the table is laden high fat bellies and hungry little ones tuck your napkins in and take your share Fat bellies and hungry little ones. and take your share the table is laden high Fat bellies and hungry little ones In the cookie I read
And some turn to heroin For a sweeter fare
Come to the dinner gong
Some turn to rambling round
Looking for a clean sky Some turn to Jesus I took my share down by the sea And some get nothing The term "yankee" has long been a catch-all term used by people from other countries for any American regardless of regional origin. Waiting for that big deal
Some get the marrow bone
The 18 Greatest Revenge Songs of All Time, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawgâ" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS. looking for a clean sky Don't the British call us "Yanks"? and some get the gristle Though there's plenty to spare
And take your share
for a sweeter fare And who left the needy out
And some turn to heroin
seagulls come down Joni Mitchell, geboren als Roberta Joan Anderson (Fort Macleod, 7 november 1943), is een Canadese singer-songwriter.Daarnaast houdt ze zich bezig met fotografie, poëzie en schilderkunst, wat bijvoorbeeld terug te zien is in een op Vincent van Gogh geïnspireerd zelfportret op … And logs and sails I took my share down by the sea Some get the marrow bone and logs and sails Tuck your napkins in
Some turn to jesus Some watch the paint peel off some get the marrow bone For a sweeter fare
Some get the gravy Tell him we're very hungry now down where the water-skiers glide yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine Who made this salty soup and some get nothing Joni Mitchell - Banquet (Letra e música para ouvir) - Come to the dinner gong / The table is laden high / Fat bellies and hungry little ones / Tuck your napkins in / And take your share / Some get the gravy / And And Shell Oil pails
I always thought that "yankee yachts" in Joni's context might have meant American leisure-class boaters (tourists) who wandered into British Columbian waters on weekends. Banquet Joni Mitchell. some watch the paint peel off They occasionally break loose and can end up on beaches such as the ones near Joni's hide-away on the Sunshine Coast of B.C. I took my dream down by the sea
And take your share And then we have the Shell Oil pails. Fat bellies and hungry little ones
Some get the gravy
Kind of like Americans calling us Canucks. Yankee yachts * and lobster pots and sunshine
Some watch their kids grow up "Some get the gravy
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