| | THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES Lyrics Artist(Band):Joni Mitchell
music by Charles Mingus I'm down to a roll of dimes I'm stalking the slot that's hot I keep hearing bells all around me Jingling in the lucky jackpots They keep you tantalized They keep you reaching for your wallet Here in fools' paradise! I talked to a cat from Des Moines He said he ran a cleaning plant That cat was clanking with coin Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp 'Cause every time--I dropped a dime--I blew it He kept ringing bells Nothing to it! He got three oranges Three lemons Three cherries Three plums I'm losing my taste for fruit Watching the dry cleaner do it Like Midas in a polyester suit It's all luck! It's just luck! You get a little lucky and you make a little money! I followed him down the strip He picked out a booth at Circus Circus Where the cowgirls fill the room With their big balloons The Cleaner was pitching with purpose! He had Dinos and Pooh Bears And lions--pink and blue there He couldn't lose there! Des Moines was stacking the chips Raking off the tables Ringing the bandit's bells This is a story that's a drag to tell (In some ways) Since I lost every dime I laid on the line But the cleaner from Des Moines Could put a coin In the door of a John And get twenty for one It's just luck! If you find some error in THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES knocked out... | Reviewer: tom murphy | 12/5/2007 howdy. Joni M..... she knocks me out more and more, each and every time i hear her sing: listening to "Mingus" is as great as ever, as great as the first time i put it on the turntable....and Jaco! i was first knocked out by HIM with Weather Report, and was re-knocked when he recorded with Joni M.....i will wax painful/sweetly about "The Hissing" one of these days, too....now, as far as that album is concerned....suffice to say....i turned on "Harry's House (Centerpiece)" this morning, urged by my memories to hear something that would move me, after a hard couple of days dealing with my whacked-out family, to kick me back to 1975....I listened to it, and "Harry" has some of the most lovely and....and...pertinent lyrics that Joni M. has yet written. but back to "Mingus"...the raps, especially the one where the great man is talking about how he is going to "cut Duke" ("Funeral"), is so sweet and so genuine.... along with all the heartfelt and music and lyrics, the whole package just shines. i have not yet been able to get out and hear Joni's latest one, but am looking forward to hearing it: till then, i will be "Mingus-ized" while washing dishes and typing things like this.... Tom Murphy tmm3088@qwest.net Review the song THE DRY CLEANER FROM DES MOINES The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Joni Mitchell" Music | |
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