Night of the Iguana

Joni Mitchell

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    The tour bus came yesterday
    The driver's a mess today
    It's a dump of a destiny
    But it's got a view...
    Now the kid in the see-through blouse
    Is moving in hard on his holy vows...
    Since the preacher's not dead
    Dead drunk will have to do!

    Night of the iguana
    The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet
    Night of the iguana
    Can you hear the castanets?
    The widow is dancing
    Down on the beach

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    The starlight is steaming
    He'd like to be dreaming
    His senses are screaming
    Not to be denied...
    But if the spell of the night should win
    He could lose his bus
    For the same sweet sin
    That took his church from him
    Then how will he survive?

    Night of the iguana
    The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet
    Night of the iguana
    Can you hear the castanets?
    It's the widow and her lover-boys
    Down on the beach

    The night is so fragrant
    These women so flagrant
    They could make him a vagrant
    With the flick of a shawl.
    The devil's in sweet sixteen
    The widow's good looking but she gets mean
    He's burning like Augustine
    With no help from God at all

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    Composition: Joni Mitchell

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