I was driving across
the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white
vapor trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the
heavens
It was the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false
alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles
time and seasons if it gets thru to you
Then your life becomes a
travelogue
Of picture-post-card-charms
Amelia, it was just a false
alarm
People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to
go
But 'till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some
have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm
Amelia, it was
just a false alarm
I wish that he was here tonight
Is's so hard to obey
His sad request
of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road
leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm.
A ghost of avaiation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea,
like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish
arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent
my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes
And looking down at everything
I
crashed into his arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I
slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747's
Over
geometric farms
Dreams Amelia, dreams and false alarms.
Song by Joni Mitchell, 1976 Crazy Crow Music.