Song Lyrics

Car On A Hill

by Joni Mitchell

I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show
I've been listening to the sirens and the radio
He said he'd be over three hours ago
I've been waiting for his car on the hill
He makes friends easy
He's not like me
I watch for judgement anxiously
Now where in the city can that boy be
Waiting for a car
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing the hill

He's a real good talker I think he's friend
Fast tires come screaming around the bend
But there's still no buzzer
They roll on
And I'm waiting for his car on the hill
It always seems so righteous at the start
When there's so much laughter
When there's so much spark
When there's so much sweetness in the dark
Waiting for a car
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing the hill

Piano Transcriptions of Car On A Hill

by Dave Blackburn

Car On A Hill has been recorded by 9 other artists

Cal Everett & Steuart Smith (from "Strathmore Presents - A Tribute To Joni Mitchell" - 2008)
Coffee Shop Sound (from "A Tribute to Joni" - 2024)
Court And Spark Band (- 2018)
David Johnson & Fake Zappa (from "In Search of Love and Music: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" - 2019)
Lionheart (from "Unearthed - Raiders Of The Lost Archives" - 1999)
Moe, Joe (from "Mainland" - 2008)
Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue & Court And Spark - Live At Dizzy's" - 2011)
Spaceship (- )
Trotter, Jordan (from "Jordan Trotter" - 2007)
[more information on recordings by other artists]

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MrMeaning on 2024-Mar-30 at 12:13:22 GMT-5:

So much laughter, so much spark, so much sweetness in the dark.

Beautiful. And so different from Joni's later character asassination.

This song appears on:

Court and Spark Released January 17, 1974
The Studio Albums 1968-1979 Released November 2012
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced Released November 24, 2014
Asylum Albums (1972-1975) Released September 23, 2022
Archives 3 - The Asylum Years (1972-1975) Released Oct 6, 2023
Court and Spark Demos Released Nov 24, 2023