Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
“Lead Balloon” is the fourth song on Joni Mitchell’s 1998 album Taming the Tiger. The song recounts Mitchell throwing a drink on Rolling Stone and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame founder Jann Wenner at an awards ceremony. A 2023 article written by Jenn Pelly for Pitchfork explored the background of the s...
[Verse 1]
"Kiss my ass!" I said, and I threw my drink
Tequila trickling down his business suit
Must be the Irish blood, fight before you think
Turn it now, you can't kowtow, you can't undo it
[Chorus]
It's his town and that went down like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
He said, sic her, Rover, that went over like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon, lead balloon
[Verse 2]
An angry man is just an angry man
But an angry woman, bitch
I had to ask him for a helping hand
It came with the heart of a Bonaparte, of a frozen fish
[Chorus]
It's his town and that went down like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
He said, sic her, Rover, that went over like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon, lead balloon
[Bridge]
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon
[Chorus]
It's his town and that went down like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
He said, sic her, Rover, that went over like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon, lead balloon
[Outro]
Lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon
Lead Balloon was written by Joni Mitchell.
Lead Balloon was produced by Joni Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell released Lead Balloon on Tue Sep 29 1998.