The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) by Joni Mitchell
The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) by Joni Mitchell

The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)

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The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) by Joni Mitchell

Release Date
Tue Feb 19 1991
Performed by
Joni Mitchell
Produced by
Joni Mitchell & Larry Klein
Writed by
Joni Mitchell
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“The Windfall” is beguiling, thanks in large part to the balmy guitar-bass interplay, over which a multi-tracked chorus of falsetto Jonis impersonates a murder of crows cawing what sounds like “Do whatcha-whatcha want”.

A spider web “spit spun between the trees” and the “Jaguar in the drive” provid...

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The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) Lyrics

[Intro]
So you think I should buy you a car?
Why, because Elvis did?
Darlin' come on

[Verse 1]
Because Elvis gave 'em cars, you think I'm cheap
And you're hard done by
Look, you live here like a star, rent-free suite
Big blue pool that you sun by

[Pre-Chorus]
Trips to tropic shores
Clothes from fancy stores
You want too much, you want too badly
You want everything for nothing

[Verse 2]
Going to the church
You chant for my downfall
Chanting for my house, my friends
You want it all

[Pre-Chorus 2]
The pillows on my bed
The visions in my head
You want too much, you want too badly
You want everything for nothing

[Chorus 1]
In the land of litigation
The courts are like game shows
Take what's behind the curtain, the jury cries
I'm not going to be the jackpot
At the end of your perjured rainbow
Not if local justice has even one good eye

[Verse 3]
Oh it's not like I was blind, I saw
But I took no action
As you began to climb, green-clawed
Dissatisfaction

[Pre-Chorus 3]
It wasn't hard to guess
That the end would be a mess
You want too much, you want too badly
You want everything for nothing

[Chorus 2]
In the land of mass frustration
The judges are sleeping
Counting wooly little lawyers and grinding their teeth
Outside my sleepless window
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking
While down some search-lit alley runs some lost belief

[Verse 4]
Oh I'm tangled in your lies, your scam
Your spider web
Spit spun between the trees, doors slam
You want my head

[Pre-Chorus 4]
You'd eat your young alive
For a Jaguar in the drive
You lie too much, you lie too badly
You want everything for nothing

The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) Q&A

Who wrote The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)'s ?

The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) was written by Joni Mitchell.

Who produced The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)'s ?

The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) was produced by Joni Mitchell & Larry Klein.

When did Joni Mitchell release The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)?

Joni Mitchell released The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) on Tue Feb 19 1991.

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