Two Grey Rooms
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Two Grey Rooms by Joni Mitchell
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What listeners assumed was a melancholy character sketch of a middle-aged woman was in fact inspired by a magazine interview with filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who recalled a childhood friend pining for a male lover from his youth after coming upon him 30 years later.
“It’s the strangest stor...
Two Grey Rooms Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Tomorrow is Sunday, now there's only one day left to go
'Til you walk by below my window
The weekends drive me mad, holidays are all too sad
'Cause you don't go below my window
[Chorus]
No one knows I'm here
One day I just disappeared
And I took these two grey rooms up here with a view
When you walk by below my window
[Verse 2]
You look so youthful, time has been untruthful
Heaven knows I loved you thirty years ago
Hot days, your shirt's undone, rainy days, you run
Oh, and then you fade so fast below my window
[Chorus]
No one knows I'm here
One day I just disappeared
And I took these two grey rooms up here with a view
Only when you walk by below my window
When you walk by
[Outro]
Below my window
Below my window
Hey hey
Below my window
Below my window
Below my window
Two Grey Rooms Q&A
Who wrote Two Grey Rooms's ?
Two Grey Rooms was written by Joni Mitchell.
Who produced Two Grey Rooms's ?
Two Grey Rooms was produced by Joni Mitchell & Larry Klein.
When did Joni Mitchell release Two Grey Rooms?
Joni Mitchell released Two Grey Rooms on Tue Feb 19 1991.
What did Joni Mitchell say about "Two Grey Rooms"?
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Joni Mitchell said:
I had that music back around the time of [1982’s] Wild Things Run Fast, but it took seven years to find the story to fit the music. It’s a story of obsession … about this German aristocrat who had a lover in his youth that he never got...