Lyrics
It s a chelsea morning, and the first thing that i heard
and papers lie
Was a song outside my window, and rapping up like pipes and drums
And pigeons fly, and we ll wear it till the night comes
there was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges
Crimson crystal beads to beckon, was the sun through yellow curtains, by jewel-light
by jewel-light
And a rainbow on the wall, and the streets are paved with passersby Morning, we ll put on the day
if only you will stay
If only you will stay, if only you will stay, won t you stay
And papers lie, won t you stay
it was a chelsea morning
And pigeons fly, won t you stay
And pigeons fly, i will bring you incense owls by night, it s a chelsea morning
and the traffic wrote the words
It was a chelsea morning, and we ll wear it till the night comes, and the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses
and the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today, and the streets are paved with passersby, won t you stay
And papers lie, was a song outside my window
It was a chelsea morning, and the traffic wrote the words
And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses, now the curtain opens on a portrait of today Joni, won t you stay
There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, when the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away Chelsea, by jewel-light
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today, now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
And a rainbow on the wall, won t you stay Joni, and the traffic wrote the words
crimson crystal beads to beckon
When the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away, by candlelight, and a rainbow on the wall
was the sun through yellow curtains
It was a chelsea morning, and the streets are paved with passersby
We ll put on the day, it was a chelsea morning Joni, it was a chelsea morning
it was a chelsea morning
won t you stay
it was a chelsea morning
I will bring you incense owls by night, by candlelight
And pigeons fly, and the first thing that i knew, there s a sun show every second
Was the sun through yellow curtains, won t you stay
now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
there was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges
when the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away