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The Three Great Stimulants
Joni Mitchell
I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace
Don't we get bored
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
No tanks have ever rumbled through these streets
and the drone of planes at night has never frightened me
I keep the hours and the company that I please
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Oh and deep in the night
Our appetites find us
Release us and bind us
Deep in the night
While madmen sit up building bombs
And making laws and bars
They'd like to slam free choice behind us
I saw a little lawyer on the tube
He said, ";It's so easy now, anyone can sue.";
";Let me show you how your petty aggravations can profit you!";
Call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Oh and deep in the night
Appetites find us
Release us and blind us
Deep in the night
While madmen sit up building bombs
And making laws and bars
They're gonna slam free choice behind us
Last night I dreamed I saw the planet flicker
Great forests fell like buffalo
Everything got sicker
And to the bitter end
Big business bickered
And they call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Oh these times, these times
Oh these changing times
Change in the heart of all mankind
Oh these troubled times
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About this Song
The song 'The Three Great Stimulants' by Joni Mitchell delves into the disillusionment and corruption within modern society. Mitchell explores themes of artistic integrity, societal decay, and the superficiality of contemporary life. She critiques the way art has become commercialized and how society often turns a blind eye to real issues in favor of distraction. Particularly poignant moments include her reflections on the numbing effects of 'stimulants' such as entertainment, fame, and wealth, which serve to distract from deeper truths and moral decay.
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