Snakes And Ladders - Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein

    He
    In a shopping mall
    Finally met the perfect girl
    She is all that matters
    The only one in all the world
    Like a Barbie doll
    Oh love is snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders

    She
    Just to have and hold
    Is the perfect air-brushed angel
    Makes you hot just looking at her
    Stapled into all his braincells
    Like a centerfold
    Oh love is snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders

    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Buy the townhouse
    Call the preacher
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Set up credit for the lovely creature
    The lovely creature

    He
    On a corporate climb
    Set his sights on power for her
    On a silver platter
    He gave up happy hour for her
    Perrier and lime
    Oh love is snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders
    She
    In a handsome world
    Put her mind to social graces
    All the privileged chatter
    Setting pretty table places
    For the girls in pearls
    Oh love is snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders

    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Buy the carphone--
    Call the broker
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Buy the wife a diamond choker
    A diamond choker

    True love--true love--true love
    He's so nervous
    New love--new love--new love
    When he's with her
    Oh--he's wasting away
    True love--true love--true love
    It's so curious
    New love--new love--new love
    Just to kiss her
    To kiss her--to kiss her--to kiss her
    To kiss her--to kiss her--to kiss her
    To kiss her he has to shave

    She
    In the gilded mirrors
    In the swing of fancy places
    Where the black ties flatter
    Started seeing other faces
    Young-fogie-financiers
    Oh love is snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders

    See
    In the crimes of time
    How the seasons steal away
    How the rungs are shattered
    First you're green then you're grey
    Still the snakes unwind
    Still playin' snakes and ladders
    Snakes and ladders

    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Sell the vineyard
    Call the lawyer
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Get to the top and slide back down
    Get to the bottom climb back up
    Gather garbage to destroy her
    To destroy her

    Ladders--ladders--ladders
    The perfect girl
    Ladders--ladders--ladders
    The paper chase Love is snakes and ladders
    Ladders--ladders--ladders
    The social whirl
    Ladders--ladders
    The rat race
    Barbie doll
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    Marco Giunco
    Work Basket Music Words