“You've got to shake your fists at lightning now,
you've got to roar like forest fire
You've got to spread your light like blazes all across the sky

They're going to aim the hoses on you, show 'em you won't expire

Not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die

Come on now, you've got to try, if you're feeling contempt, well then you tell it

If you're tired of the silent night, Jesus, well then you yell it
Condemned to wires and hammers, strike every chord that you feel
That broken trees and elephant ivories conceal”

Joni Mitchell: The Complete Poems and Lyrics