Midnight Cowboy Song, The Lyrics - Joni Mitchell

I was in an all night movie 

When I heard the usher say 

Here comes the midnight cowboy 

Got his gun hired out for pay; 

You were walking kind of faded 

From the Netherlands Hotel 

With your hat tipped off to ladies 

Really looking well. 

Aw Joe, why don't you go back home? 

Really hate to see you falling down 

Get out of town. 

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Well you came to New York City With a calendar full of gold 

Now they locked it up in the bedroom 

And they kicked you out in the cold; 

Now you can't afford a little blanket 

You can get one from a friend 

You can trick one off the corner 

You can even keep the change - to spend. 

Hey Joe, why don't you go back home? 

Really hate to see you come falling down 

Get out of town. 

There's a soldier in the depot 

He's a fighting nightingale 

Wearing western boots and buckskin on 

Reading fortunes from the penny scale; 

Now today he's got a a quarter 

For the photograph machine 

But tomorrow he'll be lonely lonely 

That's the way it's always been. 

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Poor Joe, why don't you go back home? 

Really hate to see you falling down 

Get out of town. 

I was in an all night movie 

When I heard the usher say 

Here comes the midnight cowboy again 

Got his gun hired out for pay; 

You were walking kind of faded 

From the Netherlands hotel 

Hat tipped off to ladies 

Tipped off to gentlemen as well. 

Well Joe, why don't you go back home? 

Find yourself a girl and settle down 

Get out of town 

Get out of town 

Find yourself a girl, go and settle down 

Hey Joe, looking more lost than found 

Get out of town.