Electricity Lyrics - Mitchell Joni

The Minus is loveless 

He talks to the land 

And the leaves fall 

And the pond over-ices 

She don't know the system, Plus 

She don't understand 

She's got all the wrong fuses and splices 

She's not going to fix it up 

Too easy 

The masking tape tangles 

It's sticky and black 

And the copper 

Proud headed Queen Lizzie 

Conducts little charges 

That don't get charged back 

Well the technical manual's busy 

She's not going to fix it up too easy 

And she holds out her flashlight 

And she shines it on me 

She wants me to tell her 

What the trouble might be 

Well I'm learning 

It's peaceful 

With a good dog and some trees 

Out of touch with the breakdown 

Of this century 

They're not going to fix it up 

Too easy 

We once loved-together 

And we floodlit that time 

Input-output-electricity 

But the lines overloaded 

And the sparks started flying 

And the loose wires 

Were lashing out at me 

She's not going to fix that up 

Too easy 

But she holds out her candle 

And she shines it in 

And she begs him to show her 

How to fix it again 

While the song that he sang her 

To soothe her to sleep 

Runs all through her circuits 

Like a heartbeat 

She's not going to fix it up 

Too easy