מילים לשיר Banquet – Joni Mitchell

Come to the dinner gong
Tuck your napkins in
The table is laden high
Fat bellies and hungry little ones
And take your share
Some get the gravy
And some get the gristle
Some get the marrow bone
Though there's plenty to spare And some get nothing
Paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide
I took my share down by the sea
Seagulls come down
And they squawk at me
Down where the water
Some turn to Jesus
And some turn to heroin
Some turn to rambling round
Looking for a clean sky
And a drinking stream
Some watch the paint peel off
Some watch their kids grow up
Some watch their stocks and bonds
Waiting for that big deal
American Dream Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine
I took my dream down by the sea
Back in the banquet line
And logs and sails
Dogs and tugs and summertime
And Shell Oil pails
Angry young people crying
Who let the greedy in And who left the needy out
Who made this salty soup
Tell him we're very hungry now
"Some get the gravy
For a sweeter fare
In the cookie I read
And some get the gristle
Some get the marrow bone
And some get nothing
Though there's plenty to spare.