Banquet (2022 Remaster) Joni Mitchell

[Verse 1]
Come to the dinner gong
The table is laden high
Fat bellies and hungry little ones
Tuck your napkins in and take your share

[Chorus 1]
Some get the gravy, and
Some get the gristle
Some get the marrow bone, and
Some get nothing though there's plenty to spare

[Verse 2]
I took my share down by the sea
Paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide
Seagulls come down and they squawk at me
Down whеre the water-skiеrs glide

[Chorus 2]
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