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Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Producer
Larry Klein
Larry Klein
Producer
Mike Shipley
Mike Shipley
Mixing Engineer
Dan Marnien
Dan Marnien
Mixing Engineer
Tony Phillips
Tony Phillips
Engineer
Steve Churchyard
Steve Churchyard
Engineer
Julie Last
Julie Last
Assistant Recording Engineer
Paula "Max" Garcia
Paula "Max" Garcia
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kristen Connelly
Kristen Connelly
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jim Hill
Jim Hill
Assistant Recording Engineer
Bob Voght
Bob Voght
Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Magdalene is trembling like a washing on a line
Trembling and gleaming
Never before was a man so kind
Never so redeeming
[Verse 2]
Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue, in radiation rose
Ecstasy, now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get?)
[Verse 3]
I am up a sycamore, looking through the leaves
A sinner of some position
Who in the world can this heart healer be?
This magical physician
[Verse 4]
Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue, in radiation rose
Misery, you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get?)
[Verse 5]
Enter the multitudes
The walking wounded, they come to this diver of the heart
Of the multitudes
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
[Verse 6]
Oh, climb down, climb down, he says to me
From the middle of unrest
They think his light is squandered
But he sees a stray in the wilderness
And I see how far I've wandered
[Verse 7]
Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue, in radiation rose
Apathy, you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
(Who're you gonna get?)
[Verse 8]
Enter the multitudes
The walking wounded, they come to this diver of the heart
Of the multitudes
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
[Verse 9]
Oh, all around the marketplace, the buzzing of the flies
The buzzing and the stinging
Divinely barren and wickedly wise
The killer nails are ringing
[Verse 10]
Enter the multitudes
In Exxon blue, in radiation rose
Tragedy, now you tell me
Who you gonna get to do the dirty work
When all the slaves are free?
[Verse 11]
(Who're you gonna get?)
(Who're you gonna get?)
(Who're you gonna get?)
(Who're you gonna get?)
(Who're you gonna get?)
(Who're you gonna get?)
Written by: Joni Mitchell

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