Car On A Hill Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MMMerry 

Cover art for Car On A Hill lyrics by Joni Mitchell

No clue as to whom this one is about, but the theme of waiting for your lover is familiar and accessible. She describes herself often as shy, reserved, less comfortable in crowds. In the context of it's time, the music scene was given increasingly over to the substances and wealth that came with success. You had to work the deal out there, and she always seemed reticent.

But it is clear that she is in her little house in Laurel Canyon while her boy is down partying somewhere in LA.

The boy was Jackson Browne - obviously it didn't work out.