Raised On Robbery Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kellie728 

Cover art for Raised On Robbery lyrics by Joni Mitchell

"I'm a pretty good cook, I'm sitting on my groceries."
"Come up to my kitchen and I'll show you my best recipe" "I'm up after midnight cooking, trying to make my rent" All of these things indicate that she's a prostitute. I think she had been married until her husband crashed their car and drank the rest of their money they got from the government putting through a highway where their house was. She was pretty pushy and also insulted him right from the start "look at all those jokers glued to that damn hockey game" which he was watching when she walked up. I think he just wanted to be alone with his hockey game and in the end gets tired of her and walks off.