Conversation Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He comes for conversation
I comfort him sometimes
Comfort and consultation
He knows that's what he'll find
[Verse 2]
I bring him apples and cheeses
He brings me songs to play
He sees me when he pleases
I see him in cafés
[Chorus 1]
And I only say, "Hello"
And turn away before his lady knows
How much I want to see him
She removes him, like a ring to wash her hands
She only brings him out to show her friends
I want to free him
[Verse 3]
Secrets and sharing soda
That's how our time began
Love is a story told to a friend
It's second-hand
He comes for conversation
I comfort him sometimes
Comfort and consultation
He knows that's what he'll find
[Verse 2]
I bring him apples and cheeses
He brings me songs to play
He sees me when he pleases
I see him in cafés
[Chorus 1]
And I only say, "Hello"
And turn away before his lady knows
How much I want to see him
She removes him, like a ring to wash her hands
She only brings him out to show her friends
I want to free him
[Verse 3]
Secrets and sharing soda
That's how our time began
Love is a story told to a friend
It's second-hand
[Verse 4]
But I'll listen to his questions
I'll give my answers when they're found
He says she keeps him guessing
But I know she keeps him down
[Chorus 2]
She speaks in sorry sentences
Miraculous repentances
I don't believe her
Tomorrow he will come to me
And he'll speak his sorrows endlessly and he'll ask me why
Why can't I leave her?
[Verse 1]
He comes for conversation
I comfort him sometimes
Comfort and consultation
He knows that's what he'll find
He knows that's what he'll find
But I'll listen to his questions
I'll give my answers when they're found
He says she keeps him guessing
But I know she keeps him down
[Chorus 2]
She speaks in sorry sentences
Miraculous repentances
I don't believe her
Tomorrow he will come to me
And he'll speak his sorrows endlessly and he'll ask me why
Why can't I leave her?
[Verse 1]
He comes for conversation
I comfort him sometimes
Comfort and consultation
He knows that's what he'll find
He knows that's what he'll find
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Genius Annotation
“Conversation” focuses on a man that Mitchell has become acquainted with and somewhat fallen for, but who is in a strained relationship that Mitchell seeks to free him from. She introduced the song on October 12, 1967 at The Second Fret in Philadelphia by saying:
Sometimes a best friend won’t tell a best friend really anything near the truth because they don’t know it themselves. This is a song about a triangle.
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