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

[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

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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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Release Date
March 2, 1970
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