From the recording UN-United Nations BLUE
In 1969 Joni Mitchell spent the summer living in a cave on Matala Beach on Crete. She documented it on her seminal album Blue.
Lyrics
Marley Davidson/James Warren /Al Steele
Last night I had a dream
I was under Cretan skies
My Grecian Isle
Bathed in Blue
And you were with me too
Impossible 'cause
you were always meant to fade away
With silver and a cane
In the Mermaid we will drown
Another round
Raki again
We said goodbye but then
Here you are
Red devil standing right in front of me
Matala moon is in my eyes
Lead me to a place I used to know so well
Takes me back
Matala Moon we said goodbye
And you never can go back
Only in dreams
It's the closest thing to being in love
SOLO
CHORUS
Being in love, was never enough for you
For you and I
I follow the shoreline down
To where Joni got back her smile
Take me back
I'm standing where they once stood
The moon and stars, paint a
Dream
It's the closest thing to being in love
Matala Moon those pretty lies
Have brought me to that face I used to know so well
Takes me back
Matala moon your devil smile
I thought I could erase
Only in dreams
It's the closest thing to being in love