Joni Mitchell Lashes Out At Catholic Church On New CD

Joni Mitchell Lashes Out At Catholic Church On New CD

Joni Mitchell is back after nine years, and she's on the attack. In the title track to her new album, "Shine," Mitchell takes a nice swipe at the Catholic Church by name.

"Shine on the Catholic Church/And the prisons that it owns," she sings. "Shine on all the Churches/that love less and less."

Mitchell was never one to mince words, but in her triumphant return on Starbucks' Hear Records, she doesn't give an inch. In "Shine," she continues: "Shine on lousy leadership/Licensed to kill/Shine on dying soldiers/In patriotic pain/Shine on mass destruction/In some God's name!"

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