All aboard with “Just Like This Train,” broadcast on MuchMusic TV, 31 years ago today. | Joni Mitchell

A little “Just Like This Train” stripped down for your Tuesday. Footage from The Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on this day in 1996. | Joni Mitchell

Watch Joni performing “Just Like This Train” on the Late Show with David Letterman in November 1996. Listen to “Just Like This Train” here: JM.lnk.to/JLTT | Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell - Painting With Words And Music - Live in 1998 0:00 Intro - Tiger Bones 2:50 Big Yellow Taxi 6:09 Just Like This Train 10:57 Introducing the Band 11:39 Night Ride Home 15:08 The Crazy Cries of Love 19:55 Harry's House 24:23 Black Crow 27:54 Monologue (on Hejira) 29:17 Amelia 36:04 Hejira 42:32 Monologue (on justice, Sex Kills) 44:22 Sex Kills 47:57 Magdalene Laundries 52:32 Moon at The Window 56:56 Monologue ("Good morbid Christmas songs") 57:24 Face Lift 1:01:43 Monologue (on Why

Joni Mitchell - Live in London (1974) 00:00:01 - 01. Free Man In Paris 00:04:00 - 02. You Turn Me On (I'm A Radio) 00:08:35 - 03. The Same Situation 00:12:33 - 04. Just Like This Train 00:16:49 - 05. Rainy Night House 00:22:26 - 06. People's Parties 00:25:40 - 07. All I Really Want 00:29:36 - 08. For The Roses 00:34:05 - 09. Blue 00:37:35 - 10. The Last Time I Saw Richard 00:42:24 - 11. Cactus Tree 00:47:30 - 12. Big Yellow Taxi 00:51:00 - 13. A Case Of You 00:56:19 - 14. Cold Blue Steel And Swe

53 years later, Joni made her return to the Newport Folk Festival. Enjoy Joni jammin’ on her guitar during “Just Like This Train.” 📷Nina Westervelt | Joni Mitchell