In a message dated 1/8/2003 5:35:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Are the lyrics available > anywhere - I did a search on the website to no avail. It's > a great song. Scott, you probably could have found it had you searched with its actual title, "Ballerina Valerie". Vali was the title the bootleggers gave to it since it was unreleased and they didn't have anything to match it up with. (Not that that matters, actually; many Joni boots have incorrect titles like "I Can't Go Back There Anymore", "Too Busy Being Free", etc.) Anyway, the lyrics are on JM.com, here they are for you & for others who may not have seen them: Down in the garden Under a leaf, she was smoking her keef And she was looking at stardom Everything's bright as she draws on the pipe And the bowl glows redder And things look better Mars is a ruby Saturn is sapphire, it burns with a blue fire Colors run through me Loosen my thinking, they're flashing and blinking And always changing, rearranging Ballerina, Valerie now Move me through your crimson dances Terragan, a red bandana Bring me down your silver trances Down in the garden Under an oak, he was drinking his Coke And he was looking at stardom Everything's bright as he draws on the pipe And the bowl glows redder And things go better with Coca-Cola ) 1967 GANDALF PUBLISHING CO. Words and Music by Joni Mitchell
