I love this song. Incredibly moving...especially Clutching the night to you like a fig leaf You hurry To the blackness And the blankets To lay down an impression And your loneliness...
Breaks my heart every time...the way the words tumble out...then there's that pause, a breath, and onto in the morning there are lovers.... sigh. I have a mediocre xerox of the piano music...someone else probably has a better copy. Jenny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:In a message dated 4/4/2003 5:02:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Any suggestions appreciated; anyone want to tell me how much you love > that tune also? It's in my top 5, Kenny...I refer to it as "Joni's second symphony" (Judgement of the Moon & Stars being #1). I love EVERYTHING about it, the musical interludes & instrumental colors, the way she even uses *silence* as an instrument in itself is brilliant. And one of her finest lyrics, feeling the aftermath of the one-night encounter: "In the morning there are lovers on the street, They look so high. You brush against a stranger and you both apologize" Really, like the Hejira songs (and many others), you can just keep writing out the lyrics as they never stray from perfection. But that particular passage has always just kicked me in the gut. Bob NP: Smashing Pumpkins, "To Sheila" "Now I used to think that I was cool running around on fossil fuel, until I saw what I was doing was driving down the road to ruin..." JT Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more
