My good friend Debra wrote: << The word is spelled "fay" on the album, so it's not just a typo in the Lyrics book as I had thought. I think, though, that the word that she meant is "fey". Or, then again, maybe Joni was saying she's fairylike.... could be. (I hate arguing too strenuously with Joni when it comes to the way she uses words.) >> I've always assumed that "fay" was simply an americanised spelling of "fey", analogous to the way we spell the colour (or should that be "color" :-) "grey" and Americans spell it "gray". Is there any mileage in that theory? It's an interesting debate, because it's such a key line in a song laced with unforgettable lines and imagery. Azeem in London
