<<-out of place in such a lyrical, melancholy song. >>
Which may have been a very conscious effort on Joni's part...
I think it's like the line in Song For Sharon:
"But all I *really* want to do is - find another lover"
in which she speaks directly and to the point for an effect. I think in LIS she uses
this same technique to convey that on one level, there's an undercurrent of what she
percieves is happening with his friends, but on a pure GUT level she's saying that
it's JUST NOT WORKING.
Now, there's the possibility that I'm over-reading or giving Joni too much credit, and
that the line is stylistically a mistake, another "big boo-hoo", but Joni has proven
to be much more brilliant than I, so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt! ;~)
Bob
NP: Red House Painters, "Blindfold"
