Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
> But folks.....
>
> If "Chinese Cafe" isn't **about** a conversation with Carole King, then
> "Being For The Benefit Of Mister Kite" isn't **about** a circus poster!
But the lyrics are addressed to a childhood friend named Carol...
> Moving on to the title "Hejira". Joni has claimed that she was browsing
> a dictionary with half-a-mind to find a word to describe
>
> 'Leaving the dream,
> no blame.'
>
> (Yeah, she speaks like that.)
The phrase 'no blame' is from the I Ching, which Joni seems
to be familiar with; 'hexagram of the heavens' is a reference
to it, too.
RR
