Joni Mitchell, A Case Of You

I Had a King - 1968

The song they say inspired the lyrics in Going to California by Led Zepplin:

"Find a queen without a king. They say she plays guitar and cries and sings, la-la-la."




I had a king in a tenement castle
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
He's taken the curtains down
He's swept with the broom of contempt
And the rooms have an empty ring
He's cleaned with the tears
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting

I can't go back there anymore
You know my keys won't fit the door
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
They never can, they never can

CONTINUED

 

'California' (LIVE) - Joni Mitchell (BBC In Concert, 1970) - Joni playing dulcimer.

 

Not much a fan of Joni, but I do like James Taylor and his ex-Carly Simon.

 

Newport Folk Festival - July, 2022

Joni Mitchell sings Big Yellow Taxi

 

River



It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

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I'm more of the Janis Joplin type than Joni. But Join was good too,

 

Wonder how much Carly liked that?,

 

I remember this one.

 

Joni Mitchell The Circle Game....Song meaning below


"In this poetic song, Joni Mitchell tells the story of a child's journey to adulthood. She uses a carousel as a metaphor for the years that go by, pointing out how we can look back, but we can't return to our past."

"The song opens with the young boy enjoying the wonder of youth, but looking forward to getting older. In the second verse, he is 16 and driving. The final verse finds him at 20, with his dreams tempered a bit, but still with high hopes for his future."

 

She was a good song writer, had the record sales to prove it,

 

Now I have to go find my Joni Mitchell albums although I think I wore them out.

 

Molly Malone

 

Not huge on Joni Mitchell, but Big Yellow Taxi is excellent!