Joni Mitchell Turns 62 Today!

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Tonight these crowds
Are happy and loud
Children are up dancing in the streets
In the sticky middle of the night
Summer serenade
Of taxi horns and fun arcades
Where right or wrong
Under neon
Every feeling goes on!
For you and me
The sidewalk is a history book
And a circus
Dangerous clowns
Balancing dreadful and wonderful perceptions
They have been handed
Day by day
Generations on down

Eesh. Well I like this verse (a lot, actually), but I gotta say, the rest of it seems really awful and trite and doesn't look like it adds much of anything that wasn't already embedded in the notes of the song.

How does she even sing along to this song? Is it really sped up and rearranged?

I love Mingus and I love Joni, but I've been afraid to pick up this album because I think it might - just a little bit - destroy my perceptions of them both.