JONI'S ENGLISH - BOTH SIDES NOW

Ez Joni Mitchell egyik leghíresebb dala. Hozzám nem áll különösen közel, de azért szeretem időnként meghallgatni. A Love Actually című filmben is szerepelt egy későbbi változata, abban a részben, amikor Emma Thompson rájön, hogy a férje más nőt szeret. Joni hangja a dohányzás miatt nagyon hamar megérdesedett, ahogy a film betétdalában is hallatszik. Én a korai felvételeit szeretem, amiken olyan tiszta a hangja, mint ezen is. Nem hibátlan, nem precíz, de végtelenül őszinte, átélt, átérzett és szeretett ez az előadásmód.

Joni Mitchell

Both Sides Now

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way


But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way


Oh I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all


Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
Oh I've looked at love that way


But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
No, don't give yourself away


I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
Oh I really don't know love at all


Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way


But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day


Oh I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and loose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

Szavak:

row - sor

flow - folyam, áramlás

canyon - szurdok

recall - emlékezni

Ferris wheel - óriáskerék

Don't give yourself away - Ne áruld el magad

scheme - terv