This song has been accompanying me for days. Published only a day after I was born, the album released pretty much when I was, this music has been a part of my life for a long time. I'm a sucker for a concept album, which I've always thought of this as. A circular journey around everything that can hurt and heal your heart.
I've walked with this song in my ears, in the blue landscape of snow, whilst working my way through isolation and bereavement, working and a skewed way of life that bows to nothing we hold dear. I've bought the sheet music and picked my way through very little bits of it, though Joni's songs are very difficult to sing unless you're her...
Blue (link to song)
Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there're so many sinking now
You've got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue I love you
Blue here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
© April 20, 1971; Joni Mitchell Pub Corp
