Joni Mitchell-Sweet Bird

i loveeeeeee joni mitchell

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[jmiller05]

The best song on 'hissing....' along with the Boho Dance. This phrase has been used a lot, but she does go back to her roots here. puts aside rock and jazz experiments briefly to produce this wonderful, sparkling sweet little ballad.

[blackkendoll82]

i love your comment!!!!

[Bevoe]

A true renaissance women. She could do it all. I saw an art exhibit of hers in London. Incredibly talented painter. Her musical talents are unmatched. Now all you have to do is look good, they will manipulate you meager vocal skills in the studio. Joni puts them all to shame.

[lllwindrunner]

...."Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching"....So hypnotic, mysterious and unique sounding! When I first got this album I just layed on my back and savored every word, every chord change and looked at the unfolded inside album picture of Joni swimming on her back as if she was flying.

[ana1sninja]

There is something transcendent about this song. She is looking at the inevitable march of time from the perspective of someone who is trapped inside the snowglobe and at the same time holding it in her hand. It's both sad and comforting.

[58windsong]

She is a prodigy

[Autostade67]

A singular artist - and though almost a genre unto herself, never quite held in the same esteem as, say, Dylan - which is sad because she is above and beyond. Is this the best track on "Hissing"? - which is possibly one of the most underrated albums of the 70s if not of general recording history - maybe, but the album is so damn good (eclectic, poetic, urban, ironic, slick, well-themed) it's hard to pick a fave. It may be one of those albums impossible to reduce to single songs.

[palatinesouth]

@jackhillty1 I agree totally... 

[jackhillty1]

probably the best song about aging ever written

[jnilvr]

I have to say this is one of my top 5 favorites of Jonis..this is a masterpiece..i would love to see her painting of this song.

"Behind our eyes...

calenders of our lives"

[snacklofter]

Out on some borderline Some mark of inbetween I lay down golden-in time And woke up vanishing Sweet bird you are Briefer than a falling star All these vain promises on beauty Give me some time I feel like I'm losing mine Out here on this horizon line No one knows They can never get that close Guesses at most Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching

[dougcash1]

all time fave Joni track. Sublime

[PinkPrism008]

"I lay down golden in time and woke up vanishing."

[si3144]

seems everyone has so many favourite lines in this song... no one knows they can never get that close... she just seems to know...