Both Sides Now
To the tune of the wonderful Joni Mitchell song, Both Sides Now. Joni, please forgive me!
| New Lyrics | Original Lyrics |
| Empty faces gathered round No inner joy that can be found No love inside, the face betrays Although your hands you raise |
Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way |
| Does no one here believe the claims That I am God and rose again? So many things I would have done But you got in my 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 |
| I'm in your midst and you don't care Instead you sit, at watches stare The King of Kings is in the room And all you do is fuss and fume |
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 |
| The sermon over, you rise to go I look at you, row on row Grumbling how the Rev. ran long And who's done someone wrong |
Moons and junes and ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way |
| Anguish midst sorrow, I reach out To the only one who has no doubt Who knows I live, yet for her died And in me she abides |
But now it's just another show You leave em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away |
| Don't at look at them, look right at me For you I died upon the tree Too many sit but do not know, They have no depth, they are all show |
I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow Its love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all |
| The world is sickened by its sin It robs the beggar, knocks ov'r his tin No one cries, not one bends down Their morals a ghost town |
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 |
| People, now, please lend an ear Turn your hearts, to me draw near Your hearts are cold, they're made of stone Turn now to the mercy throne |
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 |
| You're dying, won't you turn to me The one who died upon the tree? I long to give you life anew Show you the path that's true |
I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all |
| You're dying, won't you turn to me The one who died upon the tree? There's so much more you do not know And yet on your own way, you go |
I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all |
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