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Both Sides Now

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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
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 ev'ry fairy tale comes real
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
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
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

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
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


© 1969; Siquomb Publishing Company

Additional information:

*Footnotes

Joni being interviewed by Ed Sciaky on March 12, 1967:

Ed: Want to do some of the requested songs?

Joni: Let's see. What have we got here? "Night in the City," "Circle Game" -- oh, "From Both Sides, Now." I'm really glad somebody requested that, because that's a very new song, and I've been driving everybody crazy by playing it twice and three times a night. It's called "From Both Sides, Now."

Ed: I haven't heard that one.

Joni: I'll play that one first. It -- I should tell people a little bit about it. I was reading a book, and I haven't finished it yet, called "Henderson the Rain King." And there's a line in it that I especially got hung up on that was about when he was flying to Africa and searching for something, he said that in an age when people could look up and down at clouds, they shouldn't be afraid to die. And so I got this idea 'from both sides now.' There are a lot of sides to everything, and so the song is called "From Both Sides, Now."

(Joni performs "Both Sides, Now.")

Ed: It's nice. That's a new one.

Joni: Very new.

Ed: How new is it?

Joni: Well, three days.

There we have it. Joni wrote Both Sides Now on March 9, 1967 after reading Henderson the Rain King!  

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Lech, Therese ()
Lee, Greg (from "Greg Lee Sings Dylan, Lightfoot And Others" )
Lee, Ranee (from "Maple Groove : Songs From The Great Canadian Songbook" - 2003)
Lees, Andrea ()
Legras, Anne (- 2010)
Leora Cashe & The Ross Taggart Trio (from "Another Side Now - The Songs of Joni Mitchell" - 2007)
Lewis, Mortie (from "Happy Heart-Goodbye Columbus-Both Sides Now" )
Lilac Sheer with Shay Tochner  (from "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - 2010)
Lin, Freya (from "Must Love" - 2007)
Lincoln Mayorga (from "The Missing Linc, Vol. 2" - 1972)
Lindstrom, Jeannette (from "Feathers" - 2000)
Lington, Michael  (from "A Song For You " - 2006)
Linsley, Adam (from "Smile" - 2008)
List, Liesbeth  (from "La vie en rose" - 2003)
Little Red King (- 2004)
Lobban, David (from "Step By Step; Sequence Dance Series Volume 7" )
Longet, Claudine (from "Colours" - 1968)
Lonsdale, Steve (- 1970)
Los Simpaticos (from "Music Fills the Infinite Between Two Souls" )
Low, Eddie (from "Presenting The Golden Voice Of Eddie Low" )
Lydia Van Dam Group (from "Both Sides Now" - 1999)
Lyn, Keith (from "Looking At Love" - 2001)
MacDonald, Jeanne (from "Company" - 2000)
MacGregor, Don (from "Water Lily" - 2000)
Mandrup & Darling ()
Mantovani (from "The Mantovani Scene" - 1969)
March, Peggy (from "Live In Kyoto" - 1972)
March, Peggy (from "Love Story" - 1971)
Maree, Lucas (from "Things" - 2001)
Maria, Eva (from "Zingara" - 1969)
Marie Keis Uhre & Ekko (from "Marie Keis Uhre & Ekko" - 2005)
Martino, Pat (from "Consciousness" - 1974)
Martino, Pat & Cassandra Wilson (from "All Sides Now" - 1997)
Masekela, Hugh (from "Reconstruction" - 1994)
Masha Bijlsma Band ()
Massicot, Drew (from "For Your Love - Romantic Piano Solos" - 1999)
Mathers, Peter (from "Forbidden Games" - 1986)
Matthew, Cara (from "Make You Feel My Love" - 2008)
Matthews, Charlie (from "45 Single" - 1970)
Mauriat, Paul (from "Paul Mauriat Sound Best Hits" )
McCutcheon, Peter  (from "Longing" - 2009)
McDermand, Paul (from "Sailing" - 1997)
McDonald, Shirley (from "It's Shirley" )
Mckinnon, Catherine  (from "Both Sides Now" - 1968)
McKuen, Rod (from "Alone" - 1974)
McPeek, Ben (from "Ben McPeek's Latest Fling At The Record Scene" - 1971)
McShane, Ian (from "From Both Sides Now" - 1992)
Mercer, Mabel (from "Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short - Second Town Hall" - 1969)
Metzger, Ellen (from "Songs For You" - 2002)
Meyer, Anita (from "Tears Go By" - 2009)
Michael Sagmeister & Britta Medeiros  (from "The Way We Feel About It" - 2003)
Michel Clement Orchestra (from "The Best Of Romantic Screen Theme Super Custom Deluxe" )
Michel, Jane (from "The World of American Folk" - 1997)
Miek & Roel  (- 1970)
Miller, Eric & His Orchestra (from "Sweetheart Tree" - 1992)
Minako Yoshida & Kazumi Watanabe (from "Nowadays" - 2008)
Minnewaska Ridge Rockers ()
Miria M. & band (from "Secret Playground" - 1999)
Mitchell, Chad (from "Chad" )
moe ()
Moline, Bob (from "By Request" - 1975)
Montreal Jazz Club (from "Session 2" - 2005)
Moolman, Philip (from "Philip Moolman" - 1994)
Moorer, Allison (from "Mockingbird" - 2008)
Moreland, Merigail ()
Moreno, Bobo (from "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - 2010)
Morgan, André dos Santos  (from "Edge Of The Fog" - 2007)
Moriyama, Ryoko (from "Today's Pop Hits" - 1974)
Morrau, Sarah (from "...To Hold You" - 1999)
Mottola, Tony (from "Tony Mottola & The Guitar Underground" )
Mouskori, Nana (from "Spotlight on Nana Mouskouri" - 1967)
Mouskouri, Nana (from "dan le soleil...et dans le vent" - 1967)
Mt. Hood Community College Vocal Jazz Ensemble (from "Walk Softly" )
Mulry, Ted (from "Falling In Love Again" - 1970)
Mundy, MaryJo (from "Halfway To Heaven" - 2007)
Munro, John (from "Look Over Your Shoulder" - 1969)
Murakami. Yuki (from "Both Sides, Now" - 2004)
Murphy, Mark (from "This Must Be Earth" - 1970)
Murray, Anne (from "Both Sides Now" - 1997)
Mutsers, Cor (from "My Fingerprints" )
Myers, Linda (from "Heaven Is This" - 1992)
Mystic Moods Orchestra (from "Love Token" - 1969)
Nabors, Jim (from "The Golden Voice of Jim Nabors" - 1973)
Nease, Byron (from "Byron Nease...Today" - 2008)
Nelson, Willie (from "Sweet Memories" )
Nereide (from "Nereide sings Joni Mitchell" - 2010)
Neufeld, Chris (from "There To Hear" )
Newman, Phyllis (from "Those Were The Days" - 1968)
Ni Fhearraigh, Aoife  (from "The Turning Of The Tide" - 2002)
Nick Borgen and Scandinavians (from "Live" )
Nimoy, Leonard (from "The Way I Feel" - 1968)
Norby, Cæcilie  (from "London-Paris" - 2004)
Nordwall, Jonas (from "Jonas Nordwall Plays the New Rodgers Marquee Organ" )
North Bay Boys Choir (from "In Concert" - 1975)
O'Connor, Des (from "With Love, Des" - 1970)
O'Connor, Mark (from "Elysian Forest" - 1988)
O'Hara, Mary  (from "Always" - 2000)
O'Neil, Gloria Sangreal ()
O'Neill, Gene (from "I'm Still Smiling" - 2004)
Oak Park-River Forest Junior High School Chorus (from "Illinois Music Educator's Association 1972 District 7 Festival" - 1972)
Oglesbee, Scott  (from "Daydreams" - 1999)
Ohio Singers (from "Greenfields (The Great American Folksongs)" - 1994)
Oliver (from "Good Morning Starshine" - 1969)
Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien  (from "Musical Christmas In Vienna" - 2004)
Organic Quintet:
Joe Locke, Jeremy Pelt, Dave Ellis, Peter Barshay, Lewis Nash
 (from "Organic Vibe - Sharon O'Connor's MusicCooks" - 2006)
Orlando (from "Harp, Voice, Tears" - 1970)
Ornadel, Cyril (from "Wonderful World, Beautiful People " - 1970)
Otherwurlde ()
Page, Judy (from "Time and Love" - 1969)
Paradox (from "Paradox" - 1988)
Paradox (from "Remix" - 1988)
Parasite (from "Pair" - 1994)
Parker High School Swingin' Broncs Pep Band (from "Runnin' Wild" - 1972)
Parker, John (from "PazFest - The New Orleans Tribute to Joni Mitchell at the Howlin' Wolf" - 2002)
Parton, Dolly (from "Those Were The Days" - 2005)
Pat C (from "Watch an Old Memory" )
Paul Booth Quintet (from "No Looking Back" - 2007)
Pembroke ()
Penfield, Holly (from "Both Sides Now" - 2006)
Perrine Mansuy Trio (from "Mandragore & Noyau de Pêche " - 2010)
Peters, Kate (from "Sojourn Ver. 3.1" - 2000)
Pezanelli, Jack  (from "Songs and Dedications" - 2006)
Phillips, Barry (from "Gentleman Sings" - 2000)
Phillips, Sian (from "And So It Goes" - 2003)
Pillay, Al (from "A Life In Song" - 2007)
Portigal, Chris (from "Chris...Now!" )
Posselt, Siegfried (from "From Both Sides Now" - 1979)
Prevost, Kim and Bill Solley (from "PazFest - The New Orleans Tribute to Joni Mitchell at the Howlin' Wolf" - 2002)
Price, Sydney (from "Sydney Price" - 2006)
Quinn, Carmel (from "Carmel Quinn at Diamond Jim's" )
Rachel Z Trio (from "Moon At The Window" - 2002)
Radler, Heike (from "Leben im Augenblick" )
Raider, Nat (from "Nat Raider Does His Thing" )
Raimondi, Barbara (from "Accoppiamenti Giudiziosi " - 2008)
Randi, Don (from "Don Randi Plays Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet" - 1969)
Randolph, Boots (from "Boots Randolph Hit Boots" - 1970)
Ray Charles Singers (from "Slices of Life" )
Red Birds (from "The Red Birds" )
Reeves, Dianne (from "Quiet After The Storm" - 1995)
Reeves, Dianne (from "Morning Becomes Eclectic, June 16, 1995" - 1995)
Reeves, Susan ()
Restless Wind (- 2004)
Restoration (from "I Believe" )
Reyes, Art (from "Bring Your Own Blues" - 2004)
Rich, Julia (from "Witch Hazel" - 2006)
Rickfors, Mikael (from "Lush Life" - 2004)
Ritenour, Shirley  (from "Both Sides Now" - 2009)
Rivera, Gracie (from "Gracie" )
Roach, Felix (from "Improvising the Classics" - 2009)
Robert Wood Singers (from "Robert Wood Singers" - 1972)
Roberto Mann Orchestra & Chorus (from "45 Single" - 1968)
Roberts, Keith (from "Just Lounging About, Vol. 2" - 2009)
Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet (from "Safaris to the Heart - The Songs of Joni Mitchell" - 2010)
Rodgers, Jimmie  (from "Windmills Of Your Mind" - 1969)
Roger Saint-Denis & Dan Gibson (from "Heart of Summer" - 1998)
Ronny Kubera & Daniela Konrad  (from "Three Nights Live" - 2004)
Room 217 (from "Warm Breezes" - 2007)
Rosana Eckert with Terry Hankins (from "Two For The Road" - 2007)
Rosendal, Peter  (from "Rosendal.Earle.Templeton" - 2006)
Rousseou, Nina ()
Rydahl, Anneli  (from "Rachel Green" - 2005)
Sally, Ann (from "Voyage" - 2001)
Sandler & Young (from "You've Got A Friend In Tony Sandler & Ralph Young" )
Santos, Larry (from "Mornin' Sun" - 1970)
Saputo, Tom (from "Windwalker" - 2007)
Sawyn, George (from "The Trout Creek Concert" - 2001)
Saxkartel (from "Yellow Sounds and Other Colours" - 2007)
Saya (from "Twilight" - 2006)
Scherbel, Uli (from "Land In Sicht" )
Schinkel, Gerd (from "Treibgut Im Wind" )
Schutz, George (from "Mojo's Concert At Inverness" - 2001)
Screen Sound Orchestra (from "Romeo & Juliet 2" )
Scruggs, Randy (from "Crown of Jewels" - 1998)
Se Hwan, Kim (from "Yoon Hyeong Joo " )
Seeger, Pete  (from "Young vs. Old" - 1969)
Senior Girls of Blue Star Camps; Susie Jacobs, Soloist (- 1969)
Shank, Bud (from "Let It Be (w/The Bob Alcivar Singers)" )
Shaw, Ian (from "Drawn To All Things" - 2006)
Shelton, Eddie (from "Expedition" - 1976)
Shofner, Frank (from "Re-Hitz Sampler " - 2006)
Siesta (- 2010)
Silver Creek Mountain Band ()
Simon, Fred  (from "Songs Of My Youth, Volume 1" - 2000)
Sinatra, Frank (from "Cycles" - 1968)
Sing-In Boulder (from "The Moon Is Down" )
Singers Unlimited (from "A Capella" - 1971)
Situm, Steve (from "Good Morning" )
Skaroulis, George  (from "Imagine" - 2009)
Skifs, Björn  (from "Hits" - 1971)
Slattery, Celia (from "Movin' On" )
Slean, Sarah (- 2007)
Smith, Kelly ()
Snell, David (from "Harp Transplant" - 1971)
Southall, Curt ()
Speaks, Almeta (from "Again" - 1988)
Stacey ()
Stalknecht, Roelof (from "back in the saddle" - 1976)
Stan Ridgway and Drywall (from "Barbeque Babylon Radio Singles" - 2005)
Steel Love World Wide (from "Lovers" - 2003)
Stelvio Cipriani Orchestra (from "Eternal Screen Themes" - 1993)
Steve Hall & Steve Donovan (from "Both Sides Now" - 2003)
Steve Kirby and Larry Roy (from "Wicked Grin" - 2008)
Stewart and Bradley James (from "Guitar: The Essential Collection" - 2005)
Stewart, Don (from "It's Not For Me to Say" - 2004)
Stewart, Tamara (from "Love - Laughter - Lessons" - 2008)
Stoneham, Harry (from "Solid Gold Hammond" - 1971)
Strickland, Mike (from "Duo" - 2001)
Suprata, Kathi  (from "Love Amazes Me" - 1997)
Suzanne (from "Oh Suzanne" )
Swanson , Brad  (from "Brad Swanson And His Whispering Organ" )
Syme, David (from "Keys To Your Heart" )
Symphonia Canada (from "Orchestral Landscapes; Canadian Pops Series, Collection 2" - 1992)
Syncopation (from "A New Dance" - 2003)
Syncopation (from "Wonderful You" - 2008)
Szabo, Gabor  (from "1969" - 1969)
Take Five (from "Take Five" - 1970)
Tal, Michal (- 1974)
Texas A&M University Singing Cadets (from "Sunshine" )
The Allan Sisters (from "Jackie & Coralie, The Allan Sisters" )
The Andy Ballantyne Large Ensemble (from "The Sum Of The Parts" - 2007)
The Art Gallery (from "A New Vocal Showing" - 1969)
The Aurora Singers (from "The Aurora Singers" )
The B.Toff Band (from "Twenty-One Greats of The B. Toff Band" - 1976)
The Ballroom Band (from "Samba" - 1995)
The Bloom'in Grass (from "The Bloom'in Grass Sings One Tin Soldier" - 1976)
The Boys (from "Kickin Around" )
The Brothers Four (from "Let's Get Together - The Brothers Four - Sing the Great Songs of Today" - 1969)
The Cardinals (from "Sweet And Refreshing" )
The Changing Winds (from "The Changing Winds" - 1970)
The Collection ()
The College of Saint Scholastica Madrigal Singers (from "Both Sides Now" - 1969)
The Crossmen (from "Unity: The Crossmen 2004 Program" - 2004)
The David Newton Trio  (from "Inspired" - 2005)
The Deritend Luton Band (from "Brass Connections" - 1988)
The Don Costa Concept (from "The Don Costa Concept" )
The Duo (from "Cinema Voyage" - 2008)
The Dutch Canadian Choir of Calgary (from "The Dutch Canadian Choir of Calgary Goes Commonwealth" )
The Earl Scruggs Revue (from "Live at Kansas State 1972" - 1972)
The Electronic Concept Orchestra (from "The First Album of Electronic Rock" - 1968)
The End Phenomena (from "End Phenomena" )
The Film Studio Orchestra (from "The Graduate" - 1972)
The Folklore (from "First Of The Folklore" - 1975)
The Generation Gap (from "The Naramata Community Choir In Concert" )
The Gothard Sisters (from "Celtic Rainbow" - 2009)
The Group (from "Warm & Groovy Sounds" )
The Hit Crew (from "Drew's Famous 30 Greatest Folk Songs" - 2003)
The Jimmy Vann Band (from "The Upper Left Hand Corner of the Sky" )
The John Cameron Orchestra (from "Both Sides Now" )
The John Fox Orchestra (from "Memory" )
The Johnstons (from "Give A Damn" - 1968)
The Malcolm Wilce Duo (from "A Touch Of Country" - 1997)
The Mike Abene Orchestra (from "Music Minus One: An Old Fashioned Love Song" - 1972)
The Mike Batt Orchestra (from "Batt Tracks" - 1970)
The Mike Tucker Quartet ()
The Minstrels Of Troy (from "Catalina High School Concert Choir and The Minstrels of Troy" - 1970)
The Movieland Orchestra (from "Screen Music Best Collection Vol.2" )
The Movin' Dream Orchestra (from "Yesterday's Dream - Movie Theme Classics" - 1987)
The Newcomers (from "Fantasy & Reality" )
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - 1972)
The Olive Branch (from "Winds of Change" )
The Osmond Brothers (from "The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers" - 1968)
The Pattersons (from "I Can Fly" - 1970)
The Paul Robinson Players (from "Stars Easylistening" )
The Popcorn Orchestra (from "Cocktail Cinema Vol. 5 " - 2009)
The Rainbeaux (from "Waterfall" )
The Ray Bloch Singers (from "Hits of '69" )
The Reflections (from "Both Sides Of The Reflections" - 1971)
The Sea Chanters with the United States Navy Band (from "Compliments of United States Navy Band" )
The Shawnee Choir (from "Both Sides, Now!" )
The Silent Jazz Trio (from "The Silent Jazz Trio" - 2004)
The Skillets (from "Both Sides Now" - 1970)
The Slow Club Quartet (from "Expressionism" - 2008)
The Smooth Orchestra (from "Wonderful Music Vol. 7 " - 2009)
The Splinter Group (from "Splinter Group In Concert" - 1976)
The Steve Klink Trio (from "Places To Come From, Places To Go" - 2002)
The Sweeney (from "(single)" - 1997)
The Swingle Singers (from "Ferris Wheels" - 2009)
The Tigers (from "Finale" )
The Tokens (from "Both Sides Now" - 1971)
The Travelers (from "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" )
The Tributes (from "Shades Of Folk" - 2006)
The Tunesmiths (from "The Tunesmiths" )
The United States Army Chamber Orchestra (from "The United States Army Band presents the United States Army Chamber Orchestra" - 1973)
The Unknown Folksinger (from "Songs to Aging Children: Lost Performances by The Unknown Folksinger " - 1978)
The Vanderbilt University Marching Band & A Capella Choir (from "The Vanderbilt University Marching Band & A Capella Choir" )
The Ventures (from "Your Hit Parade 60's" - 2003)
The VoxTops (- 2010)
The Welwyn Garden City Band (from "The Best of Brass" - 1993)
The Young Lovers (from "The Young Lovers" )
Themens, Julie ()
Tony Sheldon, Jeremy Stanford, & Daniel Scott (from "Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical - 2007 Original Australian Cast " - 2007)
Tori, Akai (from "Super Best of Akai Tori" )
Treasure (from "Came Upon A Child of God" - 2000)
Trident (from "Streets Of London" - 1975)
Troxell, Dan (from "One for the Ladies" - 2003)
Tull Glazener & Jim Sperry (from "How Can I Keep From Singing" )
Txarango (from "Todo Tiene su Sitio Bajo El Sol" - 1996)
Tynan, Ronan (from "The Impossible Dream - Live From Dublin" - 2002)
Ueda, Masaki (from "Imagine" - 2004)
Ultra Penguin 3000 (- 2005)
Uncle Seth (- 2005)
Union Concert Orchestra (from "New Screen Theme Album" )
Union Of Sound (from "Music From Love Actually" - 2009)
United States Air Force Band with The Falconaires (from "Serenade In Blue" - 1970)
University Of Nebraska Varsity Glee Club (from "Glee Club Favorites" )
Urayama , Jin  (from "Rainy Day Music" - 2002)
Vala, Hildur  (from "Hildur Vala" - 2005)
Valente, Caterina (from "With a Song in My Heart" - 2000)
Valentina ()
Valli McGavin Orchestra (from "The Greatest Movie Themes Vol.1" - 1989)
van Pallandt Nina (from "Nina Alone" - 1971)
Van Ronk, Dave (from "Dave Van Ronk And The Hudson Dusters" - 1968)
Veer, Sharon  (from "Yesterday's Dreams" - 1979)
Vernon, Bobby (from "All Sides Now - The Many Moods Of Bobby Vernon" )
Voice Trek (from "An Acappella Trek" - 2005)
Voisine, Roch (from "Americana 3" - 2010)
Volpe, Lou  (from "Undercovers" - 2007)
von Ahn, Suss (from "It's Only A Paper Moon" - 2008)
Vondrackova, Helena (from "Golden Movie Hits" - 1980)
Vyber (from "Hity Vecne Zelene" )
Walker, Keiko (from "Both Sides Now" - 2004)
Walker, Lonie (from "All That I've Got I Gave to Music" )
Wallis, Jimmy (from "Both Sides Now" )
Wang, Finn (from "Boots, Balls, And Velvet" - 2009)
We Together (from "Little White Dove" )
Weaver, Patty (from "No One's Ever Seen This Side of Me" - 1978)
Weavers Green (from "Weavers Green" )
Webb, Amy Carol (from "RhythmRhyme Reason: Songs That Taught Me..." - 2010)
Weiser, Chris (from "NeverWasn'tGonnaBe" - 2010)
Wessler, Christy (from "Angels Without Wings" - 2010)
Westenra, Hayley (from "Live From New Zealand" - 2005)
Westenra, Hayley (from "Odyssey " - 2005)
Weston, Kim (from "(45 single)" )
While, Chris (from "Rosella Red" - 2007)
Whim 'n Rhythm (from "Independently Blue" - 2006)
Whims (from "Whims" - 1969)
White Flag (from "Piangi Con Me" - 2006)
White, Mack (from "Lonely In The Crowd" - 1978)
Whittaker, Roger (from "Roger Whittaker - Live" )
Whittaker, Roger  (from "New World in the Morning" - 1971)
Wickham, Hank & Lewie (from "Hank & Lewie Wickham With Johnny Dagucon" )
Wildes, Betty Ann (from "Songs for Yesterday's Children" )
Wilhelmsen, Unni (from "7" - 2010)
Will Taylor And Strings Attached (from "Back To The Garden: A Tribute To Joni Mitchell" - 2007)
Williams & Valentine (from "Romantic Flute & Guitar, 40 All-Time Romantic Favorites" )
Williams, Andy (from "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - 1970)
Wills, Viola (from "12" - 1985)
Wilson, Mary ()
Winner, Dana  (from "Waar is het gevoel" - 1996)
Winter, Paul  (from "The Winter Consort" )
Wisur, Vigdis (from "Both Sides" - 2008)
Wolf, Karmen (from "Redefinition" - 2010)
Wolf, Kate (from "Carry It On" - 1996)
Wolters, Burkhard  (from "Moontown " - 2006)
Worthington, J.J. (from "If I Should Touch You" )
Wright, Alyssa  (from "Dark Waters" - 2007)
Xu, Bei (from "You Are So Beautiful" - 2008)
Yamagata, Rachael  (from "The Village" - 2009)
Yemm, Norman  (from "The Tender Touch" - 1974)
Young, Josh (from "Josh Young" - 2005)
Young, Scott Paul (from "Both Sides Now - International Cabaret" - 1978)
Young, Tom (- 2005)
Yr Awr (from "7" - 1970)
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LizKay2010 on 2010-May-28 at 14:04:53 GMT-5:
A masterpiece! But really, aren't they all masterpieces?
euskir on 2010-Jan-05 at 19:50:48 GMT-5:
Only wonderful artists can achieve such heavenly combination of words and music...

Sólo maravillosos artistas pueden lograr semejante combinación celestial de palabras y música...
wearestardust on 2009-Dec-29 at 19:20:09 GMT-5:
This song will always have a special place in my heart. I remember being just about 4 years old, and this was one of the first songs I knew how to sing all the way through...mostly. It was also the first Joni song that I was introduced to, and now she has changed my life through her beautiful music.