Both Sides Now

DESCRIPTION: "Bows and flows of angel hair And ice-cream castles in the sky": the singer has seen clouds that way -- but having seen them from both sides, her view is different. Similarly with life and with love: one may win or lose
AUTHOR: Joni Mitchell
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (recording, Judy Collins, according to Wikipedia)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 187, 550, "Both Sides Now" (notes only)
DT, BOTHSIDE*
Roud #36095
NOTES [48 words]: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 187, suggests that this had some hold in camp tradition not because campers understood its "world-weary" lyrics but because they liked the tune. Likely enough. Perhaps slightly ironic in that Mitchell was only in her mid-twenties when she wrote the song. - RBW
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