Both Sides Now

[Verse 1]
Bows and flows of angel hair, wispy castles in the air
Feather canyons everywhere, I looked on clouds that way
But now they only block the sun, they rain and hail on everyone
So many things I coulda done, but clouds got in my way

[Chorus]
I look on clouds from both sides now
From up and down but still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

[Verse 2]
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
When every fairy tale comes real, I looked on love that way
But now it's just another show, you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let 'em know, don't give yourself away

[Chorus]
I look on love from both sides now
From win and lose, but still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

[Verse 3]
Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I looked on life that way
But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, then say I've changed
Well, something's lost and something's gained in living every day

[Chorus]
I look on life from both sides now
From win and lose, but still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

[Bridge]
This song was written by a long-legged blonde gal named Joni Mitchell
Whom I'm proud to call my friend
I wrote her a letter, I said, "Joni, I hope you don't I've written a new verse for it
'Cause I'm hitting a half century this year and
I have to have something to give my end of the age scale a boost"

[Verse 4]
Daughter, daughter, don't you know
You're not the first to feel just so
Ah, let me say before I go, it's worth it anyway
Someday we may all be surprised, we'll wake and open up our eyes
And then we all will realise the whole world feels this way

[Chorus]
We've all been living upside down
And turned around with love unfound
Until we turn and face the sun
Yes, all of us, every one