Joni Mitchell turned 71 on 7 November. Born in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada, she deftly weaves through musical genres and has always been esteemed for her lyrics. "Song for a Seagull", her first album, especially shiens in that regard; she dedicated it to an English teacher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EofN3Flag Tom Rush covered this song well, but I do homage to the songwriter now. Since I have written lyrics for one song, (that's an earlier post!) I hope do some small fraction as well as those whom I admire.
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