and then there is this.
*There are various slight alterations of the lyrics from different
versions. Joni Mitchell's original version runs:*
*They took all the trees*
*And put them in a tree museum*
*Then they charged the people**A dollar and a half just to see 'em*
*whereas in Amy Grant's vers
I also did some googling, and found this explanation about the
concept for the song. It doesn't explain the meaning of who her
old man (or the taxi) was, but I'm thinking it's a metaphor for
something else altogether.
W
First time I met my wife I thought she said her name was Joni Mitchell. Close,
Jenny.
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> On Sep 7, 2020, at 10:35 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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> Radio station played a song I haven’t heard for a while – Big Yellow Taxi by
> Joni Mitchell. From before most of the folks on
