Publisher's Synopsis
For the first time, Joni Mitchell, one of the world's most admired and influential singers and songwriters has put together a comprehensive collection of her lyrics and poems. There are songs of innocence and experience, of body and spirit, from the wistful "The Circle Game" and the playful "Big Yellow Taxi" to the mordant "Sex Kills."The Complete Poems and Lyricsincludes songs from the album Joni Mitchell, released in 1968, through to 1994's Grammy-winning Turbulent Indigo and her latest album, due to be released in 1998. This remarkable collection offers a new perspective on Joni Mitchell's ability to tell her own generation's story with rare beauty and perception, and to chronicle something of the timeless joy and pain of all our lives.
