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Joanna Newsom – In California Lyrics 16 years ago
Perfect, just perfect.

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Joanna Newsom – Emily Lyrics 17 years ago
Like others, I have made an account here only to post about this specific song....epic!

One thing I'd like to add: the line "everything sloped like it was dragged from a rope in the mouth of the south below" clearly denotes (to me) a view from orbit; close to Earth over the norther hemisphere, specifically.

Other lines like "spires of the churches jutting out", "mountains kneeling", etc. seem to reflect this perspective as well.

In any event, I think we all see something differently every time we hear this, which is why we listen to it. Thank you Joanna and Emily.

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