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Through the windless wells of wonder
By the throbbing light machine
In a tea leaf trance or under
Orders from the king and queen
Songs to aging children come
Aging children, I am one
People hurry by so quickly
Don't they hear the melodies
In the chiming and the clicking
And the laughing harmonies
Songs to aging children come
Aging children, I am one
Some come dark and strange like dying
Crows and ravens whistling
Lines of weeping, strings of crying
So much said in listening
Songs to aging children come
Aging children, I am one
Does the moon play only silver
When it strums the galaxy
Dying roses will they will their
Perfumed rhapsodies to me
Songs to aging children come
This is one
By the throbbing light machine
In a tea leaf trance or under
Orders from the king and queen
Aging children, I am one
Don't they hear the melodies
In the chiming and the clicking
And the laughing harmonies
Aging children, I am one
Crows and ravens whistling
Lines of weeping, strings of crying
So much said in listening
Aging children, I am one
When it strums the galaxy
Dying roses will they will their
Perfumed rhapsodies to me
This is one
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first heard this song when watching 'alices restaurant' and it was so creepy and eeiry it sent shivers don my spine but it is a lovely song
Appropriate that, writing about how being creative means finding inspiration, and how finding inspiration means being open to it (innocent/naive - an aging child), Joni writes some of the most beautiful and complex harmonies of her career.
When I first heard this song I became hooked as a songwriter. I now write in minors and write lyrics that you can slit-your-wrists to. Works for me. Blame it on THIS song! The funeral scene in Alice's Restaurant has stayed with me forever. Kewl thing is that some 40 years later I saw Arlo in concert in Boston...ya, I still want to be him when I grow up!