“As I Lie Thinking in My Backyard on August 2nd…” Songtext
von Joni Mitchell

Before I went to the dentist, I was lying out in my backyard
And I wrote a poem and it was called "As I Lie In My Backyard Thinking
On August 2nd"
And it went like this


"Flies are scattering themselves over my face like
Planes above a planet
People who die in plane crashes turn into flies
People who die in cave-ins turn into crystals
People who live in sin turn to serpents
Crawling on spiny bellies, so my grandma says over
Her wiring glasses

But I don′t believe in sin or serpents for that matter
There are only guilty ghost come back to tease you with their clatter
Like the hunter in my hallway
Like the lion that is growing in my ivory tree"

And this is kind of a hallowing song
It's about a witch that I met in Ottawa