Interview Songtext
von Joni Mitchell

I was going to ask you something
Do you ever, as a group, ever get asked to endorse a political candidate
That the way actors do, or certain singers who rap?
I′d sing for Pierre Trudeau
Yay, yay now Pierre Trudeau is another one
I would sing for Pierre Trudeau
He's, yeah, he′s very good, he's great
I guess everybody knows you're from Canada
Your work is sort of unpolitical in general, isn′t it? You don′t

Well, yeah, I sing mostly about love and things that I can understand
I don't understand politics, mainly because
In Canada, we just never do anything very political
The biggest political news that I can remember ever there was the choosing of the flag
Hmm, mm and that took three years
And they finally chose one that none of us liked (great arguments)
(Fantastic arguments) and it faded and everything
Oh, wow


But we′re still here to the south of you, protecting your border
And everybody else's
Do you generally believe in astrology?
Hands
He really looks like a lion, doesn′t he?
He's a Leo, David
He′s a Leo? Mm-hmm and Grace is a Scorpio
I'm a Scorpio

Oh, I've got to read you this
I found this thing about Scorpio
You′re a Scorpio?
I am too, as a matter of fact
Watch out for Scorpios

This is from a book on astrology
Scorpios are powerful, forthright, passionate individuals
Who would never carry a pocketbook which did not harmonize with their suits
They really got my name
Fantastic


Are you a Scorpio?
I′ve never carried a pocketbook yeah
Weaknesses are Scorpios have a tendency to sex enslavement and um
What?
I'll just keep reading here
Yeah
And a liability to the overuse of stimulants
Do you get it?
This is true
About me?

What are you?
I′m a Scorpio
Yay!
And the stimulants' thing is true
I, I can wig out on an overdose of iced tea
We′re going to hear once more from everyone before we go away
Joni's going to sing one number first
First of all, I would like to apologize to the people
Who sat on this concrete floor this whole time
I′m gonna massage all of you before
I really am, isn't that really good

Joni you're gonna sing
Don′t hold me to that
You′re going to sing acapella
Was your guitar stolen?
Joni Mitchell
This is a song that I wrote for America as a Canadian living in this country
And, um, it's called the fiddle and the drum