Introduction Songtext
von Joni Mitchell

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
Uh welcome to the half beat
Tonight we have for your entertainment Joni Anderson
Joni′s been appearing here for the last two weeks
And will be for the next three weeks, starting next Monday We have her under contract
We hope she won't, well, we know she will stay here
We know you′ll enjoy her as much as we have
Let's give her a little bit of a welcome now
Miss Joni Anderson

It's sure refreshing to have a mic to work with
For a change of a playing tune
Sort of an empty thing


The first song I′d like to do
Tells about what happens when a man
Becomes so involved with Almighty Liquor
That he begins to think of it as a woman
And he calls his bottle Nancy Whiskey