Текст песни Both Sides Now - Pete Seeger

Bows and flows of angel hair, wispy castles in the air
Feather canyons everywhere, I looked on clouds that way
But now they only block the sun, they rain and hail on everyone
So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my

I look on clouds from both sides now
From up and down but still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
When every fairy tale comes real, I looked on love that way
But now it's just another show, you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let 'em know, don't give yourself away

I look on love from both sides now
From win and lose, but still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I looked on life that way
But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, then say I've changed
Well, something's lost and something's gained in living every day

I look on life from both sides now
From win and lose, but still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

This song was written by a long-legged blonde girl named Joni Mitchell
Whom I'm proud to call my friend
I wrote her a letter, I said, "Joni, I hope you don't I've written a new verse for it
'Cause I'm hitting a half century this year and
I have to have something to give my end of the age scale a boost"

Daughter, daughter, don't you know
You're not the first to feel just so
Ah, let me say before I go, it's worth it anyway
Someday we may all be surprised, we'll wake and open up our eyes
And then we all will realise the whole world feels this way

We've all been living upside down
And turned around with love unfound
Until we turn and face the sun
Yes, all of us, every one