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DOUBLE TAKE

DOUBLE TAKE

“I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all”

These words stay as time may allow
I've looked at life from both sides now
So ignorant over these years
Those lyrics now bring me to tears

The original song survives
Yet the poetic lyric thrives
I've looked at life from both sides now
Like low hanging fruit on the bough

Perhaps with age it makes more sense
In my youth I must have been dense
With deep respect I take a bow
I've looked at life from both sides now



‘Both Sides Now’ by Joni Mitchell

Copyright © Howard Osborne

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