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- The rain slammed hard as bars
It caught me--by surprise
Mutts of the planet
And shook me down for alibis
I'm waiting
For the keeper to release me
Debating this sentence
Biding my time
In memories
Of old friends of mine
My piano teacher introduced me to Joni Mitchell, with the album "Mingus." The album was a collaboration with the Charles Mingus, and includes the closing track "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," an incredible and famous jazz piece written in memory of Lester Young, by Charles Mingus, which Joni Mitchell covered to include lyrics. Simple bliss, and predictably mind-boggling instrumentation and composition by Mingus behind Joni's voice.