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From “Miles of Aisles”.

Just look at the exquisite structure of that first verse, reducing line by line down to the words that stick in your head

I gave that to Linda, my mate Pete’s girlfriend at the time, when she graduated from BA’s cabin crew training course in the mid-70s.

And she sure saw a lot of those..

Continuing on the Joni tack – here’s some stuff to see you through the weekend.

For free.

Free Man In Paris – Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
Chimes Of Freedom – Youssou N’Dour – Guide
Everything Is Free – Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
Free – Hinemoana Baker – Puawai
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Best Of The Test
Freedim’ Meaning – Semper-Fi – Dub Conspiracy
Freedom – Amos Lee – Supply And Demand
God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me – Aberdeen City – The Freezing Atlantic
I Want To Be Free – Elvis Presley – The Complete 1950s Masters Vol 5
I’m Free – The Rolling Stones – Stripped
I’m So Free – Lou Reed – Transformer
Free The People – Dave Dobbyn – Available Light
I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now – Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
Rockin’ In The Free World – Pearl Jam & Neil Young – Greatest Hits
Rural route – John Mellencamp – Freedom’s Road
Be My Friend – Free – Live At The BBC
For free – Joni Mitchell – Miles of aisles

And yes, I really did keep that 30 October 1970 Daily Telegraph magazine cover for pushing 4 decades.

Quite sad, really…