Story Behind The Song

Mother-child reunion of singer/songwriter/folk icon Joni Mitchell and her daughter Kilauren Gibb who was given up for adoption soon after she was born.

Song Description

As the title suggests this is a mother-child reunion song based on the story of the reunion of folk icon Joni Mitchell with her daughter Kilauren Gibb who,according to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix dtd.April 7th 1997 was ,quote : "her (Joni Mitchell's) Little Green,the daughter she named Kelly and put up for adoption 31 years ago".This song is about their separation from Ms.Mitchell's perspective.Written January 1999.About this song pitching demo - apart from the wonderful DOD loops everything else had to go through DIY-in-your-bedroom in this part of India.

Lyrics

JONI'S REUNION SONG

1. Thirtyone heartbreaking years ago
I still can feel it runnin' from my head down to my toes
Baby I didn't love you then,'cause I couldn't love you then
But sometimes love can come from a borrowed heart
And hope can live through a scattered spark
I look at myself now,yeah and I wonder
For if loving you now is a crime
Baby I'm ready and willing to give myself a sentence
For the rest of my lifetime

Cho : All those heartbreaking days I thought were there to stay
Like a dark and endless shadow followed me from day to day
As every searching heart finally finds its own trail
And every fervent prayer finally finds its holy grail
Baby I had sweated out my share of this sentence
And I'm back from hell
Never thought this heart of my repentance
Could bleed like a weeping stone
Purifying my soul,making me whole
Making you my own.

2. Thirtyone heartbreaking years ago
I was a wild silver horse streaking down life's fast and pitiless lane
Baby I never learned to stop then,'cause I couldn't learn to stop then
But then the voice of providence whispered softly to me
And by some blessed turn of fate showed me my wicket gate
I looked at myself then,yeah,and I realized
Baby how could I ever be so blind
Honey you were the faith and the staying power that kept me going thru' the years
Without falling apart at the seams

Bridge :In all those dark and silent years that we never met
Baby you became the child of the hope that I fervently nursed and reared
And Little Green I had to hold you in my arms once again
'Cause the yearning deep inside me
Was raging like a storm and I couldn't hold on
And now I thank you providence for the cross I had to bear
'Cause it's given me love with my love to share