joan biaz

Subject: RE: joan biaz
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Date: 27 Feb 99 - 08:48 PM

Sometime after 1971, Joan divorced her husband, David Harris. She was therefore the only parent for their 7 or 8 year old son, Gabriel. In 1975 and 1976 she went on tour with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder revue.

This may help you decide what this song means.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: joan biaz
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 27 Feb 99 - 08:37 PM

Jrcan,

The spelling of her last name is Baez. I searched for her web site via Yahoo.com. She has her own site at baez.woz.com. If you enjoy Joan Baez, you will find her site intriquing. The site includes lyrics for songs she has written. The lyrics you requested were available there. I have copied them for you.

SWEETER FOR ME
(Words and Music by Joan Baez)

Red telephone sitting by my bed
Practically bore your name
Lying alone in the twilight zone
Waiting for your call to come in
Hadn't been for the kid
Who was sleeping upstairs
You'd have found me well on my way
On that midnight plane to L.A.

You suffered sweeter for me
Than anyone I've ever known

I dared to look into the years
Would you still have your wife?
I dared to peer through my tears
Could we ever have a life?
Even thought I was pregnant by you
But I didn't care
I just talked to my son
Would he mind another one?

You suffered sweeter for me
Than anyone I've ever known

Once more the mist rolls to the sea
Like a hundred times we've known
Trees are faded and the clouds have stopped
Where the wind had blown
How I dread when the evening comes
And I cannot be
What you want me to be
When you are next to me

How silent you are as the veils come down
Before my eyes
Soft and reserved as you move away
Donning your disguise
While every folk song that I ever knew
Once more comes true
And loves grows old
And waxes cold

You suffered sweeter for me
Than anyone I've ever known

Just one favor of you, my love
If I should die today
Take me down to where the hills
Meet the sea on a stormy day
Ride a ridge on a snow white horse
And throw my ashes away
To the wind and the sand
Where my song began

You suffered sweeter for me
Than anyone I've ever known

c 1976, 1977 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP)

Many of the songs Joan writes are autobiographical. I would suspect this one is also. I would encourage you to interpret the song however you may wish.

Enjoy the song!!

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: joan biaz
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Date: 27 Feb 99 - 06:42 PM

Looking for lyrics to "Sweeter than me" by Joan Biaz and also any information on what the song is about.