Ballerina Valerie (Live at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/27/1967) - 2nd Set
Down in the garden
Under a leaf, she was smoking her keef
And she was looking at stardom
Everything's bright as she draws on the pipe
And the bowl glows redder
Things look better
This is strictly documentary
Mars is a ruby
Saturn is sapphire, it burns with a blue fire
Colors run through me
Loosen my thinking, they're flashing and blinking
And always changing, rearranging
Ballerina, Valerie now
Lead me through your crimson dances
Cerragan, a red bandana
Lead me down your silver trances
Now, to make it a Coca-Cola commercial
Couple of minor changes
Down in the garden
Under an oak, under an oak, she was drinking her Coke
And she was looking at stardom
Everything's bright as he draws on the pipe
And the bowl glows redder
Things go better with Coca-Cola
I had a request
Shall we get to it quickly?
Under a leaf, she was smoking her keef
And she was looking at stardom
Everything's bright as she draws on the pipe
And the bowl glows redder
Things look better
This is strictly documentary
Mars is a ruby
Saturn is sapphire, it burns with a blue fire
Colors run through me
Loosen my thinking, they're flashing and blinking
And always changing, rearranging
Ballerina, Valerie now
Lead me through your crimson dances
Cerragan, a red bandana
Lead me down your silver trances
Now, to make it a Coca-Cola commercial
Couple of minor changes
Down in the garden
Under an oak, under an oak, she was drinking her Coke
And she was looking at stardom
Everything's bright as he draws on the pipe
And the bowl glows redder
Things go better with Coca-Cola
I had a request
Shall we get to it quickly?
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Writer(s): Joni Mitchell
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