I preordered the 3xLP the day it opened, and I will never regret that $25. She places a belief on the human being, not the belief within. I assume she was the first child, but either way, this is the only tie I can make to 1981, and it's a rather personal one at that. At that time, her mother 'seceded' her innocence by no longer being a virgin (assuming Joanna was a first-born).

Joanna Newsom was born in January, 1982, meaning that she would have been conceived in 1981.

After all, she's succeeded in this (for the most part) for over two years. No matter what side people are on (believing that innocence is lost with making love OR the lack of such belief), Joanna is accepting.Īgain, getting out of the spotlight. George saving the princess from the dragon - the result is that the city in the story converted from paganism to Christianity. Perhaps she also means to the people who have helped her get to where she is. I assume she's talking about giving back, in my opinion, to her mother, who put up with a lot in the process. The 'wandering eye' could be the fame, or where she's gotten since leaving the 'Garden of Eden'. In the womb, it was 'hotter'n hell' - thus she was born 'as naked as a trout'. It was hotter'n hell, so i lay me by the spring 'the whole place had just cleared right out She 'tilled it' with her very own, and no one could take that place from her. She took her place in the world - her mother's womb. It also talks about her return to her roots from the fame she's received. Song MeaningThis song is about Joanna Newsom's birth and the religious implications it has/had on her life and the life of her mother. I believe, regardless, I believe in everyone I believe in innocence, little darling, start again Seceded from the union in the year of '81? Tell me what is meant by sin, or none, in a garden We are going to have a garden party, it's on meīut both, in equal part, are welcome to come along Start again, in my hardening to every heart but oneīring a friend, we are going to have ourselves a time It was hotter than hell, so I laid me by a springīut I will want for nothing more, in my garden The whole place has just cleared right out Well, you'd be shocked at the state of things

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