4. “The Circle Game”
“The Circle Game,” which first appeared on Mitchell’s 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon, was one of her earliest songs to be covered before she recorded it. It was first recorded by Tom Rush in 1968.
At a 1970 London concert, Mitchell explained her reason for writing the song, “[Neil Young] wrote this song that was called 'Oh to live on sugar mountain' which was a lament for his lost youth. And I thought, God, you know, if we get to 21 and there's nothing after that, that's a pretty bleak future, so I wrote a song for him, and for myself just to give me some hope. It's called The Circle Game."
The recording in the video below is from Mitchell’s 1974 live album, Miles of Aisles, and is especially heartwarming to listen to given that the audience sings along with each chorus.
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