[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"You're a notch in my belt, liberation doll," but no one would say, "You're >notches in my belt, liberation doll."
Well, I've never truly understood that line, either, but, as Frank Zappa wisely said, lyrics are "pitched mouth sounds." But it set me to thinking what else Joni could be saying, printed lyrics aside (transcription mistakes by some record label flunky, never corrected?) -- "You're not just (a) liberation doll." Possible? No? OK, how about these: "Your nachos, libation doll." (as spoken by a gregarious waiter) "Your naches (Yiddish for 'joy, gratification, especially from children/grandchildren'), generation doll." "Your matches, liberation doll." (celebrating woman's right to smoke) Or, finally: "Notches? Notches? We don't need no stinkin' notches!" -Fred
