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I don't think there much to be gained by taking any song lyrics out of their context, presenting them on a page (or a screen) and saying "hey look! that's just like poetry", and then judging them by those kinds of criteria. I've never really got why anyone would want to own a book of Dylan's...

Of course song lyrics and poetry are not equivalent but that does not mean that song lyrics cannot be poetic in form or intent, which is clearly the case with Newsom. @travispickle's criticism is perfectly valid, even though I don't agree - I think her lyrics are much better than that.

Also consider whether what you are wearing is appropriate to the mood being created, what you are sitting on while listening, your posture etc.

Not sure. I love this record though I haven't listened to it much recently. The thing about the string arrangements was mentioned earlier. These were all done by Van Dyke Parks and as I understand it, the way it worked was that Newsom recorded all the basic tracks first and then they were sent...