Juliet
 

Written by S. Nicks
 

It was way too hard...it was way too tough
On this she had not bargained
But she was like some missionary
Dancing to the beat of some man's ancient drum
And she tries hard to tell this story
But it's a hard one to tell
She consults her book of Miracles

Cry...and the wind says fly on
Well, now you're on your own
You're back out on the road again for a million reasons
Well, you're back out on the road again
And you try to tie together some connections
You get some ribbons and some bows
And get back out on the road again

So you found a queen without a king
Oh, yes, and everyone here loved her
No one was wrong
But you're a little bit like her
You're just a little bit like her
A little bit like her...a little bit like Juliet

Turn to the blue crystal mirror
Well, as always, it is truthful
Oh, well, you see it all in the reflection of the real blue lamp
Well, tie the connection
Get some ribbons and some bows
Get back out on the road
But when they were good
They were really good...really good stranger

So you found a queen without a king
Oh, yes, and everyone here loved her
No one was wrong
You're a little bit like her
You're just a little bit like her
A little bit like her...a little bit like Juliet

Let the crisis become a bridge
And cross that bridge tomorrow
Well, let the time that goes between, baby
Well, let it let go of the sorrow

She says, "The sky is crying"
He says, "No, the sky is blue"
He says, "The sky is not crying"
He says, "The sky is blue"
She says, "The sky is crying"
He says, "The sky is blue"
Can you get into that?
"The sky is crying"
He says, "No, the sky is blue"

He says, "The sky is not crying"
She says, "The sky is blue, baby"
"The sky is crying"
He says, "No, the sky is blue, now"
Can you get into that?
She says "The sky is crying"
Hey, he says "The sky is blue"
He says "The sky is not crying..."

 

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

I don't really understand this song, but I'll try anyway! Stevie's life is "hard" and "tough" but she continues on, she keeps trying to "tell her story" to the world. Lindsey's gone from FM, but she can make it on her own - tour, and try to lose herself in the mass adulation of the crowds, make new "connections" to fill that hole.

She just doesn't have her "king" anymore - that love self-destructed, like Romeo and Juliet's. Still, she has to confront that reality...the fact that she no longer has the focus of that Crystal love. The Blue Lamp, which is always with her and is something real and not associated with Hollywood phoniness since it was a gift from her mother, helps her understand the truth. They are strangers now, but when they were good...they were really good (see Angel)! She has to take this loss and become stronger...but until then, the sky will be crying. At least, she thinks it is - he doesn't seem to notice, insisting that there's nothing wrong - "the sky is blue." Still, she feels the tragedy of it all even if he doesn't. (An alternate interpretation is that he does agree that it's sad because the "sky is blue" - blue as in depressed).

By the way, apparently Stevie presented this song to Fleetwood Mac for Tango in the Night, because Lindsey's arrangement of the instrumental part was released as a single under the title of Book of Miracles.

 

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