One of the timeless jewels from Surrealistic Pillow by the Jefferson Airplane - 1967

Wish she and Marty B could've done this together. Now that would be awesome. RIP Marty Balin 😪

Like most all RLJ tunes, this touches me so deeply. It reminds me of dreams I had about my baby that died over 20 years ago. I feel fortunate to allow artists, so rare is RLJ, to touch me and grieve from the longing of a loved one. I love you RLJ to share this with the world.

Like every song she has ever sung, Rickie Lee has created a masterpiece.

The saddest song I know. Rickie is just amazing. I wrote my thesis in musicology about her works. But still I have no clue what makes her, her voice and music so special...

A billion songs later, there is nothing so heartfelt as this beautiful poetry xx

She has always been able to ride the razors edge between genius and insanity.

A great song by Marty Balin, RIP, and a great cover by Rickie Lee. Pop Pop, the album it was on might be my favorite by her. Mostly jazz standards with this and a Hendrix song thrown in, all acoustic.

Brilliant. What a stellar interpretation of this classic. I can never hear anyone else sing it again.

Gorgeous song...have always loved it. Ever since I had the song on Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealist Pillow' LP. Loved Marty Balin singing it. Same feel, different interpretations. Both wonderful, but Rickie Lee's is so haunting and pain-wracked. Hard to top.

I can't believe I did not know that Rickie Lee covered this song. All these years. I owe you my life.

Yes, RLJ is my number one female vocalist in the whole world! I feel like she speaks for my heart. I can't wait to see her in June in Park City, Utah! I indulge in her sounds on a regular basis. Thank you Rickie Lee.

This tune is the heart of longing for connections lost - great job.

Stunning and beautiful. Rickie Lee is one of our most perfect musicians and poets. Thanks so much James Connor!

This song hurts REALLY bad. And I love it. Good to reach this part of me. Thank you!!!

With her versions and her photos the song is like someone pleading, praying with a childhood innocence.The singer's love is that pure.

'Never heard this before! Turned onto this beautiful piece in the Rickie Lee Jones Facebook fan group. 'Love her! 'Saw her perform in Phoenix a few years back. Beautiful!

Rickie Lee really is a genius songwriter/singer. Her music is so precious to me for so many reasons.

When this came out, I went down to see Marty at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley. Caught him backstage before he went on and asked if he'd heard this. He wasn't aware that it existed.

Wow- she sang that last verse so plaintive and high that I got tears in my eyes.

Rickie has such an amazing voice. This piece tears at my heart. Puts tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing it with the world. Wish Rickie's life had been filled with more joy. Wish all her days were happy joyful days.

I first heard this song when I was ten yrs. old on the Woodstock two albums. By The Jeff. Airplane and was also riveted. This is a very sensual cover . Thanks

I have been captivated by the original on Surrealistic Pillow for almost fifty years now. As a rule covers that hew this closely to the original don't do much for me. But Rickie Lee does a fine, fine job with this one.

This song came to mind, who knows why . I remember @ age 15, Marty Balin singing in my basement room (vinyl) and for odd reasons, it meaning something to me, less then than now . Then I remembered RLJ did a version of this on "Pop Pop" . I cried through both of them . . . one of the most beautiful 60's era songs ever . . . and RLJ kills it .

never heard her doing this song before and it reminded me that the Jefferson Airplane version mesmerized me back in college. The lyrics are so poetic, and the melody so mournful, and the music so perfectly sympathetic. Glad I found this.

All time favorite cover...it's amazing and soulful

Still chills to my soul...she creates a 'movie' w/her words and phrasing, for me at least.

This is so beautiful I saw her in concert

No words, just tears. Thank you for sharing. Thank you Rickie for saying all the things I wish I could.

Really challenging covering this song as Marty's original was damned near perfect... but this helps keep it alive and for that I'm grateful

Haunting and beautiful. A meditation on loss and grief. Perhaps a lingering dream.

Sweet Ricky you can bring in the soulful clarity. Alone in

The incompatibility among the loves of one's life - celebrate them, or leave them to be gone. Marty Balin !

thanks for the photos--such a beautiful song---your images enhance

Amazing video - the photographs fit the song perfectly.

Thank you Marty Balin and the joint you smoked when you wrote this song

heart piercing perfect interpretation

It's already a great song she makes her own like she did with walk away renee

A beautiful interpretation of a beautiful song , perfect!

I remember a Rickie Lee Jones concert in Denver and she was smokin' hot -- jazzy bluesy, sexy and achingly beautiful.

very cool pictures on your post..especially the winter snow ones. Very cool.

Beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. RLJ equally owned this song.

New life in an old song. Rickie Lee sings the heart of the music with a naked soul. Stunning and heartbreaking.

I`ve been listening to her music for decades and she moves my soul like few artists do. Thanks.

gorgeous............

just... beautiful

RLJ sings Jefferson Airplane! Respectful and beautiful cover version.

Stunnin, the images with this one of a kind song

This is SO beautiful! I've always loved this piece, as well, yet, interpreted the longing through heat. As in an unbearably hot day and the vapors of heat, rising in the distance, conjuring illusions. This is cold... and desolate. There is almost nothing so emotionally torturous as unrequited love. It IS cold and desolate. Good job!

God how she inhabits my soul.

Just got here but yeah, stunned. So good!

So sweet and moving.

Wow. I was checking out an updated BBC performance of Chuck E's in Love and someone mentioned this song. You've created a fantastic backdrop with perfect imagery. I didn't expect to cry today. It's so beautiful and sadness is okay because by now I know the deeper the sadness, soon to follow is great joy. To feel is to be alive. I finally get that... ✌❤

Beautiful video

Great version of a lovely song. Video is brilliant

素晴らしい写真と音楽…！リッキー・リーの歌声ととても合っていて見入ってしまいます。ありがとう！

Love her & her songs so much. This touches my soul to the very core. Divine Feminine.

Cool cover by RLJ....Shine on Paul and Marty, shine on.aloha

I love this song...never cried when Marty sang it, and it's hard not to when Rickie Lee sings it ~ shout out to COMPANY

I don't know how to put f****** comments on here this is a beautiful song for her come back I hate comments this is beautiful

Marty Balin composition off Surrealistic Pillow. Haunting and wonderful.

I love Ricki Lee Jones

the mood is perfect. Love this cover.

And you did it justice. Oh yeah, this is a heart-melting tune alright. Hauntingly beautiful.

It's perfect...

The video was quite well done. Really adds the mood to a great song combining for a real strong emotional feeling all around. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for your beautiful work. This is one of the songs I keep very deep in my heart. So many memories, both this and Jefferson's original. Waiting for Rickie's new album (coming soon I think)

RIP Marty Balin.

It's just magnificent x

RIP Marty Balin

Thank you for this. Rickie Lee Jones is sublime, as is the video. Just read her book titled Last Chance Texaco. Her voice and songs and writing are a timeless treasure. Was moved by her voice all those years ago and now again.

Was it just something that I made up for fun? No. You can't ever hold on to anything that don't want to stay. You just love it while you have it.

Beautiful song 💖 voice unique from Rickie Lee Jones 💖👍😉

J.C. thank you. Love Rickie since I saw her on SNL in 79.

Thanks for bringing this gem back to us. I heard it first live in Colorado over 25 years ago. Whew, breathtaking beauty all around.

Posts like this are the antidote for all the startled cat videos.

Beautiful! Breaks my heart everytime

Beautiful.

This song use to always make me bawl my eyes out but now it's the new Sinead O'Connor song 'Back where you belong'. Omg

Heartbreaking

❤ sehr schöne Landschaft...

gorgeous thanx

Beautiful video, perfect for Rickie Lee singing the saddest song in the world

Wonderful work. I keep listening for Grace's recorder and sometimes I think it's there.

So intense!!

Ce Morceau est doux comme un Nuage ☁️

beautiful! Thanks,....

sublime

I just saw you in Park City and I am going to your June 18 concert. I never wear tired of your talent.

absolutely love this

Jefferson airplane ,marty balin, wrote some good good songs for the aero plane , at the intro i could hear the flute 😊

hauntingly beautiful

But I was wrong...You did a great job in this video, RLJ has a way of touching your soul in a way not many can.

Rickie Lee Love

Wonderful

R.I.P. Mr.Haden.

I didn’t think it was possible to come close to the original. Yet her version may be as good or better. Restores you faith in the human mind and heart.

NICE!!!!!

and I miss my Baby :>{

THIS A.M. JUST " PENNED" A SONG ABOUT " COMING BACK TO ME",THOUGH THE CONCEPT DIFFERS, THE ANGST & MESSAGE RING TRUE. I BELIEVE THE "LATE MARTY BALIN" WOULD APPROVE.