Gordon Lightfoot kind of mood today!

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Who's with me?

[RebelOne]

1. I am. Love him.

My favorite song is "If You Could Read My Mind."

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2. Getting ready to listen to that right now.

Just got done w/ Black Day in July.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Me

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8. Love him!

[livetohike]

4. Me too

:-)

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9. Which song?

[livetohike]

14. Name any of them. I just love him. I 've seen him in concert

many, many times :-). But here is one of my all time favorites:

Brave Mountaineers

Born in the country and I like that country smile
Of the little girls and boys, they remind me of a child
That I knew and a big harvest moon
That shon? by suppertime in the dusty afternoon
And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin? through the trestle we would
climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

Born in the country and I like that country song
We played for just a nickel every time we got to town
And I bought you a dime diamond ring
In the hayloft we would play, we were princesses and kings

And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

Born in the country and I like that country way
Of the uncles and the cousins and the card games they would play
While the young ones slept overhead
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were
said

And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin? through the trestle we would
climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

[jrandom421]

5. For the Coal Miners Everywhere

Mother of a Miner's Child

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch as she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watched her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

She is my light
In this place where the darkness never ends
She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend
She's the only one who listens when I tell her
I got less than I can spend
She knows the pace
Oh mother of a miner's child
Wash away the coal dust from my face

When the night shift's done
She'll be waiting by the table when I come
Searchin' for another dream to chase
Oh mother of a miner's child
I know that you still think about the day
When we'll be movin' on
Remember dear old Daddy and
The promise that I made to carry on

Sometimes I smile
In the cage where the cables softly hum
I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone
But the mother of a miner's child
Is waiting for her paycheck to come home
Come Saturday
And he is just a miner's boy
I hope that he will find a better way

She is my flower
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
The miners stop to watch as she walks
They know her love is not for sale
She will never fail me 'cause I know
I watched her grow
And the mother of a miner's child
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

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10. Wow. Just wow.

[u4ic]

6. I'm always in a GL kind of mood

:hi:

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11. There should be more of us here!

[anarch]

7. sometimes I think it's a shame

when I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain


:thumbsup:

[miss_american_pie]

12. That makes for the best earworm ever.

:thumbsup:

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13. Listened to that earlier!

[6000eliot]

15. "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway" are my favorites.

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16. If You Could Read My Mind has to be my favorite.

[Rambis]

17. It's time for a summer time dream

x

[Ron Green]

18. Here's my favorite of his:

The Redwood Hill

I climbed . . . the Redwood Hill
Was on . . . a rainy day
To rise . . above the throng
And talk to Mother Nature for a while
She told me of her love
For the children in her trust
And of her great concern
For the likes . . of you and me and us.

(bridge)
Crying, though she was
She did speak these tender words:
"The things that I am
I would not change for any man."

I tried . . . to comfort her
But she . . would not be still
And how . . the rain did fall
As I found my way back down the Redwood Hill.

[ceile]

19. Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald

I almost married an Irishman a few years back and he had never heard the GL original. Apparently, Bobbie Sands wrote lyrics to the tune while he was in prison and that was the only version he'd heard. We sat in the driveway one night so he could hear the whole thing.
Anyways...I thought it was interesting.

[lizziegrace]

20. I'm with you!

Song for a Winter's Night is one of my favorites!

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21. Another great song!

[Whoa_Nelly]

22. The Way I Feel (personal fav)

The Way I Feel

The way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
A tall oak tree alone and cryin'
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare

Now a woman Lord is like a young bird
And the tall oak tree is a young man's heart
Among its boughs you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool she's warm and dry

Your coat of green will protect her
Her wings will grow your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will cease to hold her she'll fly from you

Now the way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
A tall oak tree alone and cryin'
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare

[book lady]

23. I am,

two of my favorites are Minstrel of the Dawn and Baby Step Back

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24. Lots of replies here today. n/t

[AirmensMom]

25. Me, me!

:hi:

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26. What do you want to hear?

[AirmensMom]

33. One of these, if you please:

Sundown
Beautiful
If You Could Read My Mind
Carefree Highway
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
:loveya:

[KitchenWitch]

27. Sundown!

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29. here ya go

I can see her lyin’ back in her satin dress
In a room where ya do what ya don’t confess
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs
She’s been lookin’ like a queen in a sailor’s dream
And she don’t always say what she really means
Sometimes I think it’s a shame
When I get feelin’ better when I’m feelin’ no pain
Sometimes I think it’s a shame
When I get feelin’ better when I’m feelin’ no pain

I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin’ is your first mistake
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it’s a sin
When I feel like I’m winnin’ when I’m losin again

I can see her lookin’ fast in her faded jeans
She’s a hard lovin’ woman, got me feelin’ mean
Sometimes I think it’s a shame
When I get feelin’ better when I’m feelin’ no pain
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs
Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it’s a sin
When I feel like I’m winnin’ when I’m losin’ again

[u4ic]

31. I used to think it was

"Sundown, you better take care
If I find you've been drinking my Labatt's ale" :rofl:

[HEyHEY]

28. Always am!

I'm not saying that I love youuuu

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30. You just made me giggle! n/t

[sleipnir]

32. Who? I'll have to Google this singer...