For Gord, I think of his "thinking about home" lyrics,

"I would travel all my life if loneliness were not the price, but headed north above that line is the only time I'm flyin'"

"to Biscayne Bay and all the way back again"

"a lonesome boy who missed the train last night"

"you can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train, so I'll just be on my way ..."

"and by the way, did she mention my name?"


For a description of me by Gord, its the line which begins "Sometimes it did get lonely, but it taught me how to cry"

and ends ....



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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS

"I get so lonesome, knowing you could be around....
You go with me everywhere like a shadow in the gloom."

"I get so lonesome, knowing you could be around....
You go with me everywhere like a shadow in the gloom."

DMD: You need to clean the wax out and give another listen. They lyric from "Minstrel of the Dawn" is this: "Like me and you, he's trying to get into things more happy than BLUE" That's BLUE, not GLOOM!

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif Your right. Well, we've all done that before. It's funny though, the first few times I heard "Shadows" I thought it was "in the mountains in the spring time on a (gloomy) windy day but it's really (blue and) windy day. The words blue and gloomy sound the same in a song.

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif Your right. Well, we've all done that before. It's funny though, the first few times I heard "Shadows" I thought it was "in the mountains in the spring time on a (gloomy) windy day but it's really (blue and) windy day. The words blue and gloomy sound the same in a song.

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/redface.gif Your right. Well, we've all done that before. It's funny though, the first few times I heard "Shadows" I thought it was "in the mountains in the spring time on a (gloomy) windy day but it's really (blue and) windy day. The words blue and gloomy sound the same in a song.

Don't worry about it, DMD3. We'll let it slide because you're a youngster. I really get a kick out of your enthusiasm for Lightfoot's music, considering most kids in your age group wouldn't have a clue who he is. So just keep doing what you're doing.
And come to think of it, when I was your age, I went for about a year singing, "Every highway. Let me slip away on you..."

Cathy
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[This message has been edited by Cathy (edited May 06, 2003).]

Not to be mean, but I don't see how you could mishear that. I really don't see how I misheard "Minstrel of the Dawn" like that but I guess I did. Some songs, like "If it should please you" or "East of Midnight" the lyrics are hard to hear because he sings them fast. But "CareFree Highway" sounds pretty clear. Oh well, I guess we're all like that.
When I first heard "Endless Wire" I thought he was saying, "don't go foolin around, and set my wheels a game" ! This was only my 1st time of hearing it in GGV2.
I'm no expert on Gord, but I'm no newbie either. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I've listened to him for about 2 years now.

Not to be mean, but I don't see how you could mishear that. I really don't see how I misheard "Minstrel of the Dawn" like that but I guess I did. Some songs, like "If it should please you" or "East of Midnight" the lyrics are hard to hear because he sings them fast. But "CareFree Highway" sounds pretty clear. Oh well, I guess we're all like that.
When I first heard "Endless Wire" I thought he was saying, "don't go foolin around, and set my wheels a game" ! This was only my 1st time of hearing it in GGV2.
I'm no expert on Gord, but I'm no newbie either. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I've listened to him for about 2 years now.

DMD3: Didn't mean to come off mean with you, so don't take any offense. Just settin' the record straight for you. Blue does make more sense than Gloom in that verse, don't you think? Anyway, here's a good link to the words of all Gord's songs:
http://gordonlightfoot.com/Songs.shtml

Be cool,

SUIM

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
Not to be mean, but I don't see how you could mishear that. I really don't see how I misheard "Minstrel of the Dawn" like that but I guess I did. Some songs, like "If it should please you" or "East of Midnight" the lyrics are hard to hear because he sings them fast. But "CareFree Highway" sounds pretty clear. Oh well, I guess we're all like that.
When I first heard "Endless Wire" I thought he was saying, "don't go foolin around, and set my wheels a game" ! This was only my 1st time of hearing it in GGV2.
I'm no expert on Gord, but I'm no newbie either. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I've listened to him for about 2 years now.

I think I missed the lyrics because I was listening to a very cheap 8 track player.

Cathy

Re: One line from a Gord song
 

Lot of people sayin' ...What a price you've been payin' [from “You Just Gotta' Be”]

Re: One line from a Gord song
 

About GL: Try to understand - I'm not your ordinaryman...
(he goes with me everywhere...) :headbang: