There are so many it makes my head spin. But I'll agree with ClosetCanadian's choice from "On The High Seas":

"I don't want to own the key to some ghostly mansion where souls are set free..."

Absolutely haunting. (and that goes for the melody.)

Rebecca! Behave yourself! :D

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours"

There are so many -
I come to this garden, I come here to rest,
Early each day upon risin'
I think of my lost love, from over the sea,
And sometimes I've wondered, if she thinks of me.

Oh heck, the whole darn song!

But the creatures of evil, have captured her heart
And that same old obsession, still keeps us apart.

Brings out the true pain of a long distance relationship and not necessarily in miles!

Thanks for starting this one Rex.

There are so many -
I come to this garden, I come here to rest,
Early each day upon risin'
I think of my lost love, from over the sea,
And sometimes I've wondered, if she thinks of me.

Oh heck, the whole darn song!

But the creatures of evil, have captured her heart
And that same old obsession, still keeps us apart.

Brings out the true pain of a long distance relationship and not necessarily in miles!

Thanks for starting this one Rex.

"That war is not the answer
That young men should not die"
---Sit Down Young Stranger---

Wherefore and Why

Then all at once it came to me, I saw the wherefore
And you can see it if you try
It's in the sun above, it's in the one you love
You'll never know the reason why

some things just can't be explained....
we just have to believe...

Char

Wherefore and Why

Then all at once it came to me, I saw the wherefore
And you can see it if you try
It's in the sun above, it's in the one you love
You'll never know the reason why

some things just can't be explained....
we just have to believe...

Char

This has always been a favorite.

"All I'm after is the sun and the summer nights
By the seashore, don't want no more neon lights
Just the sand and the sky as the hours roll by ..."

As I get closer to retirement I find these words floating around in my head. :redface: )

The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone
It lies forgotten

<sigh> XXXO Monica :confused:

The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone
It lies forgotten

<sigh> XXXO Monica :confused:

"Her name was Anne, and I'll be damned if I recall her face."

internal rhyme of perfection in this Carefree Hwy couplet.

The Rez

Too many, and many already listed. OK here's one from Long Way Back Home

Oh say can you see, my best friend is me
I'm a friend I could use

Too many, and many already listed. OK here's one from Long Way Back Home

Oh say can you see, my best friend is me
I'm a friend I could use

Slightly off topic. My couplet has not yet been spoken or sung by the Man but it would be my favourite . It would be :

"The Australians have waited since 1974 ,
Maybe its time I paid them a visit".

LOL!!

How 'bout:

"Triangle of Wonder oh, hear my heart's thunder
Carry me away to those good folks Down Under"

Wow! That even impressed me!
[rim shot w/ cowbell and Ahooooga horn]

The Rez

"Is there someone sowing seams through all my hopes, through all my dreams? You know living a life of ease don't make your meals taste better, if you please"

pretentious, moi?

"Is there someone sowing seams through all my hopes, through all my dreams? You know living a life of ease don't make your meals taste better, if you please"

pretentious, moi?

"You got faith, to make you meet the cost,
and you know you’d best not wait,
He who hesitates is lost."

Shellfish

Kaibab:

Metaphores? Wonderful. Start us up the topic and I'll join in with ya.

Don Q: Reasons behind the couplet choices? Also, wonderful. Glad to see that's begun.

If I may, a double couplet:

For me, tonight. For me, 20yrs ago tonight.
For Cindy . . . yet w/ absolute Thanksgiving for the Lord restoring owr relationship, as I had the priviledge of singing for her son and daughter - from pre-school thru 6th grade at Maranatha Christian Acadamy - in my guise as Uncle Ned.

Still . . .

It's a wicked wind
And it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me
Come and gaze upon the shadow at your door

Vulnerable tonigt, I guess,

The Rez

wasn't that a quadruplet???
John Fowles
While the young ones slept overhead
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were said

wasn't that a quadruplet???
John Fowles
While the young ones slept overhead
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were said

"Oh where have you gone...what have we done.....
Where have you gone.....Harmony"

That line always gets to me. Well, the whole song actually!

"One day time will tell,when your livin' in yesterday."

"Thinkin' of things to do,thinkin' of things to say."

"Thinking of things divine...find a bottom line!"

"Is the there anybody home?"
"Don't you know I'm all alone?"
"Can you tell me where I am?"
"All I can do....is love you 'til the end...of all time." ;)

Can't tell you why tonite (would if I could,) but what keeps running thru my brain is:

"When I stand on my on sod
It feels so good to be home, by God"

Perhaps my time on The Highway is not yet done.

I will look forward to the knowing when this couplet of Gord's becomes The Rez', also.

The Rez

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes,
when the waves turn the minutes to hours"

- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

I can think of no better phrase that captures the desolation those brave souls must have felt, as they were tossed about like inanimate flotsam on the water.

Yes musky, I thought of that line when I saw this topic. It's one to remember...

"Listen to the pictures flow
Across the room into your mind they go..."

"....and it shines on and on,
'til all sadness is gone.
...and if children had wings,
I would sing them their song."

"With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye,
everything...will be fine by and by."

(I get so melancholy after that line *sniff*. :(

Tonite Dear Ones,

I'm still suffering the Joy of singing for a jillion kids on the radio, out of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, this very early morn.

This couplet would be most welcome:

"And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down
And the wheels of love go round:

Cotton Jenny: I'm sore.

The Rez

This couplet just won't let go tonite.

Appropriate . . .

"Well the kind of test that I like the best is rubbin' the wrong girl right."

The Rez

PS: Seems like Gord took to singin' "lovin'" instead of "rubbin'" back when the tune was in rotation. But, I still like the "rubbin'" thing better.

This one's been running through my head today:

You might walk a lonely street
Until one day you chance to meet
A stranger who might ask where have you been


Mouse

"I've been out drinking all day, I got carried away at the parlour last night." Its funny at first, but tragic in a way. One of my favourite songs.

Definitely in my Top Ten.

Definitely in my Top Ten. [/QUOTE]Well Not All Rright
I am ashamed to say that I had to google for "drinking all day" to find that that is from Tattoo, a song that I never particularly noticed until I heard the cover by recent* Lightfoot Tribute band member Matt Carl (*Saratoga Springs 2003)
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFO...nd_640x480.jpg
from left to right Ed Mullen Cathy Cowette Derek Kidd and Matt Carl on stage April 2003
John Fowles
Gordon Lightfoot Tribute – Aengus Finnan, Valdy, Lynn Miles
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/...tft-poster.gif
from an illustrated sort of "blog" page at:-
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/...ot-tribute.htm

[ June 25, 2005, 10:38: Message edited by: fowlesjohn ]

Definitely in my Top Ten. [/QUOTE]Well Not All Rright
I am ashamed to say that I had to google for "drinking all day" to find that that is from Tattoo, a song that I never particularly noticed until I heard the cover by recent* Lightfoot Tribute band member Matt Carl (*Saratoga Springs 2003)
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFO...nd_640x480.jpg
from left to right Ed Mullen Cathy Cowette Derek Kidd and Matt Carl on stage April 2003
John Fowles
Gordon Lightfoot Tribute – Aengus Finnan, Valdy, Lynn Miles
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/...tft-poster.gif
from an illustrated sort of "blog" page at:-
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/...ot-tribute.htm

[ June 25, 2005, 10:38: Message edited by: fowlesjohn ]