quote:Originally posted by Pirate Queen:
"And will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune if you cannot find yourself?"
I love that entire song....
Me too. I think it is one of the most beautiful and brilliant songs ever written.
My favorite lines (in addition to the ones you quoted) are:
"Now will you try and tell us, you been too long at school
That knowledge is not needed, that power does not rule
That war is not the answer, that young men should not die"
and
"The answer is not easy for souls are not reborn"
- Sit Down Young Stranger, c1970 by Gordon Lightfoot
I "discovered" the song on the album, probably about 10 years after it was recorded. It was instantly and always a favorite song after that. In 1996 or 1997, Lightfoot brought the song back into his act and I first heard it live in May of 1998, and again in July (both times by request). He hasn't done it at all since 1998, much to my chagrin. Time to get those requests in! What an incredible song to experience live.
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Valerie Magee
[This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited April 24, 2000).]
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