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loveandmaplesyrup · 07-22-2000, 06:20 AM

On the topic of Gord's saddest song .... My vote is for "Now and Then."

I've been trying to write a difficult scene today and I put on Gord to get a cure for the old "writer's block". This song just HIT me like a ton of bricks:

"I think this time, you've said enough
to make me want to make me want leave this place
Still I keep coming back for more of the same
To fan the dying flame.

Here inside these walls
That seem to move a little closer everyday
There must be a way out of this crazy game
We play out to the end.
Let us just pretend awhile...
Think about the good things now and then.

I think this time ...
That was the best time that we two have ever known
We tried the handle of the house upon the shore
Found the open door.
Once inside we found a curious moonbeam
doing dances on the floor.

We were only playing like two children
who had stayed away from school.
Two of us could not be wrong.
Heaven knows who keeps the Golden Rule.

I think this time, we've learned enough
To know that nothing is the same.
Still the pounding of my heart is unchanged...
Leaving's so strange.
Here among my thoughts of you
I find a gentle longing to be free.
There must be a way out of this crazy game
We play out to the end.
Take away the in-between.
Think about the good things now and then.

We will see the day when you or I wil stay
or face up to the end.
Let us just pretend awhile.
Think about the good things now and then.

For me, at least, that song just about says it all.

Stay loose, eh?

LAMS

------------------
"Love and maple syrup
go together like the
sticky winds of winter
when they meet....
If you go into the forest
Gaze up through the trees
The sky is white.
You can understand
What makes the forest
Greet the man
Like a mother's only
child ..."

07-22-2000, 06:20 AM	#32
loveandmaplesyrup Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Sacramento, California USA Posts: 175	On the topic of Gord's saddest song .... My vote is for "Now and Then." I've been trying to write a difficult scene today and I put on Gord to get a cure for the old "writer's block". This song just HIT me like a ton of bricks: "I think this time, you've said enough to make me want to make me want leave this place Still I keep coming back for more of the same To fan the dying flame. Here inside these walls That seem to move a little closer everyday There must be a way out of this crazy game We play out to the end. Let us just pretend awhile... Think about the good things now and then. I think this time ... That was the best time that we two have ever known We tried the handle of the house upon the shore Found the open door. Once inside we found a curious moonbeam doing dances on the floor. We were only playing like two children who had stayed away from school. Two of us could not be wrong. Heaven knows who keeps the Golden Rule. I think this time, we've learned enough To know that nothing is the same. Still the pounding of my heart is unchanged... Leaving's so strange. Here among my thoughts of you I find a gentle longing to be free. There must be a way out of this crazy game We play out to the end. Take away the in-between. Think about the good things now and then. We will see the day when you or I wil stay or face up to the end. Let us just pretend awhile. Think about the good things now and then. For me, at least, that song just about says it all. Stay loose, eh? LAMS ------------------ "Love and maple syrup go together like the sticky winds of winter when they meet.... If you go into the forest Gaze up through the trees The sky is white. You can understand What makes the forest Greet the man Like a mother's only child ..."