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Old 01-06-2008, 09:48 AM   #42
Jesse Joe
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Default Re: Which Gordon Lightfoot song makes you cry?

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Originally Posted by Kathy Number Four View Post
Bringing this topic back to the top....

Quite a few of them get me a little misty-eyed (like "The Last Time I Saw Her" and "Clouds of Lonliness"). But in "The Patriot's Dream"... the line "She cried into the silken folds of her new wedding gown" ALWAYS brings on the tears! Also the line in another verse: "How could she tell those children that their father was shot down?" The whole song is especially apropos to the current times (i.e., the war in Iraq).


"How could she tell those children that their father was shot down?" The whole song is especially apropos to the current times (i.e., the war in Iraq).


Quite right Kathy Number Four !
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