[geodeticman.5]

And I would add this Lightfoot excerpt from "The Soul is the Rock":

The soul is the rock and the rock will always roll
In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole
When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next
The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left

and...

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be harmed
Though man must be cheated just as woman must be charmed
And the mind is the light for the heart which cannot see
The soul becomes the stranger but the rock will always be

Lyrics and their poetic, important context when done by thought provoking artists like Gord, Johnny, and Dylan, all carry some not-often heard closely but very poignant, soul-stirring thoughts..... it is well worth listeingin closely to our singing songwriter's actual words isnt't it ? They stand alone as sage advice often, moreso than just poetry and prose....

I'lll hand it to Dylan and really, all 3, their word are powerful, and do carry, as Podunklander said - the powerful tradition of the regional folk culture to the next generations in the form of lyrics in "popular folk" - and so it carries on...

I agree Podunklander......point well made. I am sure we could find prose from all 3 that would stagger the picture whe might have had of the artist prior.

Different facets of the same person, they seem to be. Some, more rough-cut than others, but nevertheless gem facets all the same.

~geo steve