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Originally Posted by KHester
To me, Gord's song "The House You Live In" reminds me very much of the Book of Proverbs.
The song is full of truth and wisdom. I seem to recall somewhere that Gordon mentioned that "THYLI" was his mother's favorite. It's always has been high on my list also.
Besides this song being a wonderful place to start what are some more lyrics that we could add to this proposed book of wisdom and truth
I'll start off with a couple...
And if you got the money you can get yourself a honey
With a written guarantee to make you smile ..... Alberta Bound
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train ..... Early Morning Rain
Kevin
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A most interesting topic Kevin and thanks for putting it up there.
After reflecting on some thoughts that came to me regarding "The House You Live In," I recall an interview that I taped during the years I lived in Toronto which Gord did with radio station CFRB interviewer, "Wally Crouter, a friend of Gord and they talked about THYLI.
In that interview Gord says that he was asked by a girlfriend of one of the band members of "April Wine" to write a song for her boyfriend and he wrote that song at her request and the first verse was written within the first five minutes.
I remember also during the early sixties when he performed on a live CBC TV show and I was up front sitting and listening to him sing "Face of a Thousand People."
That was a mind blower believe me!
The song was never recorded but the lyrics are available on Wayne Francis' site.
My favorite proverb is from that song and it was written many years ago and this is it:
"Today I saw the world again
It seemed the same as yesterday
The splendor of it's ruins and it's shame,
It's towers rose against the sky
Reminding all who care to look
That what's been built can be destroyed again."
Was Gordon Lightfoot ahead of his time or what!
Cheers,
RJ.