Shadows. Got it on right now. Man that is a great, sad, beautiful song. Like many of Gord's songs it's very well written and I think it's one of the best he's ever written. He has such an eloquence to his lyrics, of a kind I haven't found anywhere else. Like Pussywillows, Cat-Tails. His words are sensual and sexy and even when speaking of infidelity (Sundown and Circle is Small come to mind) he is never disrespectful or sleazy. Notice how he sings, 'slips around' instead of 'sleeps around' in Circle is Small. Sleeps is sleazy, plus it's not true because she's only sleeping with one other guy, but you can tell that he's angry in the song and maybe wants to imply that she's a no-good tramp, but he's also pleading that she stop, and lamenting that she won't and even if she were to, things would never be the same. Shadows and Circle is Small seem connected to me. They are kind of a before and after of the painful situation he must have endured. Speaking as someone who's been there, I strongly identify with these songs. Anyway, it changes from day to day, hour to hour. All the Lovely Ladies is quickly becoming a favorite, as is Seven Island Suite, a masterful work. Just got Songbook and I'm all about Gord right now. Original and perennial favorite, a forgotten song off If Could Read My Mind, called Saturday Clothes.
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