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Tom · 08-01-2000, 10:40 PM

I agree that "Circle of Steel" is another Christmasy song with lines like "Sights and sounds of the people goin' round, everybodys in step with the season...DECK THE HALLS was the song they played, in the flat next door where they shout all day"

"Song for a Winter's Night" from GORDS GOLD always reminded me of Christmas time in Detroit..."The snow is softly fallin'...Upon this winter night with you...The morin' light steals across my windowpane, where webs of snow are driftin'" It ends with "I would be happy just to hold the hands I love, and to be once again with you" then the sound of jingle bells. Reminds me of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" type songs.

"If Children Had Wings" is from ENDLESSWIRE (one of those albums I play during the winter-time alot) The song struck me as a quasi-Christmas song...
"There's a love I hold dear, and it shines through each year [Christmas] And it makes things seem different somehow [Seeing your family/friends & seeing the children happy for Christmas time is a good time to reflect on your values & can make you reaccess your life and see things "different"-better] Its for better or worse, its for people who thirst, for a love that burns brighter right now [Christmas]. Then Gordon goes on to sing a song of hope for children [Angel wings].

Is there any more?

P.S. I'd like to hear Gord do a version of "There is Love" like Paul Stookey's 1971 version(from Peter, Paul & Mary).

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"...If YoU fEeL iT yOu BeTtEr BeLiEvE iT, yOu'Re GoNnA sEe It, YoU nEeD tO kNoW/iT iS rIsInG lIkE a FeAtHeR, dIpPiNg & DaNcInG fRoM bElOw/ThErE's A nEw WaVe ThAt Is BrEaKiNg In ThE wAkE oF a PaSsInG sHiP/eVeRy NaTiOn'S gOnNa Be ShAkEn, PuT iT tOgEtHeR, dOn'T lEt It SlIp..."

08-01-2000, 10:40 PM	#8
Tom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Detroit, USA Posts: 280	I agree that "Circle of Steel" is another Christmasy song with lines like "Sights and sounds of the people goin' round, everybodys in step with the season...DECK THE HALLS was the song they played, in the flat next door where they shout all day" "Song for a Winter's Night" from GORDS GOLD always reminded me of Christmas time in Detroit..."The snow is softly fallin'...Upon this winter night with you...The morin' light steals across my windowpane, where webs of snow are driftin'" It ends with "I would be happy just to hold the hands I love, and to be once again with you" then the sound of jingle bells. Reminds me of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" type songs. "If Children Had Wings" is from ENDLESSWIRE (one of those albums I play during the winter-time alot) The song struck me as a quasi-Christmas song... "There's a love I hold dear, and it shines through each year [Christmas] And it makes things seem different somehow [Seeing your family/friends & seeing the children happy for Christmas time is a good time to reflect on your values & can make you reaccess your life and see things "different"-better] Its for better or worse, its for people who thirst, for a love that burns brighter right now [Christmas]. Then Gordon goes on to sing a song of hope for children [Angel wings]. Is there any more? P.S. I'd like to hear Gord do a version of "There is Love" like Paul Stookey's 1971 version(from Peter, Paul & Mary). ------------------ "...If YoU fEeL iT yOu BeTtEr BeLiEvE iT, yOu'Re GoNnA sEe It, YoU nEeD tO kNoW/iT iS rIsInG lIkE a FeAtHeR, dIpPiNg & DaNcInG fRoM bElOw/ThErE's A nEw WaVe ThAt Is BrEaKiNg In ThE wAkE oF a PaSsInG sHiP/eVeRy NaTiOn'S gOnNa Be ShAkEn, PuT iT tOgEtHeR, dOn'T lEt It SlIp..."