Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
I saw Gordon Lightfoot sing this last night on PBS. This is one of those songs where you just have to sing along. I'm expecting spontaneous outbursts across the nation as thousands view this video with their headphones on and sing along.
Go ahead and try it. It's true. Click and watch. I guarantee you'll be singing.
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Although Gordon Lightfoot is known mostly for love songs and what might be called observations about life some of his music is topical and some explicitly political.
During the 1970s, Lightfoot's songs covered an wide range of subjects, including "Don Quixote" about Cervantes' famous literary character, "Ode To Big Blue" about the widespread killing of whales, "Beautiful" about the simple joys of love, "Carefree Highway" about the freedom of the open road, "Protocol" about the futility of war, and "Alberta Bound" which was inspired by a lonely teenaged girl named Grace he met on a bus while travelling to Calgary in 1971.
- wikipedia
Here's the first verse from "Protocol".
Who are these ones who would lead us now
To the sound of a thousand guns
Who'd storm the gates of hell itself
To the tune of a single drum
Where are the girls of the neighborhood bars
Whose loves were lost at sea
In the hills of France and on German soil
From Saigon to Wounded Knee
Who come from long lines of soldiers
Whose duty was fulfilled
In the words of a warrior's will
And protocol
- Gordon Lightfoot - Protocol
Listen on YouTube.
Gordon Lightfoot - Protocol
Lightfoot has a substantial web presence due in part to Wayne Francis, a songwriter himself.
Here's the website Francis maintains for Lightfoot.
Lightfoot!
A fansite is provided by Florian Bodenseher from Vienna, Austria.
Gordon Lightfoot
And here's a couple more Gordon Lightfoot favorites.
Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
And finally here's Lightfoot on Canadian TV.
Gordon Lightfoot on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
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Hairy Larry