Ode to Gordon
 

Hi Group,

Looking forward to seeing Gordon in Davenport on March 11

All of a sudden it came to me....Gordon has written so much great stuuff. But has any one written a rhyme to him, from a fan's point of view? Anyways I just did... Thinking of giving it to him after the show.

Here it is:
Ode To Gordon

If you could read our minds
What a tale your fans could tell
All about your music
And why we choose it.
We’d listen in a castle dark or a fortress strong
But usually at home or in the car it’s your music we take along From our second cup of coffee
Driving through the early morning rain
Or in a ship, train or plane
As the evening shadows signal the approaching sundown
We know that we’re homeward and not Alberta bound
Looking forward with delight
To putting on a CD and listening to you on a cold winter’s night

And what did we get for loving you?
Music that brought a tear to our eyes and a smile to our lips
Music that touched our hearts and stirred our souls
Music that has brought us so much pleasure
as we listen measure by measure,
It has given us a lifetime of memories to treasure

Kevin D. Hester


Kevin

Re: Ode to Gordon
 

Not exactly an ode, but I did write something a rather unusual.

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a medical article about my husband's chronic illness and used some of the lines from "If You Could Read My Mind, Love." By the way, after a bit of a wild goose chase, I managed to track down his manager who gave me permission to use the lyrics in print.
The piece can be accessed at www.kidneytimes.com. Like the song, it is also titled, "If You Could Read My Mind" and is listed in the article index.

I dropped off a copy of the article before the Cedar Rapids concert a year ago summer. My friends and I are eagerly looking forward to the Davenport concert.

I just discovered this forum very recently :)

Re: Ode to Gordon
 

http://www.kidneytimes.com/article.p...20070507210310 - what an amazing story. thank you for sharing such a moving look into your lives.
i am very sorry for your loss.
- once again a Lightfoot tune comes to mean so much more than we ever imagined.
welcome to corfid.