Gordon Lightfoot Forums - View Single Post - One single line of lyrics makes the song much better

paddletothesea · 08-01-2008, 02:03 PM

This topic should be called "what line do you like the most in each song". There are so many cool words to his songs...well to any songwriter for that part. Sometimes we listen to a song just of a specific line..at least I do. I usually scream out the line when singing along with Gord.

Oh the list is long. I agree with many of the previous posters too. Very good selection.

You know the songs...here's the lines,

"where many of the dead men, too silent to be real"

"all that remains are the faces and the names and the wives and the sons and the daughthers" WOW!

" you might even find them on the Young and the Restless too".

"the dust cloud on the edge of town is me"; been there and still doing it.

"if you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon"

"is it wrong to be in love, could it be the finest love we've ever seen"

""where the green dark forest is too silent to be real"

"I bought you a dime diamond ring"

"the river is the melody, the sky is the refrain" very good!

"he was standing by the highway with a sign that just said 'mother' "

"shut up and deal, im losin"

"if i cant stop this tremblin hand from reachin for the phone, i'll be reachin for the bottle lord before this day is done" sounds like my household

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08-01-2008, 02:03 PM	#30
paddletothesea Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: yellowstone, montana Posts: 62	Re: One single line of lyrics makes the song much better This topic should be called "what line do you like the most in each song". There are so many cool words to his songs...well to any songwriter for that part. Sometimes we listen to a song just of a specific line..at least I do. I usually scream out the line when singing along with Gord. Oh the list is long. I agree with many of the previous posters too. Very good selection. You know the songs...here's the lines, "where many of the dead men, too silent to be real" "all that remains are the faces and the names and the wives and the sons and the daughthers" WOW! " you might even find them on the Young and the Restless too". "the dust cloud on the edge of town is me"; been there and still doing it. "if you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon" "is it wrong to be in love, could it be the finest love we've ever seen" ""where the green dark forest is too silent to be real" "I bought you a dime diamond ring" "the river is the melody, the sky is the refrain" very good! "he was standing by the highway with a sign that just said 'mother' " "shut up and deal, im losin" "if i cant stop this tremblin hand from reachin for the phone, i'll be reachin for the bottle lord before this day is done" sounds like my household " "