There are so many incredibly great Lightfoot songs.
I was fortunate to be introduced to his music while
at UC Santa Barbara. I used to have headphones on
and study all night with Lightfoot and coffee.
I started loving IFYCRMM, Early Morning Rain, That's
what you get for loving me, I'm not sayin',
My roommates and I would get together and sing
"Did She mention my name?"...I love those songs,
but what cemented my love for his music was
"Song for a Winters Night". I heard it on Gords
Gold album, and I couldn't believe how beautiful
it is. After that, I decided to get all of his
music, and I cannot believe how great his music is.
Anyway, my all time favorite song.....I will
just have to leave a list.....
1) "Wreck"
2) The Watchmans Gone
3) Canadian Railroad Trilogy
4) Heaven Help the Devil
5) Don Quixote
6) Patriots Dream
7) IYCRMM
8) The last time I saw her face
....ah, forget it, there are tooo, tooo many.
"...and many are the dead men, too silent to be real."
"but that was so long ago, that I could scarcely feel,
the way I felt before, and it time could heal the wounds,
I would tear the threads away, that I might bleed some more...
Just incredible.
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