I want to know aobut the song "Miguel", released on the album "Summer Side of Life" in 1971, which to me is one of the sweetest - and saddest - songs Gord ever wrote. Is the song's title character an illegal alien? If so, why had he crossed the border "a hundred times or more"? Aliens normally cross the border only once. In the second verse, what did he "vow to make right"? What did the young maid mean by "what I know too well"? What exactly is the song meant to be about?
The part about Miguel "swimming the river" to "see his true love" recalls the legend of Hero and Leander.
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