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shipwrecked00 · 07-12-2000, 10:43 AM

"I simply write about where I am and where I am from." --GL, 'Songbook' book, p.8

Char asked: WHO would you want to be.

I'll ask: 'What PLACE or THING in Gord's life would you want to be?'

Yes, inanimate. He frequently takes places and things and personifies them in his songs, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes literally.

This could be an Endless Wire, if ya know what I mean!

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

"Look around this place,
There's a smile on every face..."

07-12-2000, 10:43 AM	#2
shipwrecked00 Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Northern CT, Somewhere, USA Posts: 33	"I simply write about where I am and where I am from." --GL, 'Songbook' book, p.8 Char asked: WHO would you want to be. I'll ask: 'What PLACE or THING in Gord's life would you want to be?' Yes, inanimate. He frequently takes places and things and personifies them in his songs, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes literally. This could be an Endless Wire, if ya know what I mean! ------------------ "Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..." "Look around this place, There's a smile on every face..."