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Originally Posted by KHester
The guy said that no one has ever given him anything like this
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way to persevere, great stuff, Kevin...glad everything about the night was memorable...I don't recall reading any prior fan poem posted here...there are few songs by various performers that have been recorded and performed for Gord on special nights...I don't have Aengus Finnan's 'Lightfoot' recording handy but I though there was a link to a live performance
you might like this one by JP Cormier, which he played for Gord one night where everyone was moved..it speaks to how he has inspired not just fans but many, many songwriters...aint "And I wonder if he knows the seed his wisdom left behind" a great line that sums it up pretty well
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>The Poet (JP Cormier)
I remember the lonely poet that slipped in through my door.
His shadow lean and hungry lying on my parlor floor.
The world lay in shades of gray upon his pencil tip
And I rushed to catch the truth that was falling from his lips.
Well I don't know how he got there, when he came, he came alone.
Stealing through the dusty cracks of my brother's gramophone.
Sailing through the bitter green on rails made of steel.
He made a young boy's dreams of flying seem that they were real.
And he spoke to me in pictures I clearly understood.
I'd have to face my story, be it bad or good.
And though I never wore his clothes, I've tried to fill his shoes,
'Cause he made me want to be a poet too.
Well he spoke of love and soldiers and the reasons why we lose.
The things that bring us happiness are things that we must choose.
He left the answers lying in the early morning rain,
And the likes of that young stranger will not be seen again.
Now I'm a lonely poet just like he was before.
My shadow's lean and hungry lying on the parlor floor.
And I wonder if he knows the seed his wisdom left behind,
Growing like a flower in the shadows of my mind.
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"Lightfoot" (Lyrics & Music: Aengus Finnan)
On the road that lies before us, from sea to shining sea
There’s a voice in the distance that beckons “follow me”
And it’s there within the forest, and beneath the silver moon
And it whistles in the wires with the memory of a tune
Well you tread this country Lightfoot, and you took a mighty stand
When you saw in her a beauty and you held her rugged hand
From her shield and her shoreline, you gathered in rhyme
Tender words that told her story, they linger yet in time
Ever will this land remember
Ever will your name be strong
Ever will the true north ring
With the glory of your song
Through the wide and rolling prairies, to the lights of Massey Hall
You sang about a people, dreamers one and all
And you climbed the highest mountains, felt the early morning rain
You traveled to the southland, but came back home again
Ever will this land remember
Ever will your name be strong
Ever will the true north ring
With the glory of your song
Long gone, the Riverboat and Yorkville Days
Long gone, the lines the navies laid
Long gone, lovers and the carefree highway
Still here are the tracks you made
Ever will this land remember
Ever will your name be strong
Ever will the true north ring
With the glory of your song
Ever will Canada
Sing the glory of your song
....we should have a special link to these songs (add Lightfoot tribute poems/songs by Wayne Francis, Ed Mullen, Cathy Cowette and atleast one other tune by a fan who was at our 2006 night jam) and now your wonderful fan poem
Davenport Iowa Concert Review This one works
That is so great! Not many famous people make themselves so available to their fans...he must really appreciate his.
