Gordon Lightfoot citations

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr , né le 17 novembre 1938 à Orillia, Ontario, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, poète et chanteur folk canadien anglophone. Il est membre de l'Ordre du Canada.



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✵ 17. novembre 1938
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Gordon Lightfoot: 14 citations0 J'aime

Gordon Lightfoot: Citations en anglais

“If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winters night with you”

Gordon Lightfoot

Song For A Winter&#x27;s Night, Track 10, United Artists A hauntingly beautiful version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbgfXp5M02M <br class="br">The Way I Feel (1967)

“You can't jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I'll best be on my way
In the early morning rain”

Gordon Lightfoot

Early Morning Rain, Track 7, UAS-6487 The Song That Changed Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFJ5Bj_put0 <br class="br">Lightfoot! (1966) <br class="br">Contexte: The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast...<br>You can&#x27;t jump a jet plane<br>Like you can a freight train<br>So I&#x27;ll best be on my way<br>In the early morning rain

“Oh! The song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
On the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil”

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Track 11, United Artists Watch it Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoU1Qkeizs <br class="br">The Way I Feel (1967) <br class="br">Contexte: There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run<br>And the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun<br>Long before the white man and long before the wheel<br>When the green dark forest was too silent to be real...<br>Oh! The song of the future has been sung<br>All the battles have been won<br>On the mountain tops we stand<br>All the world at our command<br>We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil

“And the body of a dead youth
Lies stretched upon the ground
Upon the filthy pavements
No reason can be found
Black day in July”

Gordon Lightfoot

Black Day In July, Track 3, (mono 45 edit), UNITED ARTISTS 50281, March 1968
Did She Mention My Name? (1968)

“Hail hero, hail hero, child of the sun
All covered with flowers still having your fun”

Gordon Lightfoot

Theme song of Hail, Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross

“Hail hero, hail hero, let me see you smile
You been gone for so damn long, I wish you'd stay awhile”

Gordon Lightfoot

Theme song of Hail Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross

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