Loreena McKennitt (1957) Canadian musician and composer
The Mask and Mirror (1994), The Dark Night of The Soul
One Night Love Affair
Song lyrics, Reckless (1984)
Loreena McKennitt (1957) Canadian musician and composer
The Mask and Mirror (1994), The Dark Night of The Soul
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
You'll Be Gone, written by Elvis Presley, Red West and Charlie Hodge (1961)
Song lyrics
“We must stop this love affair with the fetus.”
Joycelyn Elders (1933) American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
Speech in Austin, Texas, January 21, 1994
[Claudia, Dreifus, Joycelyn Elders, New York Times Magazine, p. 19, January 30, 1994, 2007-06-05]
Abortion
Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) American musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist
"Think", written with Teddy White, from Aretha Now (1968)
Song lyrics
John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint
O guiding night! O night more lovely than the dawn!
O night that has united the Lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved in her Lover.
Variant translation by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (1991)
Oh night thou was my guide
Oh night more loving than the rising sun
Oh night that joined the lover to the beloved one
transforming each of them into the other.
Variant adapted for music by Loreena McKennitt (1994)
Dark Night of the Soul
Neil Diamond (1941) American singer-songwriter
Sweet Caroline
Song lyrics, Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (1969)
“They say that bears
Have love affairs
And even camels,
We're merely mammals
Let's misbehave.”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter
"Let's Misbehave"
Paris (1928)
Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Gypsies in the Palace, written with Glenn Frey and Will Jennings
Song lyrics, Last Mango in Paris (1985)
“Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985)
Context: Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.