Pete Seeger (1919–2014) American folk singer
"Pete Seeger's Session" http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/music/2006/08/pete-seegers-session?p=2, a Beliefnet interview (2006)
Whenever God Shines His Light
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)
Pete Seeger (1919–2014) American folk singer
"Pete Seeger's Session" http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/music/2006/08/pete-seegers-session?p=2, a Beliefnet interview (2006)
Saint Patrick (385–461) 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
The Confession (c. 452?)
Context: So I hope that I did as I ought, but I do not trust myself as long as I am in this mortal body, for he is strong who strives daily to turn me away from the faith and true holiness to which I aspire until the end of my life for Christ my Lord, but the hostile flesh is always dragging one down to death, that is, to unlawful attractions. And I know in part why I did not lead a perfect life like other believers, but I confess to my Lord and do not blush in his sight, because I am not lying; from the time when I came to know him in my youth, the love of God and fear of him increased in me, and right up until now, by God's favour, I have kept the faith.
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Philadelphia Freedom (1975)
Song lyrics, Singles
“Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm going to shine.”
John Perry Barlow (1947–2018) American poet and essayist
"Estimated Prophet" on the Grateful Dead album Terrapin Station (1977); lyrics by Barlow http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/estimate.html, music by Bob Weir · Grateful Dead performance at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (27 April 1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAK2vihBdw · JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (7 July 1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5iB3ITGIU <br class="br">Context: p>My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no<br>Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no.<br>Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow<br>My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go.<br>Don't worry 'bout me, no no, don't worry 'bout me, no<br>And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go. California, preaching on the burning shore<br>California, I'll be knocking on the golden door<br>Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light<br>Rising up to paradise, I know I'm going to shine.</p
“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) Chinese poet
"A Generation" [Yidai ren]
“Did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.”
Seal (musician) (1963) British singer-songwriter
"Kiss from a Rose" - Lyrics online http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3821 <br class="br">Seal (1994)
Charles Mackay (1814–1889) British writer
"Differences" in The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay (1859).
“Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light.”
Jim Steinman (1947) American musician
Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light