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I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.

Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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Heartstrings
World
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Madness
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I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.
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She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.
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Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.
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I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.
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I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.
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