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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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Singer-Songwriter
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.
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I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
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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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