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It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, maybe there is a huck or two in here I haven't thought of.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
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If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?
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Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.
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