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There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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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.
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I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.
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It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.
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