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I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.
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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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
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I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.
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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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I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.
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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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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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She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.
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Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.
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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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There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.
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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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She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.
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