Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.
Link: [On Youtube]
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark
Or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I’m a ghost
That you can’t see
If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell
Then you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won’t ready that book again
Because the ending’s just too hard to take
I’d walk away
Like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love
Let’s be real
I never knew
I could feel this way
And I’ve got to say
That I just don’t get it
I don’t know
Where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark
Or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You’d know that I’m
Just trying to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never knew
I could feel this way
And I’ve got to say
That I just don’t get it
I don’t know
Where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back
Link: [On YouTube]
Don Quixote
Gordon Lightfoot
Through the woodland
Through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild
But he is mellow
He is strong
But he is weak
He is cruel
But he is gentle
He is wise
But he is meek
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a battered book into his hand
Standing like a prophet bold
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
‘Til he can shout no more
I have come o’er moor and mountain
Like the hawk upon the wind
I was once a shining knight
Who was the guardian of a king
I have searched the whole world over
Looking for a place to sleep
I have seen the strong survive
And I have seen the lean grown weak
See the children of the earth
Who wake to find the table bare
See the gentry in the country
Riding off to take the air
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a rusty sword into his hand
Then striking up a knightly pose
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
‘Til he can shout no more
See the jailer with his key
Who locks away all trace of sin
See the judge upon the bench
Who tries the case as best he can
See the wise and wicked ones
Who feed upon Life’s sacred fire
See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired
See the man who tips the needle
See the man who buys and sells
See the man puts the collar
On the ones who dare not tell
See the drunkard in the tavern
Stemming gold to make ends meets
See the youth in ghetto black
Condemned to life upon the street
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a tarnished cross in to his hand
Then standing like a preacher now
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
He gallops off across the dusty plain
In vain to search again
Where no one will hear
Through the woodland
Through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild
But he is mellow
He is strong
But he is weak
He is cruel
But he is gentle
He is wise
But he is meek
Lyrics From: [Gordon Lightfoot Song Lyrics]
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I haven't listen to Gordon Lightfoot in a long time; that was a terrific way to start my day...thank you! :o)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Jen!!! I am really glad you loved these, and he has so many others.
ReplyDeleteIf you could read my mind you would be a very sad man indeed......
ReplyDeleteGood songs. Thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteI know the first song very well, the second one I don't remember ever hearing before.
ReplyDeleteGordon Lightfoot - haven't heard his stuff for ages. Thanks Fishy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! I have been told more than you want to believe, and it does make me sad--very sad, indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Chuck!!! I'm glad you liked these songs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! If I remember right, the first time I ever heard "If You Could Read My Mind" was on one of my mom's soap operas 317 years ago. It was that way with BJ Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," as well.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am really sorry that I couldn't find a better sounding video of "Don Quixote." For aside from having incredible lyrics, it is also an incredibly beautiful song to listen to.
You are most welcome, my dear Auld Reekie Mike. Thanks for stopping by again!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Glenn!!! You have touched upon what is meant to be accomplished in this series. For ALL music is of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another)--regardless of what it appears to be about. This even applies to the abominable lyrics to many of the songs of today. For after listening to them, only an absolute moron would not be thinking, "Surely something really bad is going on."
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