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To: PTBAA; Cincinatus; kjam22; jneesy; dayglored; Bogey780; 2banana; RedMDer; Alex Murphy; ...
Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

Those lyrics are at the crux of it whether the friends you mourn were lost in the Pacific, the Atlantic, or one of the Great Lakes. That tune of Lightfoot's, even transcending the lyrics, dials in on the human emotional dynamic with PERFECT PITCH. People from seafaring families know; what makes the song powerful is that it touches those outside of seafaring with almost as much impact.

110 posted on 11/10/2014 10:00:32 AM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Finny

Really some of the best lyrics ever written and sung...


121 posted on 11/10/2014 10:32:37 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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