Thought this might break the Spring Freeze up we are having this year!

This is one of Lightfoots fabulous image rich songs that keeps on telling stories within stories like dolls within dolls. A special thanks to Wes Steele of Youtube days who emailed and left his phone   more...number. We had a great chat tonight and as a result I will be dusting off most of the Lightfoot video storys produced and uploaded last year to the other host site.
Thank you for contacting me Wes - another benefit of the internet that makes friends through the sharing of music and images.
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Miguel, to me, is Gordon Lightfoot's "El Paso" -- the sad story of a hard life, bad decision, untimely death and an everlasting love. It was difficult to find "period" pics for this   more...one, so I must thank Tj for coming to my rescue and providing some of them. That's what made this truly a "team" effort!
Miguel (Summer Side of Life) 4:12
Never had much to say
He traveled alone with no friends
Like a shadowy ghost
At dawn he came and he went
Through the woodland swiftly gliding
To the young maid he came riding
Where she'd run to meet him
By the garden wall
Oh my sweet Miguel
I will never tell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast
And he'd say I have no fear
They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river
‘Cause I've done that before
To see my true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die
He was born to the south
In Mexico they say
The child of a man
Who was soon gone away
But his mother loved him dearly
And she would take him yearly
To the great cathedral in St. Augustine
Oh my young Miguel
Listen to the bell
Of my poverty
You must never tell
And he cried himself to sleep in the night
And he vowed to make things right
So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call
He knew she'd understand
A lawman came to capture him
The gun jumped in his hand
Oh Miguel the mother cried
You must run son or you'll die
So the story is told
Of his true love 'cross the line
As strong as the oak
And as sweet as the vine
And the child she bore him
Came on the fateful morning
When they sent him to his final rest
Oh my sweet Miguel
Listen to the bell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast
And she'd say I have no fear
I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river
'Cause you've done that before
To see your true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die
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This was and still is one of my Kingston Trio all-time favorites. I have met Jim Moran of the Kingston Trio Cover Group "Chilly Winds" - we met in LA last year - Jim...whever you are - this   more...is for you and all amongst us who love the Kingston Trio and music from a kinder, gentler era. tj  less

Planet Sundancer contacted me and asked that a vistory be produced for Songbird by either Christie McVie of Fleetwood Mac or Eva Cassidy. After a test sound track, we settled on Eva Cassidy's version.
  more...
This is the final that includes Planet Sundancers edits and direction. This was a pleasure to co-produce and makes video host sites like this a joy to be part a part of. This is no longer a hobby, it is an ogoing 24/7 passion.

Thank you, Planet Sundancer!  less

Lyin Eyes was requested by Stu Miller of Nashville. My first instinct was not to produce it. However after thinking about an approach to the song and getting some help from TomCat Productions and Our   more...Lady of the Spatula a production occured.  less

The Gypsy is another wonderful song in the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute series. It will be uploaded to the YT Tribute Channel at Thomasj157 in a week or so. I'd like to thank StonewallStudios' Tj for his   more...patient and subtle ways of making me make it better.
The Gypsy (A Lightfoot Collection) 2:46
by Gordon Lightfoot
Step inside my tent, said she, I'd like to read you palm
Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long
Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your mind
I'll tell you if you should quit now or if you should go on
Then I said, now what do ya see
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake
She told me the town where I was born, she almost knew the date
She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the table rise
She took the dollar from the jar and then she guessed my weight
Then I said, now what do ya see
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise
Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy
Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Then she spoke most quietly
Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
When you we a child at school they taught you quite a lot
You were told when you should speak and when you should not
You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at night
A little knowledge serves you well but the golden rule does not
Then I said, now what do ya mean
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Then when I came home that night to lie in bed awake
I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had said
And now I see with due respect, the more we learn the worse we get
So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your fortune read
Then I said, now what do ya mean
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise
Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy
Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise
Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy
Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee  less

Dreamland conjured images of a multiple marriage life. Who other than Elizabeth Taylor could guide us through the emotions of this song. This is another in the Gordon Lightfoot series, 46 of which can   more...be viewed at the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Channel http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157. More to come!
Dreamland (Endless Wire Album) 2:53
You come to me in times of need
When you can't find anyone
You seem to be much better off now
There's a rainbow number one
We could see life through the gutter then
Till it caused my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take
Sometimes I remember when
We were all dressed up in style
I don't recall the gist of it all
But you drove the young men wild
You could wrap me around your finger
Till it caused my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take
So if you need me near you
Y' can do it if you choose
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to lose
Instrumental
You make me do what you want me to do
Then you run the rules on me
You seem to be the wiser now
Could it be you've been deceived
Anytime you felt like tryin'
You would cause my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take
So if you need me near you now
You can do it if you choose
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to lose  less

This study of The Carpenters is for Lynn - for her work on "The Little Alter Boy " by Karen Carpenter and this is in thanks for working on our next co-production which is going to be a tribute   more...to the wrongly convicted Canadian - Steven Truscott .  less

Stu Miller of Nashville Tennessee was a first-friend and music mentor during the heady StonewallStudios days last year at that other video host site. Stu requested Please Come To Boston - I have dusted   more...it off and re-loaded it here for Stu and others who can relate to this Classic Americana song written and recorded by Dave Loggins.

ARTIST: Dave Loggins
TITLE: Please Come to Boston
Lyrics and Chords


Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm stayin' here with some friends and they've got lots of room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a café where I hope to be workin' soon
Please come to Boston
She said no, would you come home to me

/ D - - G / / A - D - / Bm A G - / D - / A - D - /

{Refrain}
And she said, hey ramblin' boy, why don't you settle down
Boston ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee

/ D AD / / D - G - / Em A D - /

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver
She said no, boy, would you come home to me

{Refrain, with Denver}

{Bridge}
Now this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found
And all that I ain't got
I still need to cling to
Somebody I can sing to

/ Bm A / G D / Bm A / G - / Em - / A - /

Please come to LA to live forever
California life alone is just too hard to build
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please come to LA
She just said no, boy, won't you come home to me

{Refrain with LA can't be...}

I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee

/ Em A D - /  less

Race Among the Ruins was requested by RiverBirch in my heady Youtube days last year. Once again, friend River has requested this classic of Gordon Lightfoot be brought back to the stage here at LiveVideo.
  more...Lisa- once again - Race Among the Ruins - for you
tj.  less

The Mira Challenge! - does anyone have a picture of this magnificent River located in................. If you have a picture and can send me a map of the location, I will produce a video story of your   more...choice  less

Surfcottage won this as her choice for a video story to be produced by accurately identfying "Peggys Cove" as the setting for Annies Song. "Early Morning Rain" .
It took a little time   more...to get a handle on the production. The setting is the wonderful town of Galashiels, south of Edinburgh, north of Dumfries, home to Robbie Burns. A dear friend of ours, Ken (Bomber) Laidlaw was born in Galashiels near the end of the Second World War. We had the pleasure of visiting with Ken and his mates in May, 2005, when my brother took these marvellous images of the hills above the town, Galashiels, Scotland. Ken died a bachelor, May 2006, in his beloved home beneath the hills - Galashiels.

Nancy, I know you have been under the weather lately. Hope this cheers you up .
Your Friend,
Teejay

Thank you all who have viewed and commented so inspiring me to introduce another competition...the first to accurately describe how I imaged the word " Bittergreen" in the video story will win a StonewallStudio request of their choice.
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Arguably one of the best Crosby, Stills and Nash songs ever written and recorded. Requested by Redsonia 13.

This little Lightfoot song of unrequited love always brought visions of medieval times and knights in shining armour to my mind, and a little fantasy for good measure.
A Minor Ballad (The Way I Feel)   more...3:15
Beyond the wild misty mountain
Within the valley so free
There dwells a maid with a heart so mellow
Soft as the wind and wild as the sea
When will you love me
As I love thee
I have no gold to give her
Nor gowns of soft crimson hue
Nor poems of love no rhymes to bring her
Into my heart so strong so true
When will you love me
As I love you
Beyond the wild misty mountain
Within the valley so free
There dwells a maid with a heart so mellow
Soft as the wind and wild as the sea
When will you love me
As I love thee?
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This is the Salter Family matriarch, Kathleen Salter, age 90, with a special Christmas story about Santa Claus's visit, one night when she was a child at 50 Garfield Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

This song has been on my “favourites” list since the first time I heard it. It’s written with such sensitivity and on an ageless subject that continues to be played out in “real life” time after time   more...– small town girl meets big city life. I like to think that it all works out in the end. ~~ Lynn
Does Your Mother Know (A Lightfoot Collection) 3:36
Does your mother know
You had to go someday
Does your mother know
That you would go so fast
Anyway, that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
That you've got ten dollars and you'll be all right
And when you get straight you're gonna come back East some day
Does your mother know
You have a man in the West
Does your mother know
You drove him from your door
Anyway that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
Does your mother know
You walked all day in the rain
Does your mother know
How deep your love could be
Anyway that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
That you've got ten dollars and your rent costs eight
And when you get straight you're gonna come back East some day
But the letters that you write in the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
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Many songs have been written about the special bond and love shared by a father and daughter. It’s obvious by this beautiful song that a special little girl had stolen her father’s heart. ~~ Lynn
Fine   more...As Fine Can Be (Cold On The Shoulder - 1975) 2:58
You're as soft as the rose
You're as sweet as the honey
You're as warm as the bright morning sun
You're as cool as the breeze on the last days of April
You're as fine as fine can be
You're like time is to space
You're like faith is to trustin'
You're like blue is to feelin' unkind
You're like joy is for love,
You're like dreams are for chasin'
You're as fine as fine can be
And when I am gone my thoughts are all with you
You're my little angel you see
You're as bright as the moon
You're as light as a feather
You're as fine as fine can be
Like the rain is for the crops
You're like food for my thoughts
You're like true is for knowin' what's not
You're like leaves are for trees
You're like bees are for buzzin'
You're as fine as fine can be
You're as bright as the moon
You're as light as a feather
You're as fine as fine can be
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Something Very Special brought old Hollywood to my mind and who better to depict old Hollywood than Katharine Hepburn. With a career that spanned 73 years, she holds the record for the most Best Actress   more...Oscar wins having taken home the statue four times in 12 nominations. The American Film Institute ranked her as the greatest film star in the history of American cinema in 1999. Katharine Houghton Hepburn died of natural causes on June 19, 2003, at 96 years of age.
Something Very Special (Did She Mention My Name) 3:19
She was something very special to me
The kind of girl you'd like to see
In a movie or a rosary
She could be straight-laced or homespun
Or free and easy on the run
She could be meek and mild or full of fun
She liked country lanes and aeroplanes
And cigarettes would make her strange
And when she wanted you she made it plain
She would never say where she came from
It didn't seem that she had anyone
To answer to or dwell upon
She liked candlelight and good wine
And I would call her any time
Of day or night she didn't mind
The was nothing that I wouldn't do
To prove to her my love was true
And she gave to me a dream or two
There were times when she would never appear
For days and then she'd disappear
But now the days have turned to years
I was something she could use
Like a good friend or a pair of shoes
Or any kind of good news
Now the eastern sky is crimson and red
As I lie here in my lonely bed
And think about the things she said
She said darling there will come a day
When I must run far away
I will go my love and you must stay
She departed in the early spring
She didn't leave me anything
To follow or to find her
She was something very special to me
The kind of girl you'd like to see
In a movie or a rosary
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Thank you for the Feature LV!! I am discovering and enjoying a treasure trove of beautiful, emotional, heart-wrenching songs as we get into the lesser-known creations from our consummate story teller,   more...Gordon Lightfoot. ~~ Lynn
On The High Seas (Dream Street Rose) 3:15
Was it someone she met that's so hard to forget
Was it some kind of an ocean of changes
I don't remember where she said she would be
And since I don't know, let me guess
Was it somewhere in Michigan or the Lake of the Woods
Up in old Montreal or Toronto the good
Somewhere in Reno or somewhere in Rome
And when all is said and done
Will she leave me alone
I don't want to get so low
And as for my sadness, it comes and it goes
I don't remember where she said she would be
Back in the city or on the high seas
Was it up in Hornepayne where the trains run on time
Was she drinking champagne when she made up her mind
North of the border or down in South Bend
And when all is said and done
Is there no rainbow's end
I don't want to own the key
To some ghostly mansion where souls are set free
I don't remember where she said she would go
Straight for the highway or down the low road
I don't remember where she said she would be
Back in the city or on the high seas
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No Mistake About It, there could only be one star of this vistory -- Angelina Jolie. A beautiful lady with a somewhat colourful past, Angelina has made a name for herself today as a wonderful actress   more...and caring mother, and is admired for her humanitarian efforts.
No Mistake About It (Harmony) 4:06
1. Shes the shine in every moonbeam,
Kinda girl who can pick you clean.
Shes a star in every other mans eyes.
Shes the girl in every mans day.
Pretty soon she will make her way,
into the back door, of your mind.
-1st Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, She moves like a snake.
She moves like a raptor. She moves me to make,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
2. She was kind of a neighbourhood kid.
Pretty soon she will flip your lid.
Shes the pearl in every other mans tea.
Shes the smile in every mans eyes,
Kinda girl who cn put you wise.
Shes a girl lets every other man be.
-2nd Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves like a ghost, (no mistake about it)
She moves me like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves me to boast,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
3. Shes the shine in every moonbeam,
Kinda girl who can make you lean,
over backwards, or so they say.
Shes the girl in every mans game.
Pretty soon she will pick your brain.
Shes the smile in every other mans day.
-3rd Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves like a snake, (no mistake about it)
She moves me like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves me to make,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
-Repeat 2nd & 3rd Choruses-
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Another beautiful song about day-to-day life and the joy to be found in a " Lazy Mornin' ".
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Lazy Mornin' (Old Dan's Records) 3:40
Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
My son
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run
No need to get bothered
I'll think about Monday
When Monday comes
It's two for one
Mister hoot 'n holler
Gotta make a dollar
Another lazy mornin'
I took time to make town 'n stock a pint or two
The most delicious brew
Keepin' up with the Joneses
I hope no one telephones us
I'd take a place in the country
But for now the old back yard
Looks to me like fifty acres
Of the roundest ground in town
Another lazy mornin'
Come suppertime I'm gonna light my barbecue
Nothin' new
Only that she loves me
And nothin' I know can change me
No need to get bothered
I do more livin' than it might seem
Some dream
Livin' like a pauper
Bless my darlin' daughter
I'd like to know what makes a man go
Over land and sea
I guess it must get kinda lonesome
That's the way I used to be
Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
Such fun
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run  less

This song was requested by a YouTube viewer who thought we’d only do the second part of this unique song, which is somewhat commonly known as “North Ontario”. But, doing half of a song was out of the   more...question. This one is definitely two songs in one, with the trick being to tie the two together. The more I listened to it, the more I realized that he was disillusioned with the west coast lifestyle and longing for, possibly dreaming of, someone in North Ontario. As is the case with many of Lightfoot’s songs, interpretations will vary, and debates will continue over intentions, locations and content. Maybe this is what keeps his music fresh and his audiences both loyal and new… ~~ Lynn
Cabaret (Summer Side of Life) 5:49
All I can see is the sea and the sky
And the sky is blue and the sea is green
Yesterday's a cabaret
Gowns of satin on ladies gay
Yesterday's a cabaret
Sounds of laughter on faces grey
Yesterday's a carousel
Catch the ring and all will be well
From the coast of California
Up to the Oregon border
I've thumbed a thousand miles I guess
Sitting in a roadside diner
The big trucks rollin' by
I don't seem to know at times what's best
And still I'd like to tell her
That I miss her so
In north Ontario
If you're drivin' east to Reno
Or north to Mendocino
I hope you find your rainbow's end
This highway is my rainbow
And though I might regret it
I'm so glad I said it way back when
And still I'd like to tell her
That I miss her so
In north Ontario
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This one's been high on my list of favourite Lightfoot songs since the first time I heard it. The power of the sense of smell… Who hasn’t been transported back to a specific place and time just by the   more...scent of something – fresh cut grass, home baking, perfume? A woman’s fragrance is carefully chosen to be memorable. Gordon Lightfoot attests to that with this beautiful song.
Affair On 8th Avenue (Back Here On Earth) 3:39
The perfume that she wore was from some little store
On the down side of town
But it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
Her long flowing hair came softly undone
And it lay all around
And she brushed it down as I stood by her side
In the warmth of her love
And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
And we played a game only she could win
And she told me a riddle I'll never forget
Then left with the answer I've never found yet
How long, said she, can a moment like this
Belong to someone
What's wrong, what is right, when to live or to die
We must almost be born
So if you should ask me what secrets I hide
I'm only your lover, don't make me decide
The perfume that she wore was from some little store
On the down side of town
But it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
And we played a game only she could win
And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
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