Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind



" IF U COULD READ MY MIND LUV, WHAT A TALE MY THOUGHTS WOULD TELL...." BACK TO 1972/73 AT " THE SALTY DOG", UBIONDALE, LONG ISLAND; ADJACENT TO " HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND: MANY A " SOUTHERN COMFORT " ON THE ROCKS SHARING ANOTHER " EMPTY NIGHT, LOST IN THOUGHTS & MEMORIES; A SHIP TOSSED TOO MANY TIMES, BARNACLE ENCRUSTED KEEL STRAINING WITH ITS YEARS OFCARRYING THE WEIGHT OF  A BROKEN HEART; OBLIVIOUS LIQUOR GLAZED EYES, NEVER SEEING, YET EARS ALWAYS HEARING APPROACHING VOICES, YET NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ANYONE, EVEN  WELL INTENTIONED LADY AT MY ELBOW, NOW & THEN. FINALLY, INTRODUCED TO MY " BATH SHEBA", AFTER CUTTING MY BEARD LAST NITE..FICKLE FINGER OF FATE REACHED OUT TO ENSNARLE ME IN THE " ULTIMATE LOVE OF MY LIFE";SHE, THE MOST COMPLICATED ONE; I STILL DON'T GET..

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