Sundown

Afternoon Delight

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Apr 21, 2013, 8:45:23 PM4/21/13

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I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess

Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs
Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs

She's been lookin' like a Queen in a sailor's dream
And she don't always say what she really means

Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain

I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin' is your first mistake

Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again

I can see her lookin' fast in her faded jeans
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean

Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain

Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs
Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again

- Gordon Lightfoot, 1974

Bob Robertson

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Apr 21, 2013, 9:30:41 PM4/21/13

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Excellent song from 70's. "If You Could Read My Mind" is my favorite
but he had quite a few hit songs. Thanks for the memories. I really
appreciate you posting here.

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Apr 21, 2013, 9:50:08 PM4/21/13

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" the way i feel " is his best and then " canadian railroad trilogy "

Bob Robertson

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Apr 21, 2013, 10:23:47 PM4/21/13

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Good stuff my friend. Good stuff.

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Apr 21, 2013, 10:48:11 PM4/21/13

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i used to see him when he was a near nothing ,
at a place called the riverboat in toronto
him and neal young

Don Stockbauer, Fran and Ollie

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Apr 21, 2013, 11:55:20 PM4/21/13

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i really like that edward fitzgerald song of his. what was it about?

Dinsdale

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Apr 22, 2013, 1:12:59 AM4/22/13

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On 4/21/2013 11:55 PM, Don Stockbauer, Fran and Ollie wrote:
> i really like that edward fitzgerald song of his. what was it about?
>

An ore boat named Edmund Fitzgerald that sunk in Lake Superior. It's
mostly in the song words. The boat was long and the water is shallow so
it's believed that when a big wave came along the boat bumped into the
bottom and cracked and that was it.

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Dinsdale

Afternoon Delight

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Apr 22, 2013, 2:06:53 PM4/22/13

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Thanks for the thoughtful responses folks. I realize that posting these
lyrics here is a bit odd, but this seems like an okay place to be a bit
of an oddball. :-)

I was a little kid when "Sundown" was all over the AM radio, but I
remember thinking that the song was hypnotic and mysterious. The family
took a long car trip to Expo '74 in Spokane that year, and the songs on
the radio made a strong impression. Maybe I'll post a few more before
moving on.

- D

Bob Robertson

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Apr 22, 2013, 10:18:01 PM4/22/13

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Whatever you post I appreciate it. There's more to your story but
I'll never know and perhaps that is as it should be. I look forward to
your remaining posts if any. I am of that generation as well I think
and the young whipper snappers today have no clue. Thanks. And thanks
for the memories!