Name: Foolish Old Man
Duration: P00H03M07S
Description: Your sensitive songwriter waffles hourly between hope and despair. He gets positive visions for our future in these challenging times, and then at his most cynical he finds that vision just to be the thoughts of "A Foolish Old Man

Foolish Old Man

from Wrinkles and Scars by JAMES GORDON

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Your sensitive songwriter waffles hourly between hope and despair. He gets positive visions for our future in these challenging times, and then at his most cynical he finds that vision just to be the thoughts of "A Foolish Old Man

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I see a beautiful earth
So green and so blue
A place of rebirth
All shiny and new
And it’s taken me a lot
To finally understand
Those are just crazy thoughts
Of a foolish old man

I see a world without war
with no selfish greed
Where we all look out for
Each other’s needs
But now it seems to me
I was just in dreamland
Just the fantasy
Of a foolish old man

The map that I made
Of my brilliant plan
Has all washed away
It was written in sand
By a foolish old Man

I can see you and I
Classic boy meets girl
With stars in our eyes
Out there changing the world
With love as deep as the ocean
Forever hand in hand
But that’s just a wild notion
Of a foolish old man

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from Wrinkles and Scars, released March 2, 2024

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JAMES GORDON Guelph, Ontario

James Gordon is a Canadian songwriter/playwright/musician/producer/author and community activist. Co-founder of the legendary Canadian folk trio Tamarack, He’s released 40 albums in 40 years!
His newest release on Borealis Records- "the Heritage Hall Sessions" has been very well received world-wide. James Moonlights as a CIty Councillor in his hometown of Guelph, Ontario. www.jamesgordon.ca ... more

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