Gordon Lightfoot's Heartfelt Reflection: "If Children Had Wings"

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Sam. [00:00:32] Speaker B: There's a love I hold dear and it shines through each year and it [00:00:40] Speaker C: makes things seem different somehow [00:00:46] Speaker D: it's for better or worse it's for people who [00:00:53] Speaker B: thirst For a love that burns brighter [00:00:58] Speaker C: right now [00:01:02] Speaker E: and it shines on and [00:01:04] Speaker D: on Till all sadness is gone and if children had wings I would sing them their song [00:01:18] Speaker E: With a smile on [00:01:20] Speaker B: my face and a tear in my [00:01:24] Speaker C: eye Everything will be fine by and by. [00:01:35] Speaker A: Sa. [00:02:02] Speaker B: There were things that were said There were things that were done and a wife cannot stand too much pain [00:02:17] Speaker D: and what I thought was best Couldn't please [00:02:21] Speaker B: her much less but my love still [00:02:26] Speaker C: goes on that won't change [00:02:31] Speaker D: and it [00:02:32] Speaker E: shines on and on Till all sadness [00:02:36] Speaker D: is gone and if children Children had wings I would sing them their song With a smile on my face and [00:02:49] Speaker B: a tear in my eye Everything will [00:02:55] Speaker C: be fine by and by [00:03:00] Speaker E: and it shines on and on Till all sadness [00:03:05] Speaker D: is gone and if children had wings I would sing them their song With a smile on my face and a [00:03:19] Speaker B: cheer in my eye Everything will be [00:03:24] Speaker C: fine by and by. [00:03:43] Speaker A: Sam.