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Very obscure, but I think it might be Jethro Tull's 'Seal Driver'. Maybe I'll quote the lyrics here to give you some idea, but you have to hear his voice, which fits it perfectly, and the music to really 'get' what's going on with it. It just evokes a mood and a mental image so nicely:

Take you away for my magic ship.

I have two hundred deisel horses thundering loud.

Sea birds call your name and the mountain's on fire

as the summer lightening cuts the sky like a hot wire.

And you ride on the swell and your heart is alive,

think I'll make you my seal driver.

I'm no great looker, I'm no fast shakes.

I'll give you a steady push on a six knot simmering

high tide.

I can hold us down - keep our head to the wind,

or let us roll on the broadside, cold spray flying in,

and we'll ride on the swell and our hearts are alive.

Let me make you my seal driver.

I could captain you if you'd crew for me

follow white flecked spindrift - float on a moonkissed sea.

Could you fancy me as a pirate bold,

or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on

his side?

Well I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero,

but I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark

ride.

Let me take you in hand and bring you alive.

Going to make you my seal driver.

I realised as I was about to go to bed that I had the mp3 version of this song on my computer, so here it is. I own the CD, but you don't, so you should listen to it online, or else download, listen and then delete to be fair to the band and record company.

Truth is important

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Re: "Well I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero,

but I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark

ride.

Let me take you in hand and bring you alive.

Going to make you my seal driver."

Interesting in its application.

Gregory

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Thumbs up on Jethro Tull!

I've always liked "Landslide" by Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)

Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

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I have too many to pick just one. And some are way secular!

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Oh wow ... so many to pick from. A perennial favorite of mine is Great Hosannah by Kula Shaker.

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    If we stand here together

    And we see the world as one

    We may think there's no future

    But it's the same for everyone

    It's like the world has lost its head

    And it's like all the prophets said

    But will we arise ...

    ... to a new world?

    If we stand here together

    We can laugh at what we've done

    All our time has been wasted

    And there's nowhere left to run

    There may be trouble up ahead

    Will we be sleeping in our beds

    Or will we arise ...

    ... to a new world?

    Look for signs and portents

    I'm looking for a reason

    To believe

    Will we arise in our time

    At the dawn of another meaning?

    Will we awake at the break of a great hosannah?

    Well there's nothing left to do,

    Just hold your breath and hope it's true:

    That we'll arise ...

    Oh! To a new world!

    Look for signs and portents

    Oh there's got to be a reason

    To believe ...

    That we'll arise in our time

    At the dawn of another meaning,

    And we'll awake at the break of a great hosannah!

    Well there's nothing left to do,

    Just hold your breath and hope it's true:

    That we'll arise ...

    ... To a new world ....[/]

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"A World of our Own" by the Seekers from Australia.

or "Blowin in the Wind" by the Seekers.

"I will Whisper your name" is my third choice.

gcw

"Please don't feed the drama queens.."

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Olger, I perceive that you are a fan of The Seekers! <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> And not even an Australian citizen! <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Welcome to the forum.

I love anything by the Seekers. A few years ago one of the churches around here held a karaoke night to raise money for ADRA. One of my friends decided to come along dressed as a sheep.

I tried hard to convince her to get up with me and sing "I'll Never Find Another (Ewe)," but she just wasn't game enough. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

aldona

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smile.gif Hi Aldona.

Judith Durham has arguably the purest female vocal voice in the world (in my opinion). There are two others that might compare, but they are both dead (Karen Carpenter & Eva Cassidy).

Good on ya,

gcw

"Please don't feed the drama queens.."

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Wahine 'Ilikea by any of the Hawaiian Slack Key Masters

A dying art. literally. So few are learning this beautiful genre of music. It evokes such emotion, passion and zest for life and romance.

A heart where He alone has first place.

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samba pa ti - santana, symp # 9 beethoven, machine gun jimi hendrix, star spangled banner, hendrix, you ain't neva had a friend like me, tupac, among others.

DB

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

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It's probably a result of growing up in the 70s, but one of my favorite songs in recent years is "Smooth" by Santana with Rob Thomas. My wife particularly liked the lyrics that say, "I could change my life to better suit your mood . . "

She thinks that's something I should be willing to do . .

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My absolute favorite secular song is "You Raise Me Up". But in a way it is also a religious song. Josh Groban calls it "Irish Gospel".

I've heard "Celtic Women" sing this song and also Reggie and Lady Love Smith sing it on the newest Gaither Homecoming video, but my favorite version is done by Josh Groban.

Remember the old "Name That Tune" television show? When this song is played, I can recognize it within the first two notes especially if the violin is used at the beginning.

I've also seen Michelle Kwan figure skate to this song! WOW! coolhello.gif

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-- Dr. Frederick K.C. Price

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I fell in love with it in the 70ties and it seems to be a good summation of my life, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OTOH, I tell my children to be sure that at my funeral they have someone sang "She Did It Her Way." ... as a statement of me and my life's choices. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/oops.gif" alt="" />

God is always our bridge over troubled waters.

Naomi

If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God

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