I don't sing all of these songs; but the lines I quote here always bring up the same pictures, the same emotions.

"When rain has hung the leaves with tears..." Donovan
"Couched in our indifference..." Paul Simon
"Like the trembling heart of a captive dove..." Trad.
"He had an eighty-weight of Spanish iron between his neckbone and his knee..." Trad.
"This ol' hammer rings like silver..." Trad. "See Him at the temple talkin' with the elders who marveled at His wisdom..." from "Amen", Trad.? "Windshield wipers slappin' time..." Kris Kristofferson
"Not a shirt on my back; not a penny to my name..." Trad.
"And they're all made of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same." Pete Seeger
"And the rain keeps falling. And the train is drawing near. And Laurie, Laurie, Laurie's going away while I'll be staying here." Don't know the author
"...But I can show you morning upon a thousand hills, and kiss you and give you seven daffodils." Trad.??
"...misty, moisty morning..." Trad.
"I remember when you were lookin' up at me as though I was the only one you'd ever want to see." Richard Weissman
"Then "Dive," said the captain and we held our breath. A sound like she'd broken in two. That was the last we ever heard of her. Last word we had of her crew." Allen/Nielsen/Donald
"In the days of the old covered wagon, when they camped on the flats for the night, With the stars growing dim on the old high gorge rim, they would watch for the Brown Mountain Light." Scott Wiseman
"Through the years we all will be together, If the Fates allow. Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself a merry little Christmas now." Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane

SOMEBODY STOP ME!! "Hear the mighty engines roar. See the silver wing on high..." Gordon Lightfoot
"One word more, a signal token, Whistle of the Marchin' Tune, With your pike upon your shoulder, At the rising of the moon." Don't know the author
"Say don't you remember, you called me Al..." Don't know the author

"And when the earth has turned her season, And her love has brought the grain. If you find that love inside you, Come and live with me again." Gary Shearston "I went into my kitchen, fetched him a bowl full of meat A drink and a pan of cold biscuits, that's what I gave him to eat Though he was tired and hungry a bright light came over his face. He bowed his head in the moonlight, he said a beautiful grace." Jimmy Diftwood

Okay, I'll go peacefully now.