Help: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?

Subject: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 07:47 PM

I'm listening to Leonard Cohen's new album, and there's a fabulous song on it called Alexandra Leaving, fabulous, fabulous, wonderful. Such timing, such subtlety, such phrasing, such sheer beauty of duet singing.

But the tune and the tone reminds me irresistibly of a song with a hymn-like chorus about "the lucky and the lost". What is it? WHAT IS IT? It's driving me crazy.

Subject: RE: Help: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?
From: Allan C.
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 08:31 PM

"The Rose" sung by Bette Midler

Subject: RE: Help: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?
From: Allan C.
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 08:40 PM

Close, anyway...the lines go like this:

When the night has been too lonely,
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong

But I confess, I have always heard it in my mind just the way you described it.

Subject: RE: Help: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 14 Oct 01 - 05:53 PM

Yeah! That's it! Thanks. One of those tonsil songs that Midler does so well.

Subject: RE: Help: Aaghh, driving me crazy, what is it?
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Oct 01 - 06:00 PM

Rose by any other name?
just love the song.