Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM
Song: If You Could Read My Mind
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Mode of Consumption: Listening to MP3s on the way to Springfield for the IPLSA
Conference
Link to Song:
Our vinyl collection started as Jodi’s vinyl collection, and
sometimes I wonder if she regrets having ever started me down that path.
Early in our marriage, she mentioned wanting a Gordon
Lightfoot record with “If You Could Read My Mind” on it. I thought, well good,
that’ll be something I could look for when shopping for Christmas or Birthday
presents. The only problem was that I could never remember the name of the
song.
So fast forward a year or two, and I am covering a local
softball team in a tournament in Indianapolis. It was shortly after my Dad had retired,
so I invited him along because I knew he liked softball, and it would be a rare
chance for us to spend a week together.
On one of the off days of the tournament, we ventured down
to an antique store south of Indianapolis and spent the morning wandering
around. We came to a booth that was loaded with vinyl records, and I mentioned
to my Dad that Jodi wanted a Gordon Lightfoot record with a certain song on it.
Which song? I couldn’t remember. This was before flip phones
and neither Jodi and I believed in texting. So, I thought we could wing it.
So, Dad picked out three albums and he bought all of them as
presents for her upcoming birthday. Of course, it turned out the song wasn’t on
any of three including one which was a greatest hits album. At that point, our
collection was fairly meager, but the folk singer from Canada was
well-represented.
Now, I never forget the name of this song.
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