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dad2mak · 11-08-2010, 01:35 PM

I can remember in the late 60's/early 70's hearing GL do "Summer Side of Life," but the lyrics at that live event were not "He came down through fields of green," but rather, "He came down to save us all on the summer side of life."

At first I thought it was about Jesus Christ, but someone else said it was about John F. Kennedy. Never did hear a definitive answer, and then the lyrics were changed for the album.

11-08-2010, 01:35 PM	#21
dad2mak Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 72	Re: Which members have experienced the 'early' Gord, live? I can remember in the late 60's/early 70's hearing GL do "Summer Side of Life," but the lyrics at that live event were not "He came down through fields of green," but rather, "He came down to save us all on the summer side of life." At first I thought it was about Jesus Christ, but someone else said it was about John F. Kennedy. Never did hear a definitive answer, and then the lyrics were changed for the album.