Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Man Hole Christmas Song Hall of Fame Inductee #32

 
Well, here we are, January 1, 2014.  We end the induction of songs with this one, released in 1980 as a single by Dan Fogelberg, the song tells the story of two long ago lovers having a chance meeting in a grocery store on Christmas Eve.
 
 
 
 
The song is semi-autobiographic in that when Fogelberg went back home in the mid-70's to Peoria, Illinois, he ran into an old high school girlfriend in a local convenience store.  The song is almost a word for word account of what happened over the two hour reunion.  The only major differences being the woman really has green eyes and her husband was a physical education teacher not an architect.  Sadly, Dan Fogelberg left us in 2007 after a battle with prostate cancer that lasted for nearly four years.
 
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
and surely I’ll buy mine !
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
 
Here's wishing all of us a safe, prosperous, and happy 2014.
 
 
 
 
 

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