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.
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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