Cardinal
I remember reading an interview that Bob Dylan gave back in the 80’s or early 90’s. When asked what songwriters he admired, Dylan mentioned Gordon Lightfoot. That surprised the hell out of me, because I had always taken Lightfoot to be a silly, pop-oriented guy. Of course, Bob was right.
“When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you wont read that book again
Because the ending’s just too hard to take”
-Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind”
by Andrew Hersey