Memories … k d lang
Last night Ray and I went to a memorable concert by k d lang in the concert hall in Sarasota. Of course when Lang sang Hallelujah it brought the crowd to its feet. It brought back memories of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. I have always love Leonard Cohen a fixture in my university days. If you were a female student in the late 60’s or early 70’s you were probably Suzanne.
Anyway, I think of k d lang singing that song as we approach the bridge world championships. Most competitors are not going to win or even place. I have been one of the also rans and I find the words of this song speaks to me … Here is the last verse – the competitors’ verse
I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Good luck to all of you. Congratulations on being there, on competing. Special good luck to Bob and Judy and all my friends who will be in Holland.
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I first saw k d lang (The Alberta Rose) on M-TV in a video with Roy Orbison covering his own song, ‘Crying’. The performance knocked my ‘socks off’ and she has been a favorite of mine ever since.