Complete List Of Gordon Lightfoot Songs From A to Z

Complete List Of Gordon Lightfoot Songs From A to Z

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Gordon Lightfoot carried Orillia, Ontario, into songs that traveled far beyond Canada, building a career around plainspoken detail, melodic discipline, and storytelling that made trains, highways, shipwrecks, rivers, changing seasons, and broken relationships feel like lived history. Born Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. on November 17, 1938, he began singing publicly as a child, performed in church and local productions, and made his first appearance at Toronto’s Massey Hall after winning a boys’ vocal competition at age twelve.

Lightfoot studied piano, drums, percussion, folk guitar, jazz composition, and orchestration before returning to Toronto from Los Angeles in 1960. He performed on CBC television, worked the city’s coffeehouse circuit, and recorded early singles including “Remember Me (I’m the One)” and “It’s Too Late, He Wins.” His reputation initially grew through other performers: Ian and Sylvia, Peter, Paul and Mary, Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley, Judy Collins, and many others recorded his songs.

Lightfoot! introduced his album catalog in 1966 with “For Lovin’ Me,” “Early Mornin’ Rain,” “Steel Rail Blues,” “Ribbon of Darkness,” and “I’m Not Sayin’.” The Way I Feel, Did She Mention My Name?, Back Here on Earth, and the live album Sunday Concert followed during the late 1960s. “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” written for Canada’s 1967 centennial celebrations, became one of the clearest examples of Lightfoot turning national history and geography into enduring popular music.

His international breakthrough arrived with “If You Could Read My Mind,” first released on the 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger. The album was retitled after the success of the single, and Lightfoot began a remarkable run that included Summer Side of Life, Don Quixote, Old Dan’s Records, Sundown, Cold on the Shoulder, Summertime Dream, and Endless Wire.

“Sundown” reached number one in the United States and Canada in 1974, while “Carefree Highway,” “Rainy Day People,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” became lasting radio standards. The latter transformed the 1975 loss of the Great Lakes freighter and its twenty-nine crew members into one of Lightfoot’s most powerful narrative songs.

Lightfoot’s recordings were shaped by a remarkably stable group of musicians. Guitarists Red Shea and Terry Clements, bassists John Stockfish and Rick Haynes, pedal-steel guitarist Pee Wee Charles, drummer Barry Keane, and keyboardist Mike Heffernan helped create the restrained, detailed arrangements that surrounded his baritone voice and twelve-string guitar.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Lightfoot released Dream Street Rose, Shadows, Salute, East of Midnight, Waiting for You, and A Painter Passing Through. Songs such as “Baby Step Back,” “Anything for Love,” “In My Fashion,” “Restless,” and the title track of A Painter Passing Through showed how his writing continued to balance reflection, travel, memory, and emotional restraint.

The four-disc Songbook collection arrived in 1999 with eighteen rare or previously unreleased recordings, including the early singles “Remember Me (I’m the One)” and “It’s Too Late, He Wins,” along with “A Message to the Wind,” “Mama Said,” “Station Master,” “Too Much to Lose,” “Stone Cold Sober,” “Borderstone,” and “Forgive Me Lord.”

After surviving a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in 2002, Lightfoot returned with Harmony in 2004 and resumed touring. All Live, released in 2012, drew from unaltered Massey Hall recordings made between 1998 and 2001. His final studio album, Solo, appeared in 2020 and presented ten spare recordings centered on his voice and guitar.

Lightfoot received sixteen Juno Awards, five Grammy Award nominations, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, and appointment as a Companion of the Order of Canada. His connection to Massey Hall remained central throughout his life, with more than 170 performances at the Toronto venue.

Gordon Lightfoot died in Toronto on May 1, 2023, at age eighty-four. The posthumous concert album At Royal Albert Hall, recorded in London in 2016 and released later in 2023, became his final official album. Its twenty-six performances captured Lightfoot with longtime band members Rick Haynes, Barry Keane, Mike Heffernan, and Carter Lancaster, without overdubs or studio repairs.

Complete List Of Gordon Lightfoot Songs From A to Z

A–E

  1. “10 Degrees and Getting Colder”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  2. “14 Karat Gold”Shadows (1982)
  3. “14 Karat Gold (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  4. “Affair on 8th Avenue”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  5. “Alberta Bound”Don Quixote (1972)
  6. “All I’m After”Shadows (1982)
  7. “All the Lovely Ladies”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  8. “All the Lovely Ladies (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  9. “Always on the Bright Side”Songbook (1999)
  10. “Anything for Love”East of Midnight (1986)
  11. “Apology (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  12. “Approaching Lavender”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  13. “The Auctioneer”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  14. “Baby It’s Alright”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  15. “Baby Step Back”Shadows (1982)
  16. “Baby Step Back (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  17. “Baby Step Back (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  18. “Ballad of Yarmouth Castle (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  19. “Beautiful”Don Quixote (1972)
  20. “Beautiful (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  21. “Bells of the Evening”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  22. “Bend in the Water”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  23. “Better Off”Solo (2020)
  24. “Betty Called Me In”Songbook (1999; recorded 1976)
  25. “Biscuit City”Salute (1983)
  26. “Bitter Green”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  27. “Bitter Green (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  28. “Black Day in July”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  29. “Blackberry Wine”Shadows (1982)
  30. “Blackberry Wine (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  31. “Boathouse”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  32. “Borderstone”Songbook (1999)
  33. “Boss Man”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  34. “Boss Man (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  35. “Brave Mountaineers”Don Quixote (1972)
  36. “Broken Dreams”Salute (1983)
  37. “Cabaret”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  38. “Can’t Depend on Love”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  39. “Canadian Railroad Trilogy”The Way I Feel (1967)
  40. “Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  41. “Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  42. “Canary Yellow Canoe”Songbook (1999)
  43. “Carefree Highway”Sundown (1974)
  44. “Carefree Highway (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  45. “Carefree Highway (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  46. “Changes”Lightfoot! (1966)
  47. “Cherokee Bend”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  48. “Christian Island (Georgian Bay)”Don Quixote (1972)
  49. “Christian Island (Georgian Bay) (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  50. “Christian Island (Georgian Bay) (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  51. “The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes) (1968 Version)”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  52. “The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes) (1978 Version)”Endless Wire (1978)
  53. “Circle of Steel”Sundown (1974)
  54. “Clouds of Loneliness”Harmony (2004)
  55. “Cobwebs & Dust”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  56. “Cold Hands from New York”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  57. “Cold on the Shoulder”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  58. “Cotton Jenny”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  59. “Couchiching”Harmony (2004)
  60. “Crossroads”The Way I Feel (1967)
  61. “Daylight Katy”Endless Wire (1978)
  62. “Did She Mention My Name?”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  63. “Did She Mention My Name? (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  64. “Do You Walk, Do You Talk”Solo (2020)
  65. “Does Your Mother Know”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  66. “Don Quixote”Don Quixote (1972)
  67. “Don Quixote (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  68. “Don’t Beat Me Down”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  69. “Dream Street Rose”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  70. “Dreamdrift”Solo (2020)
  71. “Dreamland”Endless Wire (1978)
  72. “Drifters”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  73. “Drifters (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  74. “Drink Yer Glasses Empty”Waiting for You (1993)
  75. “E-Motion”Solo (2020)
  76. “Early Mornin’ Rain”Lightfoot! (1966)
  77. “Early Mornin’ Rain (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  78. “Early Mornin’ Rain (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  79. “East of Midnight”East of Midnight (1986)
  80. “Easy Flo”Solo (2020)
  81. “Ecstasy Made Easy”East of Midnight (1986)
  82. “End of All Time”Harmony (2004)
  83. “Endless Wire”Endless Wire (1978)

F–J

  1. “Fading Away”Waiting for You (1993)
  2. “Farewell to Annabel”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  3. “Fine as Fine Can Be”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  4. “Fine as Fine Can Be (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  5. “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”Lightfoot! (1966)
  6. “Flyin’ Blind”Harmony (2004)
  7. “For Lovin’ Me”Lightfoot! (1966)
  8. “Forgive Me Lord”Songbook (1999)
  9. “Ghosts of Cape Horn”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  10. “Go My Way”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  11. “Go-Go Round”The Way I Feel (1967)
  12. “Gotta Get Away”Salute (1983)
  13. “The Gypsy”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  14. “Hangdog Hotel Room”Endless Wire (1978)
  15. “Harmony”Harmony (2004)
  16. “Heaven Don’t Deserve Me”Songbook (1999)
  17. “Heaven Help the Devil”Shadows (1982)
  18. “Hey You”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  19. “Hi’way Songs”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  20. “High and Dry”Sundown (1974)
  21. “Home from the Forest”The Way I Feel (1967)
  22. “The House You Live In”Summertime Dream (1976)
  23. “I Used to Be a Country Singer”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  24. “I Want to Hear It From You”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  25. “I’d Do It Again”Summertime Dream (1976)
  26. “I’d Rather Press On”Waiting for You (1993)
  27. “I’d Rather Press On (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  28. “I’ll Be Alright”The Way I Feel (1967)
  29. “I’ll Do Anything”Shadows (1982)
  30. “I’ll Prove My Love”Waiting for You (1993)
  31. “I’ll Tag Along”East of Midnight (1986)
  32. “I’m Not Sayin’”Lightfoot! (1966)
  33. “I’m Not Sayin’/Ribbon of Darkness (Live)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  34. “I’m Not Supposed to Care”Summertime Dream (1976)
  35. “If Children Had Wings”Endless Wire (1978)
  36. “If I Could”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  37. “If There’s a Reason”Endless Wire (1978)
  38. “If You Could Read My Mind”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  39. “If You Could Read My Mind (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  40. “If You Could Read My Mind (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  41. “If You Got It”The Way I Feel (1967)
  42. “If You Need Me”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  43. “In a Windowpane (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  44. “In My Fashion”Shadows (1982)
  45. “Inspiration Lady”Harmony (2004)
  46. “Is There Anyone Home”Sundown (1974)
  47. “It’s Too Late, He Wins”Songbook (1999; originally released as a 1962 single)
  48. “It’s Worth Believin’”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  49. “Just a Little Bit”Solo (2020)

K–O

  1. “Keep on Yearnin’”Songbook (1999)
  2. “Knotty Pine”Salute (1983)
  3. “The Last Time I Saw Her”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  4. “The Laughter We Seek”Solo (2020)
  5. “Lazy Mornin’”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  6. “Leaves of Grass (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  7. “A Lesson in Love”East of Midnight (1986)
  8. “Let It Ride”East of Midnight (1986)
  9. “Let It Ride (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  10. “Let It Ride (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  11. “Lifeline”Songbook (1999)
  12. “The List”Sundown (1974)
  13. “Long River”Lightfoot! (1966)
  14. “Long Thin Dawn”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  15. “Long Way Back Home”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  16. “Looking at the Rain”Don Quixote (1972)
  17. “The Lost Children (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  18. “Love and Maple Syrup”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  19. “Magnificent Outpouring”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  20. “Make Way for the Lady”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  21. “Mama Said”Songbook (1999)
  22. “Marie Christine”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  23. “May I”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  24. “Me and Bobby McGee”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  25. “A Message to the Wind”Songbook (1999)
  26. “Miguel”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  27. “A Minor Ballad”The Way I Feel (1967)
  28. “Minstrel of the Dawn”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  29. “Minstrel of the Dawn (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  30. “Mister Rock of Ages”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  31. “Morning Glory”East of Midnight (1986)
  32. “Mother of a Miner’s Child”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  33. “The Mountains and Maryann”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  34. “Much to My Surprise”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  35. “My Little Love”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  36. “My Pony Won’t Go”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  37. “Never Say Trust Me”Songbook (1999)
  38. “Never Too Close”Summertime Dream (1976)
  39. “Never Too Close (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  40. “The No Hotel”Harmony (2004)
  41. “No Mistake About It”Harmony (2004)
  42. “Nous Vivons Ensemble”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  43. “Now and Then”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  44. “Now and Then (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  45. “Ode to Big Blue”Don Quixote (1972)
  46. “Oh So Sweet”Solo (2020)
  47. “Oh, Linda”Lightfoot! (1966)
  48. “Old Dan’s Records”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  49. “Old Dan’s Records (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  50. “On Susan’s Floor”Don Quixote (1972)
  51. “On the High Seas”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  52. “On Yonge Street”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  53. “Only Love Would Know”Waiting for You (1993)
  54. “Ordinary Man”Don Quixote (1972)

P–T

  1. “A Painter Passing Through”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  2. “A Painter Passing Through (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  3. “A Painter Passing Through (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  4. “A Passing Ship”East of Midnight (1986)
  5. “The Patriot’s Dream”Don Quixote (1972)
  6. “Peaceful Waters”Lightfoot! (1966)
  7. “The Pony Man”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  8. “Poor Little Allison”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  9. “Pride of Man”Lightfoot! (1966)
  10. “Protocol”Summertime Dream (1976)
  11. “Pussywillows, Cat-Tails”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  12. “Pussywillows, Cat-Tails (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  13. “Race Among the Ruins”Summertime Dream (1976)
  14. “Rainbow Trout”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  15. “Rainy Day People”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  16. “Rainy Day People (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  17. “Rainy Day People (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  18. “Red Velvet”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  19. “Redwood Hill”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  20. “Remember Me (I’m the One)”Songbook (1999; originally released as a 1962 single)
  21. “Restless”Waiting for You (1993)
  22. “Restless (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  23. “Restless (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  24. “Return into Dust”Solo (2020)
  25. “Ribbon of Darkness”Lightfoot! (1966)
  26. “Ribbon of Darkness (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  27. “Rich Man’s Spiritual”Lightfoot! (1966)
  28. “Ring Them Bells”Waiting for You (1993)
  29. “Ringneck Loon”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  30. “Ringneck Loon (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  31. “River of Light”Harmony (2004)
  32. “Romance”Salute (1983)
  33. “Rosanna”The Way I Feel (1967)
  34. “Salute (A Lot More Livin’ to Do)”Salute (1983)
  35. “Same Old Loverman”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  36. “Saturday Clothes”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  37. “Sea of Tranquility”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  38. “Sea of Tranquility (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  39. “Second Cup of Coffee”Don Quixote (1972)
  40. “Seven Island Suite”Sundown (1974)
  41. “Shadows”Shadows (1982)
  42. “Shadows (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  43. “Shadows (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  44. “She’s Not the Same”Shadows (1982)
  45. “Shellfish”Harmony (2004)
  46. “Sit Down Young Stranger”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  47. “Sixteen Miles (To Seven Lakes)”Lightfoot! (1966)
  48. “Slide on Over”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  49. “Softly”The Way I Feel (1967)
  50. “Softly (Live on Sunday Concert)”Sunday Concert (1969)
  51. “Someone to Believe In”Salute (1983)
  52. “Something Very Special”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  53. “Sometimes I Don’t Mind”Endless Wire (1978)
  54. “Sometimes I Wish”Harmony (2004)
  55. “Somewhere U.S.A.”Sundown (1974)
  56. “Song for a Winter’s Night”The Way I Feel (1967)
  57. “Song for a Winter’s Night (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  58. “Songs the Minstrel Sang”Endless Wire (1978)
  59. “The Soul Is the Rock”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  60. “Spanish Moss”Summertime Dream (1976)
  61. “Station Master”Songbook (1999)
  62. “Stay Loose”East of Midnight (1986)
  63. “Steel Rail Blues”Lightfoot! (1966)
  64. “Stone Cold Sober”Songbook (1999)
  65. “Summer Side of Life”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  66. “Summertime Dream”Summertime Dream (1976)
  67. “Sundown”Sundown (1974)
  68. “Sundown (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  69. “Sundown (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  70. “Sweet Guinevere”Endless Wire (1978)
  71. “Sweet Guinevere (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  72. “Talking in Your Sleep”Summer Side of Life (1971)
  73. “Tattoo”Salute (1983)
  74. “Thank You for the Promises”Shadows (1982)
  75. “That Same Old Obsession”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  76. “Too Late for Prayin’”Sundown (1974)
  77. “Too Many Clues in This Room”Summertime Dream (1976)
  78. “Too Much to Lose”Songbook (1999)
  79. “A Tree Too Weak to Stand”Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  80. “Triangle”Shadows (1982)

U–Z

  1. “Uncle Toad Said”A Painter Passing Through (1998)
  2. “Unsettled Ways”Back Here on Earth (1968)
  3. “Waiting for You”Waiting for You (1993)
  4. “Waiting for You (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  5. “Walls”The Way I Feel (1967)
  6. “The Watchman’s Gone”Sundown (1974)
  7. “The Watchman’s Gone (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  8. “The Way I Feel (1966 Version)”Lightfoot! (1966)
  9. “The Way I Feel (1967 Version)”The Way I Feel (1967)
  10. “Welcome to Try”Waiting for You (1993)
  11. “Wherefore and Why”Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
  12. “Whisper My Name”Dream Street Rose (1980)
  13. “Whispers of the North”Salute (1983)
  14. “Why Not Give It a Try”Solo (2020)
  15. “Why Should I Feel Blue”Songbook (1999)
  16. “Wild Strawberries”Waiting for You (1993)
  17. “Without You”Salute (1983)
  18. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”Summertime Dream (1976)
  19. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Live at Massey Hall)”All Live (2012)
  20. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Live at Royal Albert Hall)”At Royal Albert Hall (2023)
  21. “You Are What I Am”Old Dan’s Records (1972)
  22. “You Just Gotta Be”East of Midnight (1986)
  23. “You’ll Still Be Needing Me”Songbook (1999)
  24. “Your Love’s Return (Song for Stephen Foster)”Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)

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Gordon Lightfoot Albums and Major Releases

Lightfoot! (1966)

The Way I Feel (1967)

Did She Mention My Name? (1968)

Back Here on Earth (1968)

Sunday Concert (1969)

Sit Down Young Stranger / If You Could Read My Mind (1970)

Summer Side of Life (1971)

Don Quixote (1972)

Old Dan’s Records (1972)

Sundown (1974)

Cold on the Shoulder (1975)

Gord’s Gold (1975)

Summertime Dream (1976)

Endless Wire (1978)

Dream Street Rose (1980)

Shadows (1982)

Salute (1983)

East of Midnight (1986)

Gord’s Gold, Vol. 2 (1988)

Waiting for You (1993)

A Painter Passing Through (1998)

Songbook (1999)

Harmony (2004)

All Live (2012)

Solo (2020)

At Royal Albert Hall (2023)

Updated August 1, 2026.

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