Dan Fogelberg is one of my all-time favourite singer/songwriters. And "The Innocent Age" is one of my all-time favourite albums.
I flicking though the radio stations while driving in my car yesterday with my ten year old when I came across "Longer".
My daughter wanted to keep going but I insisted on listening to the song. It's an absolute beauty, and his biggest hit apparently.
I was moved by the following lines, given his untimely death in 2007 at the age of only 56:
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
Here is the song accompanied by a beautiful set of photos taken by his wife Jean: