When you’re weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I’m on your side. When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
– Lyrics by Paul Simon
A Brief Commentary by Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper
Posted December 15, 2025 on Niagara At Large
What a troubling few days we have collectively had in the last gasp of a year that has been troubling enough.
As if there haven’t been enough reports this year about the damage Trump’s tariffs are doing to Canada’s economy, the continuing rise in the cost of food and the growing number of homeless encampments and people lining up at food bank – not to mention the outrageous rise in property, water and policing taxes our Niagara regional government is slamming on us – there has been all the news since this past Friday of the mass shootings on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and on a popular beach area in Australia (the latter rampage specifically targeted at Jewish people on the first day of Honukka), and there has been the murder of famed entertainers and humanitarians Rob and Michele Reiner, allegedly at the hands of one of their own sons.
As I, like I image so many of you, try to work my mind and body through all of this, a song came to mind, as it often does during times like this, that made me feel a little better.
It is Paul Simon’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ and I want to share with you this beautiful version of it performed by 21-year-old British singing sensation Lucy Thomas.
To hear and watch her sing it, click on the screen immediately below –
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Let’s All Hold Hands And Cross That Bridge Together, And Do Our Best To Make A Better World And Stay Strong – Doug Draper
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