Obscure musical Lyric for the week of November 24, 2008

Good morning music fans. What a beautiful day it is out there, at least it was earlier this morning. I trust you had a good weekend. Mine was busy with many different opportunities. I attended the funeral for the brother of my best friend yesterday. His brother died too young and left a family that dearly loved him. Their faith assures them of where he is and at the same time they miss him greatly. Funerals usually bring me to a place of review, where I think about all that is important in my life and what is unnecessary.

The song this week is an old song, released in 1970 and apparently re-released in 2008 on itunes. The song is the title song from the album. The band is Canadian and delivered a mixed bag of instruments, but no bag pipes. One of the former (although some of them still tour and play together) band members wrote the music for the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movies.

and everywhere we go we'll laugh and sing

I'll kiss you morning, noon and night

and all the universe will smile on us

cause they know that our love is finally right

I want to know the following:

The name of the band:
The name of the lead singer:
The name of the song (and album):
Who created the art work for the album cover:
The instrument played by the writer of the LOTR music:

Have a great week. In one month it will be Christmas eve. Next week I will begin my Christmas music trivia and will continue up to the week before Christmas, oh what fun it is to ride....................