Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot

You think you had the last laugh Now you know this can't be true Even though the sun shines down upon you now Sometimes you must feel blue You make the best of each new day You try not to be sad Even though

Drifters Gordon Lightfoot

I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by you Your wishes would come true if I had my say Whether it's right or wrong the words of every song Remind us of a love we knew where love should not

Summertime Dream Gordon Lightfoot

Where the road runs down but the butternut grove To old Bill Skinner's stream Do tell at the noonday bell It's time for a summertime dream In a lunch pail town in a one horse way You can live like a king

Now and Then Gordon Lightfoot

day There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end Let us just pretend a while Think about the good things now and then I think this time that was the best time that we two had ever

Uncle Toad Said Gordon Lightfoot

right When Uncle Toad spoke it was not a pretty sight Uncle Toad lived in the wood out back Lived in the shade of a utility shack He looked in at the big brick housr At the girls as quiet as a mouse Uncle

The Soul Is the Rock Gordon Lightfoot

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone

The List Gordon Lightfoot

There's a little room on my list for tonight Will ya be the one to fill it in Toss around what is up, what is down In between, would ya like to dream Step on in, ya don't have to play to win But then you

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Gordon Lightfoot

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gift you gave To the dark and the empty skies, my love To the dark and the empty skies The first

Ring Them Bells Gordon Lightfoot

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams Ring them bell from the sanctuaries, 'cross the valleys and streams For they're deep and they're wide, and the world's on its side And time is a-runnin

Cherokee Bend Gordon Lightfoot

when the snow had disappeared They came down with a bag of skins In the fall of the year of 1910 Daddy died by the rope down in Cherokee Bend.

Don Quixote Gordon Lightfoot

Through the woodland, through the valley Comes a horseman wild and free Tilting at the windmills passing Who can the brave young horseman be He is wild but he is mellow He is strong but he is weak He is

Ringneck Loon Gordon Lightfoot

Hear the call of the ringneck loon Hear the sound he will be home soon Hear the cry in the afternoon Ringneck loon, he knows best He's a loon and he don't care less Ringneck loon, away off shore How could

Black Day In July Gordon Lightfoot

July, black day in July And the soul of motor city is bared across the land As the book of law and order is taken in the hands Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land Black day in July

Songs the Minstrel Sang Gordon Lightfoot

sang To the good of Robin Hood Maid Marion and all the gang His aim was mean and his shot was clean And his suit was the shade of evergreen The folks he knew hadn't naught to fear When the sheriff was

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot

THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD Words and music by Gordon Lightfoot The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee' The lake, it is said, never gives

The Pony Man Gordon Lightfoot

When it's midnight on the meadow And the cats are in the shed And the river tells a story At the window by my bed If you listen very closely Be as quiet as you can In the yard you'll hear him It is the

Morning Glory Gordon Lightfoot

And all the way back again All the way back again I remember our old rendezvous The key was kept inside a shoe Those moments will remain frozen in time Morning Glory's on my mind What's the story Morning

Love & Maple Syrup Gordon Lightfoot

Love and maple syrup goes together Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet When lonely lovers come to rest Beneath the trees they do their best But still they can't be free Looking for the world

If I Could Gordon Lightfoot

If I could sing like the poets and kings of this world If I could rise like the wind or the tides of the sea I would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody And let you dream away till the morning

Minstrel Of The Dawn Gordon Lightfoot

The minstrel of the dawn is here To make you laugh and bend your ear Up the steps you'll hear him climb All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind

Wild Strawberries Gordon Lightfoot

If I had a dollar, if I had a cent I would play most anywhere if it would pay my rent I'd be livin' on the downside in my old apartment For the rest of my days People always ask why the world is on the

Christian Island (Georgian Bay) Gordon Lightfoot

I'm sailing down the summer wind I got whiskers on my chin And I like the mood I'm in As I while away the time of day In the lee of Christian Island Tall and strong she dips and reels I call her Silver

Wherefore And Why Gordon Lightfoot

When I woke this mornin', something inside of me told me this would be my day I heard the morning train, I felt the wind change, too many times I'm on my way Come on sunshine, what can you show me Where

Ghosts Of Cape Horn Gordon Lightfoot

All around old Cape Horn Ships of the line, ships of the morn Some who wish they'd never been born They are the ghosts of Cape Horn Fal deral da riddle de rum With a rim dim diddy And a rum dum dum Sailing

The House You Live In Gordon Lightfoot

Go first in the world, go forth with your fears Remember a price must be paid Be always too soon, be never too fast At the time when all bets must be laid Beware of the darkness, be kind to your children

Rainbow Trout Gordon Lightfoot

In the name of love she came This foolish winsome girl She was all decked out like a rainbow trout Swimmin' up stream in the world And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way The current is too strong

Bitter Green Gordon Lightfoot

Upon the bitter green she walked the hills above the town Echo to her footsteps as soft as Eider down Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears Waiting through the years Bitter Green they called her

Circle Of Steel Gordon Lightfoot

Rows of lights in a circle of steel Where you place your bets on a great big wheel High windows flickerin' down through the snow A time you know Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round Everybody's

On Yonge Street Gordon Lightfoot

See the people walkin' up and down See the people movin' all around On the streets of my hometown on Yonge Street Longest street in the world they say Summertime soon slips away I hope I'll see you one

The Watchman's Gone Gordon Lightfoot

Just like birds of a feather We too have followed the golden sun It feels so good, Knowin' the watchman's gone If I give you a rose, buddy Would you please bury it in the fields?

Too Many Clues In This Room Gordon Lightfoot

The space shuttle ends where the subway begins There's a tear on the face of the moon Fromdusk until dawn they have searched all day long But there's too many clues in this room At best it is said we've

Seven Island Suite Gordon Lightfoot

Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze We went walking on the high side of the bay on a chilly morn And we saw how leaves

Make Way Gordon Lightfoot

Some life I've been livin' Like a song in the night Good sounds every moment Good news and bright lights Anytime I get lonesome I just got to do the things right Make way for the lady You can do it my

Bend in the Water Gordon Lightfoot

Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, if you feel inclined Down around the bend in the water, bring your fishin' line Come on Pearl, I'm rough and ready, got my fishin' pole Down around the bend in the water to

Waiting For You Gordon Lightfoot

Say what you will, I will miss you my friends Let me move along for the road never ends Vowing to live till the end of all time All the way to the ends of the earth because I'm Waiting for you to say you

Song For A Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot

The lamp is burnin low upon my table top The snow is softly fallin The air is still within the silence of my room I hear your voice softly callin If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two

I'll Prove My Love Gordon Lightfoot

Any way the wind may blow Any way the creek may flow Any way the crow may fly Within the confines of the sky I will prove my love to you In everything I say and in all I do Anywhere the song is king Anywhere

All The Lovely Ladies Gordon Lightfoot

All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight I wish that I could know them one by one All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds Strolling in to take the ladies home Bless you all and keep

Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot

Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time to write To her lonesome boy somewheres in the night She sent me a railroad ticket too To take me to her lovin' arms And the big

Hangdog Hotel Room Gordon Lightfoot

I go in for singing, I do it for my pay But the kind of gig I can really dig is swiggin' at the break of day With a few good friends and neighbors into playin' the nighttime tunes So pass the jar and that

Bells of the Evening Gordon Lightfoot

Bells of the evening, O sing to my love Tell her I miss her, my own turtledove The streets of the old town are covered with rain I think I might never know true love again I'm lost with no road signs to

Early Mornin' Rain Gordon Lightfoot

In the early mornin' rain With a dollar in my hand And an aching in my heart And my pockets full of sand I'm a long ways from home And I missed my loved one so In the early mornin' rain With no place to

Protocol Gordon Lightfoot

Who are these ones who would lead us now To the sound of a thousand guns Who'd storm the gates of hell itself To the tune of a single drum Where are the girls of the neighborhood bars Whose loves were

Sweet Guinevere Gordon Lightfoot

Sweet Guinevere you're off to the coal town tonight And your young brother Ernie's up in Pittsburgh PA You know mother loves you, and dad's in the mine So don't go to the coal town, Guinevere, if you're

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

the border, to swim the river But I've done that before To see my true love's smiling face A hundred times or more Oh my sweet Miguel she cried I'll love you till I die He was born to the south In Mexico

Sometimes I Don't Mind Gordon Lightfoot

Sometimes I don't mind the sunshine Sometimes I need the rain Sometimes I don't mind the fun times Sometimes they're all the same When I'm thinking of you There's a fever around I don't know what to do

Only Love Would Know Gordon Lightfoot

Does the light of passion still burn bright Only love would know, my imagination Tells me I'm a pent-up fool In the deep end of the pool Is the light of passion burnin' bright Only love would know, only

Shadows Gordon Lightfoot

I been all around the world, oh how I long to see you smile. There's a shadow on the moon and the waters here below do not shine the way they should, and I love you just in case you didn't know.

Softly Gordon Lightfoot

Softly she comes Whispers the breeze with her passing In secret love she is laughing Softly she comes in the night Softly she sighs Sweetly she lies never sleeping Her fragrance all in my keeping Softly