A Passing Ship Gordon Lightfoot

A passing ship I have found the open ocean Give me no lip The waves roll by as I pass on A snulit sea On the first day of April How fresh the wind Will you miss me when I'm gone How many words How many

A Painter Passing Through Gordon Lightfoot

my prime, once along the way If you want to know my secret don't come runnin' after me For I am just a painter passing through in history Yesterday is gone, yesterday's alright Yesterday belongs in my

Triangle Gordon Lightfoot

Oh the gist of it all is the first day of fall is the day when my ship will set sail The best of all friends will say good-bye again there's still time for one last glass of ale We'll sail away proudly

Fading Away Gordon Lightfoot

I was at the breakwall, I was lookin' at the sea In back of the eight ball in some misery There on the horizon stood a mighty ship of fools They were headin' into the harbor with all their broken rules

Go My Way Gordon Lightfoot

shadow is followin' you Go my way and I'll take you by the hand Believe in me and I'll do the best I can I can't be anything but just what I am I can't help it if I'm in love with you Why must I sail my ship

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

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

For Lovin' Me / Did She Mention My Name Gordon Lightfoot

see That's what you get for lovin' me I ain't the kind to hang around With any new love that I found Since movin' is my stock in trade I'm movin' on I won't think of you when I'm gone So don't you shed a

Christian Island (Georgian Bay) Gordon Lightfoot

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 Heels And she tells me how she feels She's a

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

Somewhere U.S.A. Gordon Lightfoot

Out on the road like a low-down Joe And the bar where we are is so cool I'd like to stay Misunderstood like I knew I would be The one I care for don't mind, she's built that way I would gladly offer you

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

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

Black Day In July Gordon Lightfoot

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, black day in July In the streets of motor city there's a

I Used to Be a Country Singer Gordon Lightfoot

me if she could do my room I put down my old guitar and she gave me a smile She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look, but she had a friendly style She dusted my room and made my bed and she talked

Restless Gordon Lightfoot

There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within It sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry And I will always love that

Endless Wire Gordon Lightfoot

I ain't got nothin' to hide My mind is an endless wire I got both feet on the ground I ain't got no one for hire I ain't got a thing to show My lines have all expired So don't go foolin' around And set

Bend in the Water Gordon Lightfoot

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 the fishin' hole It's a

If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot

If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. Just like an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well.

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

Is There Anyone Home Gordon Lightfoot

Anyone inside know my name I've been around for a half of a hundred days.

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

If It Should Please You Gordon Lightfoot

If it should please you, I have come to play A glad or a sad tune, I wrote along the way And a few good songs about the old highway I been around so long Lord, I guess I'm here to stay So I'm itching to

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

A Lesson in Love Gordon Lightfoot

Barnum Presented Jenny Lind They named a candy after her A circus after him End of my story The rest is history She in all of her glory He lived quietly He needed her, she needed him As sure as the sky

Boathouse Gordon Lightfoot

I would rather be at the boathouse, out of the daily grind I'd sooner be down at the boathouse, what a way to unwind Now I don't wanna know how it feels to be set back So I'm leavin' here on a one-way

If Children Had Wings Gordon Lightfoot

There's a love I hold dear And it shines through each year And it makes things seem different somehow It's for better or worse It's for people who thirst For a love that burns brighter right now And it

Ecstasy Made Easy Gordon Lightfoot

I can always try to forget somehow What's a part of the past Have a little laughter if you please I won't even mind if it takes awhile I've got time on my hands I feel another chapter in the breeze Somebody

Cotton Jenny Gordon Lightfoot

There's a house on a hill By a worn down weathered old mill In the valley below where the river winds There's no such thing as bad times And a soft southern flame Oh Cotton Jenny's her name She wakes me

Cold On The Shoulder Gordon Lightfoot

All you need is time All you need is time, time, time to make me bend Give it a try, don't be rude Put it to the test and I'll give it right back to you It's cold on the shoulder And you know that we get

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

I can see her lyin' back in her faded dress In a room where ya do what ya don't confess Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs Sundown ya better take care If

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

I can see her lyin' back in her faded dress In a room where ya do what ya don't confess Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs Sundown ya better take

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress In a room where you do what you don't confess Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care

Sundown (Album Version) Gordon Lightfoot

I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress In a room where you do what you don't confess Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care

Saturday Clothes Gordon Lightfoot

I feel a blue 'cause I can't sew There's still a lot of things that I should know Anyone can guess I don't know how to press My Saturday clothes Everyone's goin' home I feel a little sad to watch them

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

I'd Do It Again Gordon Lightfoot

A one man band on a one night stand As a one man band should be The cried for more, he replied why sure And he played one just for free The sounds he laid down. the songs he played Made the ladies all

It's Worth Believin' Gordon Lightfoot

There's a warm wind tonight And the moon turns the tide When the stars take their ride She'll be leavin' Where she goes, I don't know She won't tell me what it is That makes her act like this But I've

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

Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot

In the early mornin\' rain with a dollar in my hand With an achin\' in my heart and my pockets full of sand I\'m a long way from home, Lord I miss my loved ones so In the early mornin\' rain, with no

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

Uncle Toad Said Gordon Lightfoot

Waitin' them boys they bin stayin' out late Uncle Toad thinks they're way out of line Maybe they think he is past his prime Uncle Toad said better straighten up right When Uncle Toad spoke it was not a

Morning Glory Gordon Lightfoot

Pretty faces everywhere A few hard cases stop and stare They've got charm that is not right Pretty faces late at nightMorning Glory what's the story Will it ever end I've been all the way to Biscayne Bay

If There's a Reason Gordon Lightfoot

If you should need me deep in the night My arms around you in shades of twilight If there's a reason for livin' without me Just let me know and I'll move on Down to the station with the big wheels burnin

High And Dry Gordon Lightfoot

With a lady-like devotion She sails the bitter ocean If it wasn't for lovesick sailors There'd be nothin' left but flotsam Singin' why me oh my Is there a better man than I I hope you find your way back

My Little Love Gordon Lightfoot

I've got a song that it is my mind, my little love who is never unkind I'm a poet and I'm better off dead.

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

On Yonge Street Gordon Lightfoot

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 fine day on Yonge Street Everywhere you go in a

10 Degrees & Getting Colder Gordon Lightfoot

He was standin' by the highway with a sign that just said Mother When he heard a driver comin' 'Bout a half a mile away？？？？？？?

Now and Then Gordon Lightfoot

I think this time you've said enough to make me want to leave this place Still I keep coming back for more of the same to fan the dying flame Here inside these walls that seem to move a little closer every