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

Spanish Moss Gordon Lightfoot

much As I love your Spanish moss Spanish moss hangin' down Lofty as the southern love we've found Spanish moss Keeps on followin' my thoughts around Georgia pine and Ripple wine Memories of Savannah summertime

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

Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot

you now Sometimes you must feel blue You make the best of each new day You try not to be sad Even though the sky falls down upon you Call it midnight feelin' bad When you wake up to the promise Of your dream

Endless Wire Gordon Lightfoot

of a bottomless hole There's a few good second hand scenes Deep in the dark of the heavenly blue Where the sea runs green I ain't got nothin' to give My life is an endless climb My love's a paperback dream

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

Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot

Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream I wonder how the old folks are tonight Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face She left me not knowin' what to do Carefree highway

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

Somewhere U.S.A. Gordon Lightfoot

This rental car never went so far But with each passing mile on more dream has turned to clay Now that we've met and your eyes are all wet Let me fetch my guitar, there's a song I'd like to play I would

I'll Tag Along Gordon Lightfoot

is no oxygen This time tomorrow we might all be packed and gone I believe it's best we carry on Smoke rings rising til they disappear In the sky above If you ask me I'll tag along Each and every bad dream

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs Sundown ya better take care If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream

Sundown (Album Version) Gordon Lightfoot

round my back stairs Sundown, you better take care If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream

Shadows Gordon Lightfoot

Or the shadown of a dream? Is it wrong to be in love? Could it be the finest love I've ever seen? Set it free. Let it happen like it happened once before.

All The Lovely Ladies Gordon Lightfoot

To all the little dreamers with a dream that cannot last To all the sleeping giants who must wake To every man who answers to the letter of the law And all the rest imprisoned by mistake Bless you all

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. In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet. Y...

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

Baby Step Back Gordon Lightfoot

Now it looks to me like the same old place In the sky it looks like rain The same old town with the same old streets The address has not change You can find me there With the door shut tight And th...

Cherokee Bend Gordon Lightfoot

His father was a man who could never understand The shame on a red man's face So they lived in the hills and they never came down But to trade in the white man's place It was early in the spring w...

Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot

Rainy day people always seem to know when it뭩 time to call. Rainy day people don뭪 talk they just listen till they뭭e heard it all. Rainy day lovers don뭪 lie when they te...

Red Velvet Gordon Lightfoot

Four months ago in April on a daycoach she came down And the dust autumn winds begin to blow Shoulda known I couldn't hold livin' out so far from town And the nights to come are long are slow to go...

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 pro...

Circle Is Small Gordon Lightfoot

It's alright for some, but not alright for me When the one that I'm lovin' slips around You think it's fine to do things I cannot see And you're doin' it to me, baby can't you see that I know how ...

Let It Ride Gordon Lightfoot

These are just the simple facts I will relate to you Though they are not connected Each and every one is true If they seem a bit untidy Well unraveling them is fun I will not stand corrected I have...

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 ...

Daylight Katy Gordon Lightfoot

She walks be the sea where the seaworld is And she waits for the man to come She lives in town with her high-heeled friends And she knows it's a long way down But she doesn't have to get up in the ...

The Circle is Small Gordon Lightfoot

It's alright for some, but not alright for me, When the one that I'm lovin' slips around. You think it's fine to do things I cannot see .... And you're doin' it to me, baby can't you see ...... th...

Anything For Love Gordon Lightfoot

In my lifeIn my time and in each line I've ever sungAnd in my lifeWas it my imagination or are you still the oneWho lingers onI'd do anything for youYou'd do anything for meWe'd do anything for lov...

Minstrel Of The Dawn Gordon Lightfoot

The minstrel of the dawn is hereTo make you laugh and bend your earUp the steps you'll hear him climbAll full of thoughts, all full of rhymesListen to the pictures flowAcross the room into your min...

Me And Bobby McGee Gordon Lightfoot

Busted flat in Baton RougeHeadin' for the trainFeelin' nearly faded as my jeansBobby thumbed a diesel downJust before it rainedTook us all away to New OrleansI took my harpoon out of my dirty red b...

Approaching Lavender Gordon Lightfoot

If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching lavenderYou'll feel just fine but one thing's sureYou'll never be the sameIf you'd like to try your hand at understanding lavenderThen you must be v...

Saturday Clothes Gordon Lightfoot

I feel a blue 'cause I can't sewThere's still a lot of things that I should knowAnyone can guessI don't know how to pressMy Saturday clothesEveryone's goin' homeI feel a little sad to watch them le...

Cobwebs & Dust Gordon Lightfoot

Island goodbye, island goodbyeWe been too long together, my island and i'cross the blue sea, cross the blue seaWe been too long together, my island and meCobwebs and dust, cobwebs and dustI hate to...

Poor Little Allison Gordon Lightfoot

Poor little AllisonStanding in the night windWishing out loudTurning her face to the summer rainPoor little AllisonNever had much goin'Hard to forgetAlways in step with the world she's inNever know...

Sit Down Young Stranger Gordon Lightfoot

I'm standin' in the doorwayMy head bowed in my handsNot knowin' where to sitNot knowin' where to standMy father looms above meFor him there is no restMy mother's arms enfold meAnd hold me to her br...

Baby It's Allright Gordon Lightfoot

It's alright for some, but not alright for meWhen the one that I'm lovin' slips aroundYou think it's fine to do things I cannot seeAnd you're doin' it to me, baby, can't you seeThat I know how it i...

Your Love's Return Gordon Lightfoot

Come to the door my pretty onePut on your rings and precious thingsHide all your tears as best you canTry to recall what used to beRoses are waiting for dewdrops to fallClimbing your windows and wa...

The Pony Man Gordon Lightfoot

When it's midnight on the meadowAnd the cats are in the shedAnd the river tells a storyAt the window by my bedIf you listen very closelyBe as quiet as you canIn the yard you'll hear himIt is the po...

I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon Of Darkness Gordon Lightfoot

I'm not sayin' that I love youI'm not sayin' that I'll careif you love meI'm not sayin' that I'll careI'm not sayin' I'll be there when you need meI can't give my heart to youOr tell you that I'll ...

Song For A Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot

The lamp is burnin low upon my table topThe snow is softly fallinThe air is still within the silence of my roomI hear your voice softly callinIf I could only have you nearTo breathe a sigh or twoI ...

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not runWhen the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sunLong before the white man and long before the wheelWhen the green dark fo...

Softly Gordon Lightfoot

Softly she comesWhispers the breeze with her passingIn secret love she is laughingSoftly she comes in the nightSoftly she sighsSweetly she lies never sleepingHer fragrance all in my keepingSoftly s...

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

That's what you get for lovin' meThat's what you get for lovin' meEv'ry thing you had is goneAs you can seeThat's what you get for lovin' meI ain't the kind to hang aroundWith any new love that I f...

Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot

Well I got my mail late last nightA letter from a girl who found the time to writeTo her lonesome boy somewheres in the nightShe sent me a railroad ticket tooTo take me to her lovin' armsAnd the bi...

Wherefore And Why Gordon Lightfoot

When I woke this mornin', something inside of me told me this would bemy dayI heard the morning train, I felt the wind change, too many times I'm onmy wayCome on sunshine, what can you show meWhere...

Bitter Green Gordon Lightfoot

Upon the bitter green she walked the hills above the townEcho to her footsteps as soft as Eider downWaiting for her master to kiss away her tearsWaiting through the yearsBitter Green they called he...

Beautiful Gordon Lightfoot

At times I just don't knowHow you could be anything but beautifulI think that I was made for youAnd you were made for meAnd I know that I will never changeCause we've been friends through rain or s...

Summer Side Of Life Gordon Lightfoot

He came down throught fields of greenOn the summer side of lifeHis love was ripeThere were no illusionsOn the summer side of lifeOnly tendernessAnd if you saw him nowYou'd wonder why he would cryTh...

Cotton Jenny Gordon Lightfoot

There's a house on a hillBy a worn down weathered old millIn the valley below where the river windsThere's no such thing as bad timesAnd a soft southern flameOh Cotton Jenny's her nameShe wakes me ...