Too Late For Prayin' Gordon Lightfoot

why thank you lord We're livin' in the glory of your care Skies of blue have all turned brown To the sound of cryin Lord abide, let us stem the tide Of broken dreams Sometimes you seem to tell us It's too

Restless Gordon Lightfoot

the wild geese cry And I will always love that sound until the day I die There's a plain and a simple answer to each and every quest >From every quiet dance who might be a special guest In a movie made for

Cobwebs & Dust Gordon Lightfoot

Island goodbye, island goodbye We been too long together, my island and i 'cross the blue sea, cross the blue sea We been too long together, my island and me Cobwebs and dust, cobwebs and dust I hate to

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

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

Welcome To Try Gordon Lightfoot

I have been down in the valley of tears I have stood on the highest peak For the best part of a week Battered and bruised I had pulled myself through Every seen I would never repeat I have hung out with

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds As to this verdant country they came from all around They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall And they built the mines the mills and the factories for

On Yonge Street Gordon Lightfoot

slips away I hope I'll see you one fine day on Yonge Street Everywhere you go in a city by the lake Back there in the flow you may give a hand a shake Everyone you pass seems to wanna say hello Even late

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

Uncle Toad Said Gordon Lightfoot

Uncle Toad sittin' by the old south gate 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

Anything For Love Gordon Lightfoot

In my life In my time and in each line I've ever sung And in my life Was it my imagination or are you still the one Who lingers on I'd do anything for you You'd do anything for me We'd do anything for

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

Never too Close Gordon Lightfoot

I remember when best friends were jealous lovers Lyin' warm asleep beneath the covers Dreaming of belonging to each other And so we tried, never too close Never too near, dyin' in time And so we cried

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

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

Sit Down Young Stranger Gordon Lightfoot

I'm standin' in the doorway My head bowed in my hands Not knowin' where to sit Not knowin' where to stand My father looms above me For him there is no rest My mother's arms enfold me And hold me to her

Dreamland Gordon Lightfoot

to me in times of need When you can't find anyone You seem to be much better off now There's a rainbow number one We could see life through the gutter then Till it caused my heart to break There was too

Song For A Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot

you The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead My glass is almost empty I read again between the lines upon the page The words of love you sent me If I could know within my heart That you were lonely too

Minstrel Of The Dawn Gordon Lightfoot

thoughts, all full of rhymes Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind they go Listen to the strings They jangle and dangle While the old guitar rings The minstrel of the dawn is he Not too

Bend in the Water Gordon Lightfoot

heavenly sky and moonlight on the bay Down around the bend in the water, if you feel inclined Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, I'm gonna make you mine All around the world tonight What a beautiful scene below Too

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

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

and he went Through the woodland swiftly gliding To the young maid he came gliding Where she'd run to meet him By the garden wall Oh my sweet Miguel I will never tell No one will ever know What I know too

Only Love Would Know Gordon Lightfoot

say yes, and that's how it should be I guess Only love would know May the light of love surround you tonight Everywhere you go, only love would know You think you were wrong until You learned once and for

Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot

(Lead break) Rainy day lovers don뭪 lie when they tell you they뭭e been down there, too. Rainy day people don뭪 mind if you뭨e cryin?a tear or two.

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?

The Soul Is the Rock Gordon Lightfoot

and the rock will always roll In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left Late

I'd Rather Press On Gordon Lightfoot

rather press on, I don't wanna rest easy Anywhere I stray, I will make it a brand new day Anyway, that's all I've got to say I'd rather be by the seaside, than be playin' a one night stand I've been too

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

For Lovin' Me Gordon Lightfoot

That's what you get for lovin' me That's what you get for lovin' me Every thing you had is gone as you can see That's what you get for lovin' me I ain't the kind to hang around With any new love that I

Nous Vivons Ensemble Gordon Lightfoot

When they sent the lamb to die You and I were asleep in the Rock of Ages Remember the unborn children still to come If you need me and I need you There's nothin' else needs sayin' Understand it I'm not too

Me And Bobby McGee Gordon Lightfoot

Busted flat in Baton Rouge Headin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained Took us all away to New Orleans I took my harpoon out of my dirty red

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

Beautiful Gordon Lightfoot

At times I just don't know How you could be anything but beautiful I think that I was made for you And you were made for me And I know that I will never change Cause we've been friends through rain or

Fine as Fine Can Be Gordon Lightfoot

You're as cool as the breeze on the last days of April You're as fine as fine can be You're like time is to space You're like faith is to trustin' You're like blue is to feelin' unkind You're like joy is for

Cherokee Bend Gordon Lightfoot

government store down in Cherokee Bend Daddy didn't like what the white man said 'Bout the dirty little kid at his side Daddy didn't like what the white man did Nor the deal or the way that he lied For

Redwood Hill Gordon Lightfoot

I climbed the Redwood Hill Twas on a rainy day To rise above the throng And talk with Mother Nature for a while She told me of her love For the children in her trust And of her grave concern For the likes

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

That's what you get for lovin' me That's what you get for lovin' me Ev'ry thing you had is gone As you can see That's what you get for lovin' me I ain't the kind to hang around With any new love that I

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

Your Love's Return Gordon Lightfoot

Come to the door my pretty one Put on your rings and precious things Hide all your tears as best you can Try to recall what used to be Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls

All The Lovely Ladies Gordon Lightfoot

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 you on the road to tenderness Heaven can be yours just for

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

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

Drink Yer Glasses Empty Gordon Lightfoot

Listen up and I'll tell you what you'll do Forget about music and alcohol to Forget about yer baby, we've got other work for you Better drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to rise 'n shine There's one

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

Drifters Gordon Lightfoot

my say Whether it's right or wrong the words of every song Remind us of a love we knew where love should not go wrong In yesterday Hang on ye drifters now you got so much to go and gamble on Watch out for

A Painter Passing Through Gordon Lightfoot

I would be impressed Once upon a time my life would be obsessed Once upon a time, once upon a day when I was in my prime, once along the way If you want to know my secret don't come runnin' after me For

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

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

A Lesson in Love Gordon Lightfoot

Nothing is for certain That's what the showman said First you must open the curtain And stand'em on their heads There can be no inhibitions No prima donna ways If you want to pass the audition And times

Protocol Gordon Lightfoot

Who come from long lines of soldiers Whose duty was fulfilled In the words of a warriors will And protocol Where are the boys in their coats of blue Who flew when their eyes were blind Was God in town for