Fading Away Gordon Lightfoot

pick up the phone Or I can go to the movies or just stay at home alone They're better off to be someplace that's a good long way from home Any way I can lose myself Dawn is breakin', I'm hesitatin', I'm Fading

Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot

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, let me slip away

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

Stay Loose Gordon Lightfoot

It's all in a day believe me Even the best of dreams must end Even so it grieves me Stay loose, don't fight it Let it take you all the way and If it's wrong, you will right it Do not waste these hours away

Ghosts Of Cape Horn Gordon Lightfoot

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 away

I'm Not Supposed To Care Gordon Lightfoot

I think you have somebody waiting outside in the rain to take you away You got places to go, you got people to see still I'm gonna miss you but anyway I wish you good spaces in the far away places you

Summertime Dream Gordon Lightfoot

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 and queen Let's steal away

Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot

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 world comin' true With one less friend to call on Was it someone that I knew Away

Saturday Clothes Gordon Lightfoot

leave But I'll be cool because I don't believe The happy times are gone I can still put on My Saturday clothes Every warm body knows I've got to tell you That was a swell time So now I'll take the butts away

Ribbon Of Darkness Gordon Lightfoot

Here in this cold room lyin Dont want to see no one but You Lord I wish I could be dyin To forget You Oh, how I wish your heart could see How mine just aches and breaks all day Come on home and take away

If It Should Please You Gordon Lightfoot

you feel We're one and the same now, like a big flywheel I have seen the best of all those things you can't explain Wanderlust I did not trust but I never did complain So if it should please you, put away

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

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

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

Now and Then Gordon Lightfoot

ever known We tried the handle of the house upon the shore and found the open door Once inside we found a curious moonbeam doing dances on the floor We were only playing like two children who had stayed away

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

falling on the meadow Where once my love and I did lie Now she is gone from the meadow My love goodbye Oh how I wish your heart could see How mine just aches and breaks all day Come on home and take away

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

get for lovin' me Ev'ry thing you had is gone As you can see That's what you get for lovin' me It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day And talk about the home town a million miles away

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

For they looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land All up through the seaports and into their hands Look away

Seven Island Suite Gordon Lightfoot

think of the time you waste Think of the right and wrong and consider the frown on your face It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest Any woman or a man with a wish to fade away

Cherokee Bend Gordon Lightfoot

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 There was blood on the floor of the government store When the men took his daddy away

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

Ecstasy Made Easy Gordon Lightfoot

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 touched my heart string Somebody made my heart sing Somebody stole my heart away

Early Mornin' Rain Gordon Lightfoot

Where the pavement never grows Where the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast There she goes my friend She's rolling out at last Hear the mighty engines roar See the silver wing on high She's away

Circle Of Steel Gordon Lightfoot

leaves on the double Deck The Halls was the song they played In the flat next door where they shout all day She tips her gin bottle back till it's gone The child is strong A week, a day, they will take it away

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

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？？？？？？?

The Watchman's Gone Gordon Lightfoot

I seen a rose Watchin' it all fold out There's a train down at the station It's come to carry my bones away Two engines on Twenty-one coaches long End to end Twenty-one coaches bend The watchman's out

Waiting For You Gordon Lightfoot

be tossed in the arms of the sea I could be caught between decks eternally Waiting for you to ask what's keeping me What would we do at the end of the day When the hours are asleep and the time slips away

Approaching Lavender Gordon Lightfoot

see You living by yourself Oh sweet lavendar I must be with you constantly Your presence means so much to me Much more that life itself Oh sweet lavender as fragrant as the name you bear Please cast away

Shadows Gordon Lightfoot

Please kiss me gently darlin' where that river runs away from the mountains in the springtime on a blue and windy day. Where there's beauty all around as the shades of night grow deep.

If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot

I walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script. Enter number two, a movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me, but for now love lets be real.

Only Love Would Know Gordon Lightfoot

Everything is trust, all the rest is dust Mother nature, mother dear, listen to us over here Are the sounds of laughter ringing true Only love would know, only love would do She lives on another plane away

Drink Yer Glasses Empty Gordon Lightfoot

world to be leavin' for Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky To the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why We'd like to take life over again When time of war had passed away

Morning Glory Gordon Lightfoot

mind What's the story Morning Glory Will it ever end I've been all the way to Biscayne Bay And all the way back again All the way back again It seems like only yesterday She married me and carried me away

Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot

I love Now here I am with my hat in hand Standin' on the broad highway will you give a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night I went in town for one last round And I gambled my ticket away

Boathouse Gordon Lightfoot

I can't sleep Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee I would rather sleep at the boathouse, what more can I say I'd soon eat down at the boathouse, let it carry me away Now I don't wanna know how it

I Used to Be a Country Singer Gordon Lightfoot

I was sittin' in my hotel room, strummin' my old guitar Not much to do when you're far away, playin' some smokey bar I was feelin' a little empty and feelin' a little blue When the maid came in and asked

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

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 they say The child of a man Who had soon gone away

Don Quixote Gordon Lightfoot

Reaching for his saddlebag He takes a rusty sword into his hand Then striking up a knightly pose He shouts across the ocean to the shore Till he can shout no more See the jailor with his key Who locks away

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

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 care...

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 car...

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...

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...

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 ...