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

The House You Live In Gordon Lightfoot

If you pity the stranger who stands at your gate When you're caught by the gale and you're full under sail Beware of the dangers below And the song that you sing should not be too sad And be sure not

Summer Side Of Life Gordon Lightfoot

He came down throught fields of green On the summer side of life His love was ripe There were no illusions On the summer side of life Only tenderness And if you saw him now You'd wonder why he would cry

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

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

The Soul Is the Rock Gordon Lightfoot

Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall Big rain comin' Big rain comin' this way Rain on the rock Rain on the rock Rain on the rock The sea is the space which the rock has displaced The mind is some stranger

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

Restless Gordon Lightfoot

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 TV or a late night interview You might even find them on the Young

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

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 the good of us all And when the young

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

Never had much to say He traveled alone with no friends Like a shadowy ghost At dawn he came and he went Through the woodland swiftly gliding To the young maid he came gliding Where she'd run to meet him

Minstrel Of The Dawn Gordon Lightfoot

shining face Of lonelines you'll always find a trace Just like me and you He's tryin' to get into things More happy than blue A minstrel of the changin' tide He'll ask for nothing but his pride Just sit

I Used to Be a Country Singer Gordon Lightfoot

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 me if she could do my room I put down

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

Ribbon Of Darkness Gordon Lightfoot

done Ribbon of darkness over me Rain is falling on the meadow Where once my love and I did lie And now she is gone from the meadow My love goodbye Ribbon of darkness over me Where once the world was young

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

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

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

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

Dreamland Gordon Lightfoot

it caused my heart to break There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to take Sometimes I remember when We were all dressed up in still I don't recall the gist of it all But you drove the young

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

High And Dry Gordon Lightfoot

than I I hope you find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry I hope you find your way back home Before you die One day when I grew older And I found I could not hold her She took on a fine young

Sometimes I Don't Mind Gordon Lightfoot

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 When I'm drinking to you I get down

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

10 Degrees & Getting Colder Gordon Lightfoot

br />It was ten degrees or colder Down by bolder dam that day He was raised up in Milwaukee-Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician-To the taverns he would go Singin' songs about the

Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot

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 on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down

Endless Wire Gordon Lightfoot

' 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 my wheels afire Down

Triangle Gordon Lightfoot

glass of ale We'll sail away proudly, our backs to the wall on a southwind and lots of good cheer And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover, We'll be in Bahama next year >From Bermuda on down

Softly Gordon Lightfoot

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 she comes in the night Down

Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot

Rainy day lovers don뭪 lie when they tell you they뭭e been down like you. Rainy day people don뭪 mind if you뭨e cryin?a tear or two.

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

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

Slide on Over Gordon Lightfoot

needs more than a lot Now we got it rolling, how're we gonna get it stopped Momma put your long dress on I'd like to take that little girl to town Now that we have rolled it, how're we gonna hold it down

East of Midnight Gordon Lightfoot

Put me somewhere east of midnight West of the turnpike Anywhere I wander is where I'll take my rest As I lie down, toss some thoughts around Dreams I'm told will come true if you Believe in those who love

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

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

Spanish Moss Gordon Lightfoot

Let go darlin' I can feel the night wind call Guess I'd better go I like you more than half as much As I love your Spanish moss Spanish moss hangin' down Lofty as the southern love we've found Spanish

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

Is There Anyone Home Gordon Lightfoot

Never saw a door shut so tight Turn around, don't look down There's a man behind you with a gun Like any wandering child in the wilderness, Wild and uncaged are your ways I think I heard Someone stirred

Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot

seven-o-seven set to go And I\'m stuck here in the grass with a pain that ever grows Oh, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast Well, now there she goes, my friend, she\'ll be rollin\' down

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

Make Way Gordon Lightfoot

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 son Makin' hay with no gravy Brings the good folk down

Ring Them Bells Gordon Lightfoot

Peter where the four winds blow Ring them bells with an iron hand so the people will know Oh it's rush hour now. on the wheel of the plow And the sun is a-goin' down upon the sacred cow Ring them bells

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

My Little Love Gordon Lightfoot

These are the words she said Down by the breadline pickin' up dough, hand me the guitar, there I'll go I would rather make a living instead, instead of bein' in the red My little love from the world outside

Cobwebs & Dust Gordon Lightfoot

together, my troubles and me Cobwebs and dust, cobwebs and dust I hate to leave you but leave you I must Float through the sky, float through the sky We been too long together, my cobwebs and i Tear down

Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot

Ooooh oooo oo whu hu hoo Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo oo Well I bin out here many a long days I haven't found a place that I could call my own Not a two bit bed to lay my body on I bin stood up I bin shook down

The Pony Man Gordon Lightfoot

kick or bite They only want to play And they live on candy apples Instead of oats and hay And when we're all assembled He gives a soft command And we climb aboard our ponies As in a row the stand Then down

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

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

Redwood Hill Gordon Lightfoot

thought she was She did speak these tender words The things that I am I could not change for any man I tried to comfort her Ah but she would not be still And how the rain did fall As I found my way back down