Steel Rail Blues Gordon Lightfoot

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 steel

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

Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot

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 on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues

Me And Bobby McGee Gordon Lightfoot

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 bandana And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues

Sometimes I Don't Mind Gordon Lightfoot

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 in my shoes in a waltz with the blues

The List Gordon Lightfoot

on in, ya don't have to play to win But then you might There's a little song on my list for tonight Would ya like to try and make it rhyme Sing and sway, if your heart feel that way We can leave the blues

If It Should Please You Gordon Lightfoot

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 those blues

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Don Quixote Gordon Lightfoot

Through the woodland, through the valleyComes a horseman wild and freeTilting at the windmills passingWho can the brave young horseman beHe is wild but he is mellowHe is strong but he is weakHe is ...

Old Dan's Records Gordon Lightfoot

Get out old Dan's recordsGet out old Dan's recordsWe will dance the whole night longIt's fun to play the old time songsIf old Dan could see us nowI know he'd be so proudBring out old Dan's recordsB...

Cold On The Shoulder Gordon Lightfoot

All you need is timeAll you need is time, time, time to make me bendGive it a try, don't be rudePut it to the test and I'll give it right back to youIt's cold on the shoulderAnd you know that we ge...

Stay Loose Gordon Lightfoot

If you've got a heartacheOf the kind that will not pass byEven if you don't see the endOf what lies beyond the bendDon't stay that wayIt's all in a day believe meEven the best of dreams must endEve...

Morning Glory Gordon Lightfoot

Pretty faces everywhereA few hard cases stop and stareThey've got charm that is not rightPretty faces late at nightMorning Glory what's the storyWill it ever endI've been all the way to Biscayne Ba...

East of Midnight Gordon Lightfoot

Put me somewhere east of midnightWest of the turnpikeAnywhere I wander is where I'll take my restAs I lie down, toss some thoughts aroundDreams I'm told will come true if youBelieve in those who lo...

A Lesson in Love Gordon Lightfoot

Nothing is for certainThat's what the showman saidFirst you must open the curtainAnd stand'em on their headsThere can be no inhibitionsNo prima donna waysIf you want to pass the auditionAnd times i...

Ecstasy Made Easy Gordon Lightfoot

I can always try to forget somehowWhat's a part of the pastHave a little laughter if you pleaseI won't even mind if it takes awhileI've got time on my handsI feel another chapter in the breezeSomeb...