Songs the Minstrel Sang Gordon Lightfoot

It's almost over it's almost done And you can't put the blame on anyone It's almost easy and it's almost fun Did you get caught with your britches on Hi derry day in the month of May Was the song the minstrel

Minstrel Of The Dawn Gordon Lightfoot

The minstrel of the dawn is here To make you laugh and bend your ear Up the steps you'll hear him climb All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind

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

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

If It Should Please You Gordon Lightfoot

If it should please you, I have come to play A glad or a sad tune, I wrote along the way And a few good songs about the old highway I been around so long Lord, I guess I'm here to stay So I'm itching to

A Passing Ship Gordon Lightfoot

A passing ship I have found the open ocean Give me no lip The waves roll by as I pass on A snulit sea On the first day of April How fresh the wind Will you miss me when I'm gone How many words How many

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

Love & Maple Syrup Gordon Lightfoot

to be Anything but what they see Longing to be understood By the heart that shapes the wood If you go into the forest, gaze up through the leaves And see the sky that's almost wild You must learn to understand

Old Dan's Records Gordon Lightfoot

Get out old Dan's records Get out old Dan's records We will dance the whole night long It's fun to play the old time songs If old Dan could see us now I know he'd be so proud Bring out old Dan's records

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？？？？？？?

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

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

The Soul Is the Rock Gordon Lightfoot

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone

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

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Gordon Lightfoot

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gift you gave To the dark and the empty skies, my love To the dark and the empty skies The first

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

Cherokee Bend Gordon Lightfoot

when the snow had disappeared They came down with a bag of skins In the fall of the year of 1910 Daddy died by the rope down in Cherokee Bend.

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

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

Black Day In July Gordon Lightfoot

July, black day in July And the soul of motor city is bared across the land As the book of law and order is taken in the hands Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land Black day in July

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

The Pony Man Gordon Lightfoot

When it's midnight on the meadow And the cats are in the shed And the river tells a story At the window by my bed If you listen very closely Be as quiet as you can In the yard you'll hear him It is the

Morning Glory Gordon Lightfoot

And all the way back again All the way back again I remember our old rendezvous The key was kept inside a shoe Those moments will remain frozen in time Morning Glory's on my mind What's the story Morning

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

Wild Strawberries Gordon Lightfoot

If I had a dollar, if I had a cent I would play most anywhere if it would pay my rent I'd be livin' on the downside in my old apartment For the rest of my days People always ask why the world is on the

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

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

Ghosts Of Cape Horn Gordon Lightfoot

All 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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

Seven Island Suite Gordon Lightfoot

Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze We went walking on the high side of the bay on a chilly morn And we saw how leaves

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

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

Now and Then Gordon Lightfoot

day There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end Let us just pretend a while Think about the good things now and then I think this time that was the best time that we two had ever

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

Song For A Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot

The lamp is burnin low upon my table top The snow is softly fallin The air is still within the silence of my room I hear your voice softly callin If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two

I'll Prove My Love Gordon Lightfoot

Any way the wind may blow Any way the creek may flow Any way the crow may fly Within the confines of the sky I will prove my love to you In everything I say and in all I do Anywhere the song is king Anywhere

All The Lovely Ladies Gordon Lightfoot

All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight I wish 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

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

Hangdog Hotel Room Gordon Lightfoot

I go in for singing, I do it for my pay But the kind of gig I can really dig is swiggin' at the break of day With a few good friends and neighbors into playin' the nighttime tunes So pass the jar and that

Bells of the Evening Gordon Lightfoot

Bells of the evening, O sing to my love Tell her I miss her, my own turtledove The streets of the old town are covered with rain I think I might never know true love again I'm lost with no road signs to

Early Mornin' Rain Gordon Lightfoot

In the early mornin' rain With a dollar in my hand And an aching in my heart And my pockets full of sand I'm a long ways from home And I missed my loved one so In the early mornin' rain With no place to

Protocol Gordon Lightfoot

Who are these ones who would lead us now To the sound of a thousand guns Who'd storm the gates of hell itself To the tune of a single drum Where are the girls of the neighborhood bars Whose loves were

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