A Lesson in Love Gordon Lightfoot

Barnum Presented Jenny Lind They named a candy after her A circus after him End of my story The rest is history She in all of her glory He lived quietly He needed her, she needed him As sure as the sky

Only Love Would Know Gordon Lightfoot

Does the light of passion still burn bright Only love would know, my imagination Tells me I'm a pent-up fool In the deep end of the pool Is the light of passion burnin' bright Only love would know, only

Triangle Gordon Lightfoot

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 the Triangle around us will teach us a lesson or two There's

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

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

My Little Love Gordon Lightfoot

I've got a song that it is my mind, my little love who is never unkind I'm a poet and I'm better off dead.

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

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.

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

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

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

Shadows Gordon Lightfoot

Won't you reach out love and touch me, let me hold you for awhile? I been all around the world, oh how I long to see you smile.

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

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

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

Go My Way Gordon Lightfoot

Go my way and I'll be good to you Go my way and your dreams will all come true In the sunset the wild waves are callin' My shadow is followin' you Go my way and I'll take you by the hand Believe in me

Love & Maple Syrup Gordon Lightfoot

Love and maple syrup goes together Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet When lonely lovers come to rest Beneath the trees they do their best But still they can't be free Looking for the world

Dreamland Gordon Lightfoot

You come 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

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

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

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

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 But his mother loved him dearly And she

Restless Gordon Lightfoot

There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within It sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry And I will always love that

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

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

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

Drifters Gordon Lightfoot

I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by you Your wishes would come true if I had my say Whether it's right or wrong the words of every song Remind us of a love we knew where love should not

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

Stay Loose Gordon Lightfoot

If you've got a heartache Of the kind that will not pass by Even if you don't see the end Of what lies beyond the bend Don't stay that way It's all in a day believe me Even the best of dreams must end

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

Rainy Day People Gordon Lightfoot

a tear or two. If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love. Rainy day people all know there뭩 no sorrow they can뭪 rise above.

Waiting For You Gordon Lightfoot

till the end of all time All the way to the ends of the earth because I'm Waiting for you to say you will be mine Many long days, many long years Many wrong plays, many wrong fears I could be tossed in

Drink Yer Glasses Empty Gordon Lightfoot

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 less cause in

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

Race Among The Ruins Gordon Lightfoot

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 you will go sailin' In

Approaching Lavender Gordon Lightfoot

game You might even learn a thing or two approaching lavender You'll soon be on a one night tour Forgetting your own name You won't need a reason just to be alone with lavender For the light so warm and

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

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

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

I'm not sayin' that I love you I'm not sayin' that I'll care if you love me I'm not sayin' that I'll care I'm not sayin' I'll be there when you need me I can't give my heart to you Or tell you that I'll

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

A Painter Passing Through Gordon Lightfoot

Once upon a time I was on my own Once upon a time like you've never known Once upon a time 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

I'm Not Sayin' Gordon Lightfoot

I'm not sayin' that I love you I'm not sayin' that I'll care, if you love me I'm not sayin' that I'll care I'm not sayin' I'll be there when you want me I can't give my heart to you Or tell you that I'll

Wherefore And Why Gordon Lightfoot

you show me Where can you take me to make me understand The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain And then I saw the sunrise above the cotton sky like a

Endless Wire Gordon Lightfoot

my wheels afire Down in the dark of a burnt out soul There's a few good second hand dreams Deep in the dark of a heavenly night with you Down in the black of a bottomless hole There's a few good second

Is There Anyone Home Gordon Lightfoot

Is there anyone home in this house made of stone? Anyone inside know my name I've been around for a half of a hundred days.

Softly Gordon Lightfoot

Softly she comes Whispers 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

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 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 no

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

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

Sometimes I Don't Mind Gordon Lightfoot

Sometimes I don't mind the 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