Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC Order of Canada , O.Ont Order of Ontario (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian Canada singer and songwriter who has achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in the 1960s, and entered the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind If You Could Read My Mind (song) " (1970), "Sundown... [read more] - May I
Finders, keepers, losers, weepersRing around the rosy And I'll catch you if I canAnd if you don't say may I, Then you'll have to start againBut first you must indulge me And count from one to tenLet the game beginI...
- Magnificent Outpouring
It is said that all the good thingsMust come to him who can pretendHe doesn't have to waitFor as surely as the light of dayMust come to drive the night awayThe needles and the pinsThat's where the line beginsWith your...
- Black Day In July
Black day in JulyMotor city madness has touched the countrysideAnd through the smoke and cindersYou can hear it far and wideThe doors are quickly bolted And the children locked inside Black day in JulyBlack day in...
- Pussywillows, Cattails
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and rosesRainbows in the woodland, water to my kneesShivering, quivering, the warm breath of springPussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and rosesCatbirds and cornfields, daydreams...
- Does Your Mother Know
Does your mother knowYou had to go someday Does your mother knowThat you would go so fastAnyway, that's all you think aboutYou'd call her if you could But the letters that you writeIn the faded winter lightJust tell...
- Mountains And Marian
All is wellI've made my peace where highways never endYesterday's a memory today is just a friendFor the mountains and Maryann are calling me againAnd the red pines will bow their headsThe rivers and the watersheds...
- Something Very Special
She was something very special to meThe kind of girl you'd like to seeIn a movie or a rosary She could be straight-laced or homespun Or free and easy on the runShe could be meek and mild or full of funShe liked...
- Did She Mention My Name
It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of dayAnd talk about the home town a million miles awayIs the ice still on the river, are the old folks still the sameAnd by the way, did she mention my nameDid she...
- I Want To Hear It From You
I want to hear it from youI want to hear it from someone who knows how it isAll the second-hand words seem to get in my wayI want to hear it from you I want to hear it againI want to know if the soft scented touch of...
- Wherefore And Why
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 wayCome on sunshine, what can you show meWhere can you take me...
- The Last Time I Saw Her
The last time I saw her face, Her eyes were bathed in starlight And her hair hung longThe last time she spoke to me, Her lips were like the scented flowers Inside a rain-drenched forestBut that was so long ago That I...
- Boss Man
Boss Man, Boss Man what do ya sayI gotta get you alone in the mine some dayBoss Man, Boss Man turn it aroundIf you don't look away how can I sit down Look at this load upon my backGotta get this wheel back on the...
- Oh Linda
Oh Linda you done me wrongI'm gonna sing you a goodbye songSing a song that's most unkindI ain't even gonna try to change your mind Oh Linda you made me grieveI feel like I could dieLook out baby the moon is falling...
- Ribbon Of Darkness
Ribbon of darkness over meSince my true love walked out the doorTears I never had beforeRibbon of darkness over me Clouds a-atherin' o'er my headThat kill the day and hide the sunThat shroud the night when day is...
- The Way I Feel
The way I feel is like a robinWhose babes have flown to come no moreA tall oak tree alone and cryin'When the birds have flown and the nest is bare Now a woman Lord is like a young birdAnd the tall oak tree is a young...
- For Lovin' Me
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' me I ain't the kind to hang aroundWith any new love that I found'Cause movin'...
- Early Mornin' Rain
In the early mornin' rainWith a dollar in my handAnd an aching in my heartAnd my pockets full of sandI'm a long ways from homeAnd I missed my loved one soIn the early mornin' rainWith no place to goOut on runway...
- Changes
Sit by my side come as close as the airSharin' a memory of greyAnd wander in my wordsAnd dream about the pictures that I playOf changes Green leaves of summer turn red in the fallTo brown and to yellow they fadeAnd...
- Pride Of Man
Turn around go back down go back the way you cameCan't you see the flash of fire ten times brighter than the dayAnd behold the mighty city broken in the dust againOh God the pride of man broken in the dust again Turn...
- Long River
Where the long river flowsIt flows by my windowWhere the tall timber growsIt grows 'round my doorWhere the mountains meet the skyAnd the white clouds flyWhere the long river flowsBy my window There's a tiny bird that...
- I'm Not Sayin'
I'm not sayin' that I love youI'm not sayin' that I'll care if you love meI'm not sayin' that I'll careI'm not sayin' I'll be there when you want me I can't give my heart to youOr tell you that I'll sing your name up...
- Peaceful Waters
The dead leaves of autumnThat cling so desperatelyMust fly before the cold October windsTheir simple lives have endedMust they be born to die again Oh may the light of freedom shineFor all the world to seeAnd peace...
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The first time ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and the stars were the gifts you gaveTo the night and the empty skies my loveTo the night and the empty skies The first time ever I...
- Steel Rail Blues
Well I got my mail late last nightA letter from a girl who found the time to writeTo her lonesome boy somewheres in the nightShe sent me a railroad ticket tooTo take me to her lovin' armsAnd the big steel rail Gonna...
- Sixteen Miles
Early in the morning when the dew is onEach and every rose bud you will find me goneSo knock me down and pick me upAnd knock me down againBreak my heart steal my goldAnd slander my good name Seven lonely hours on the...
- Rich Man's Spiritual
Gonna but me a long white robeYes Lord to help me homeI'm gonna buy me a long white robeYes Lord to get me homeAnd when I get my heavenly gownAnd I lay my burden downI'm gonna get me a long white robe To get me home...
- Summertime Dream
Where the road runs down but the butternut groveTo old Bill Skinner's streamDo tell at the noonday bellIt's time for a summertime dreamIn a lunch pail town in a one horse wayYou can live like a king and queenLet's...
- I'd Do It Again
A one man band on a one night standAs a one man band should beThe cried for more, he replied why sureAnd he played one just for freeThe sounds he laid down. the songs he playedMade the ladies all come to callHe was...
- Too Many Clues In This Room
The space shuttle ends where the subway beginsThere's a tear on the face of the moonFromdusk until dawn they have searched all day longBut there's too many clues in this roomAt best it is said we've been locked deep...
- I'm Not Supposed To Care
I think you have somebody waiting Outside in the rain to take you awayYou got places to go, you got people to see Still I'm gonna miss you But anywayI wish you good spaces in The far away places you goIf it rains or...
- The House You Live In
Go first in the world, go forth with your fearsRemember a price must be paidBe always too soon, be never too fastAt the time when all bets must be laidBeware of the darkness, be kind to your childrenRemember the woman...
- Spanish Moss
Let go darlin'I can feel the night wind callGuess I'd better goI like you more than half as muchAs I love your Spanish mossSpanish moss hangin' downLofty as the southern love we've foundSpanish mossKeeps on followin'...
- Race Among The Ruins
You think you had the last laughNow you know this can't be trueEven though the sun shines down upon you nowSometimes you must feel blueYou make the best of each new dayYou try not to be sadEven though the sky falls...
- Never Too Close
I remember when best friends were jealous loversLyin' warm asleep beneath the coversDreaming of belonging to each otherAnd so we tried, never too closeNever too near, dyin' in timeAnd so we cried but that is alrightWe...
- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on downOf the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'The lake, it is said, never gives up her deadWhen the skies of November turn gloomyWith a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand...
- Protocol
Who are these ones who would lead us nowTo the sound of a thousand gunsWho'd storm the gates of hell itselfTo the tune of a single drumWhere are the girls of the neighborhood barsWhose loves were lost at seaIn the...
- Daylight Katy
She walks be the sea where the seaworld isAnd she waits for the man to comeShe lives in town with her high-heeled friendsAnd she knows it's a long way downBut she doesn't have to get up in the morningWith her hair so...
- Sometimes I Don't Mind
Sometimes I don't mind the sunshineSometimes I need the rainSometimes I don't mind the fun timesSometimes they're all the sameWhen I'm thinking of youThere's a fever around I don't know what to doWhen I'm drinking to...
- If There's A Reason
If you should need me deep in the nightMy arms around you in shades of twilightIf there's a reason for livin' without meJust let me know and I'll move onDown to the station with the big wheels burnin'Gonna get my...
- Hangdog Hotel Room
I go in for singing, I do it for my payBut the kind of gig I can really dig Is swiggin' at the break of dayWith a few good friends and neighbors Into playin' the nighttime tunesSo pass the jar and that old guitar In...
- If Children Had Wings
There's a love I hold dearAnd it shines through each yearAnd it makes things seem different somehowIt's for better or worseIt's for people who thirstFor a love that burns brighter right nowAnd it shines on and on 'til...
- Songs The Minstrel Sang
It's almost over it's almost doneAnd you can't put the blame on anyoneIt's almost easy and it's almost funDid you get caught with your britches onHi derry day in the month of MayWas the song the minstrel sangTo the...
- Sweet Guinevere
Sweet Guinevere you're off to the coal town tonightAnd your young brother Ernie's up in Pittsburgh PAYou know mother loves you, and dad's in the mineSo don't go to the coal town, Guinevere, if you're kindShe loves a...
- Dreamland
You come to me in times of needWhen you can't find anyoneYou seem to be much better off nowThere's a rainbow number oneWe could see life through the gutter thenTill it caused my heart to breakThere was too much toil...
- Home From The Forest
Oh the neon lights were flashin'And the icy wind did blowThe water seeped into his shoesAnd the drizzle turned to snowHis eyes were red, his hopes were deadAnd the wine was runnin' lowAnd the old man came homeFrom the...
- Rosanna
Rosanna makes my day beginWith kisses for a kingAnd coffee on a silver trayShe sees the shape I'm inAnd if she should ever break awayI'd follow close behind her'Cause Rosanna yes RosannaRules my heart Rosanna knows...
- Go Go Round
Alone upon the sidewalks of despair'Twas there she wanderedWith her suitcase in her handHer fate she ponderedOnly a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care She met him on a night so rare when her friends were...
- Softly
Softly she comesWhispers the breeze with her passingIn secret love she is laughingSoftly she comes in the night Softly she sighsSweetly she lies never sleepingHer fragrance all in my keepingSoftly she comes in the...
- Song For A Winter's Night
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table topThe snow is softly fallin'The air is still within the silence of my roomI hear your voice softly callin' If I could only have you nearTo breathe a sigh or twoI would be happy...
- Crossroads
When first I did appear upon this native soilAll up and down this country at labor I did toilI slumbered in the moonlight and I rose with the sunI rambled through the canyons where the cold rivers run When first I did...
- Walls
I'm not ashamedTo say that I've loved you wellI'm not ashamedTo let you knowI'm just a name that's allScratched upon your wallYou've used it well but what the hellThat's what walls are for I'm not ashamedTo listen to...
- I'll Be Alright
I'll be alright I'll be alright if I don't have to smileIf I don't to face the morning sunrise for a whileI'll get along you know I'll take tomorrow with a grinIf I never have to think about her love again And I won't...
- If You Got It
If you got itDon't lose it girl it's got to beThe one creative thing that's left for you and me If you find itDon't lose it all the very next dayLock it in your soul and throw the key away So, don't you let it goLet...
- A Tree Too Weak To Stand
I see a place where candles burn and lovers rest tonightThe hollow sound inside me now keeps telling me to writeBut songs of love will never leave love's feelings undefiledThe tide has turned, the waves roll in, the...
- Fine As Fine Can Be
You're as soft as the roseYou're as sweet as the honeyYou're as warm as the bright morning sunYou're as cool as the breeze on the last days of AprilYou're as fine as fine can beYou're like time is to spaceYou're like...
- Cherokee Bend
His father was a man who could never understandThe shame on a red man's faceSo they lived in the hills and they never came downBut to trade in the white man's placeIt was early in the spring when the snow had...
- Rainbow Trout
In the name of love she cameThis foolish winsome girlShe was all decked out like a rainbow troutSwimmin' up stream in the worldAnd she said "Please, please, I've lost my wayThe current is too strongIn the name of...
- Bells Of The Evening
Bells of the evening, O sing to my loveTell her I miss her, my own turtledoveThe streets of the old town are covered with rainI think I might never know true love againI'm lost with no road signs to guide meA slave to...
- All The Lovely Ladies
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonightI wish that I could know them one by oneAll the handsome gentlemen with loving on their mindsStrolling in to take the ladies homeBless you all and keep you on the road to...
- Now And Then
I think this time you've said enough To make me want to leave this placeStill I keep coming back for more of The same to fan the dying flameHere inside these walls that seem To move a little closer every dayThere must...
- Cold On The Shoulder
All you need is timeAll you need is time, time, Time to make me bend Give 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 get A little older...
- Slide On Over
Momma's got her long dress onSee how that little girl walksNow we got it rollin'How're we gonna get it stoppedMomma's got something Daddy needs more than a lotNow we got it rolling, How're we gonna get it stoppedMomma...
- Bend In The Water
Come on Pearl, come on Kitty, If you feel inclinedDown around the bend in the water, Bring your fishin' lineCome on Pearl, I'm rough and ready, Got my fishin' poleDown around the bend in the water To the fishin'...
- The Soul Is The Rock
The soul is the rock and The rock will not be movedNothing is disputed, Yet nothing is disprovedAnd the seeds of the earth That were planted long agoStill yield a better harvest Than the rock was prone to growSay what...
- Bitter Green
Upon the Bitter Green she walked the hills above the town Echoed to her footsteps as soft as eiderdown Waiting for her master to kiss away her tears Waiting through the years Chorus: Bitter Green they called her...
- Rainy Day People
Rainy Day PeopleGordon LightfootRainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call.Rainy day people don't talk they just listen till they've heard it all.Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you they've...
- Sundown
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dressIn a room where ya do what ya don't confessSundown ya better take careIf I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairsSundown ya better take careIf I find you bin creepin'...
- If You Could Read My Mind
If You Could Read My MindGordon 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...
- Beautiful
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 won't ever changeWe've been friends through rain or shineFor such a long, long...
- Beautiful
Are you an angel?Never heard about angels before...They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe.You must be one! Maybe you just don't know it...
- Circle Is Small
THE CIRCLE IS SMALLGordon 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 see that...
- Carefree Highway
CAREFREE HIGHWAYGordon LightfootPickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dreamI wonder how the old folks are tonightHer name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her faceShe left me not knowin' what to doCarefree...
- Whisper My Name
Travel with me if you chooseInto a land of notionsThrough the ruins of yesteryearSet yer mind in motionBe beside me win or loseI will no forsake theeI must do, so must youNow will you go with meI will build a home for...
- If You Need Me
If you want to know the reasons forThe things I feel insideYou can run away and hide if you want toBut if you need meShow me a way to get throughCause I've not see anyone like youSince I was a manIf you want to know...
- Make Way For The Lady
Some life I've been livin'Like a song in the nightGood sounds every momentGood news and bright lightsAnytime I get lonesomeI just got to do the things rightMake way for the ladyYou can do it my sonMakin' hay with no...
- The Auctioneer
Hey y've all reg'stered, open the gate n let em out and walk em bout.Ere we come a letter number twenty-nine, what're you gonna gimme for erAh, wenta-five wunna bid me biddle, wanna five wanna five wanna five, wudja...
- On The High Seas
Was it someone she met that's so hard to forgetWas it some kind of an ocean of changesI don't remember where she said she would beAnd since I don't know, let me guess Was it somewhere in Michigan or the Lake of the...
- Dream Street Rose
You've been in all my dreams since you've been goneEach mornin' that I wake up with the dawnDream Street Rose I like the way you smileDream Street Rose stay with me a whileYou gave more than anyone could askYou washed...
- Ghosts Of Cape Horn
All around old Cape HornShips of the line, ships of the mornSome who wish they'd never been bornThey are the ghosts of Cape HornFal deral da riddle de rumWith a rim dim diddyAnd a rum dum dumSailing away at the break...
- Hey You
Hey you upon this ship of foolsI have found you bending your own rulesThank you I don't mind if I doDream a while of the lovin' that we knewThere was such a flaming timeI never will forgetIt was all so easy thenThis...
- Sea Of Tranquility
I live in the light of the bright silver moonI'll take you off sailing from midnight till noonI'll show the Sea of TranquilityYou can have any flavor you happen seeI live in the shade of a forest of greenIn the...
- Mister Rock Of Ages
Mister Rock of Ages you got time on your handsGot no worries, got no plansBless my soul now you're doin' fineYou ain't got no axe to grindRock of Ages tell me where does it standAre we bound for the promised landBless...
- 14 Karat Gold
If you see me smile don't think I'm acting strangeI got my just reward for all my painsI you see me on the TV talking proudPlease understand if I don't talk too loudStep around and dance a bitPolish up the diceSet 'em...
- Triangle
Oh the gist of it all is the first day of fall is the day when my ship will set sailThe best of all friends will say good-bye again there's still time for one last glass of aleWe'll sail away proudly, our backs to the...
- She's Not The Same
Ah, the living ain't easy With all of these false emotions Too little devotion and I'm tired of just Being alone, she's not the same She's a son of a gun, she's a red hot flame She lights the sun and conjures up the...
- In My Fashion
In my fashion I have been a good manI have loved and I have lostEver after I will be rememberedIn my fashion, in my wayThere have been times, I have seen the reaperIn the bad times, and in the goodI have bent down, I...
- Blackberry Wine
There's a south wind risin' and The moon shines on my window sillI've got a feeling I might walk on over the hillI'm bent but not broken, all I need is some restAnd a bottle of your very bestBlackberry wineThere's a...
- All I'm After
All I'm after is to be on your winning sideAll I need is to be turning back the tide'Cause I care too much for the life that I leadWhat you're thinking could be anybody's guessAll I'm after is the sun and the summer...
- Heaven Help The Devil
In this land of chance do we know right from wrongEven at a glance we know the road is longWe don't owe a single thing to anyoneMost of us do not believe in come what mayEverything we fought for was in vain they...
- Thank You For The Promises
Thank you for the promises we makeI know I can't complainI think I did all rightNo failures are in sightOnly now and thenI'd like to reminisceDo you remember whenEven if we're angels we can't ask To wander through the...
- Baby Step Back
Now it looks to me like the same old placeIn the sky it looks like rainThe same old town with the same old streetsThe address has not changeYou can find me thereWith the door shut tightAnd the one wish that...
- A Minor Ballad
Beyond the wild misty mountainWithin the valley so freeThere dwells a maid with a heart so mellow Soft as the wind and wild as the seaWhen will you love meAs I love thee I have no gold to give herNor gowns of soft...
- Canadian Railroad Trilogy
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 forest was too silent...
- Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
I'm sailing down the summer windI got whiskers on my chinAnd I like the mood I'm inAs I while away the time of dayIn the lee of Christian IslandTall and strong she dips and reelsI call her Silver HeelsAnd she tells me...
- Don Quixote
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 cruel but he is...
- Alberta Bound
Oh the prairie lights are burnin' brightThe Chinook wind is a-movin' inTomorrow night I'll be Alberta boundThough I've done the best I couldMy old luck ain't been so good andTomorrow night I'll be Alberta boundNo...
- The Patriot's Dream
The songs of the wars are as old as the hillsThey cling like the rust on the cold steel that killsThey tell of the boys who went down to the tracksIn a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backsThe patriot's...
- Ordinary Man
Try to understandI'm not your ordinary man, still I can't denyYou go with me everywhereWhen I'm dreamin' you still share my lonely nightsTry to see my sideIt's not your ordinary pride that keeps drivin' me onIt's that...
- Brave Mountaineers
Born in the country and I like that country smileOf the little girls and boys, they remind me of a childThat I knew and a big harvest moonThat shon' by suppertime in the dusty afternoonAnd I need to be thereWhen the...
- Second Cup Of Coffee
I'm on my second cup of coffee and I still can't face the dayI'm thinking of the lady who got lost along the wayAnd if I don't stop this trembling hand from reaching for the phoneI'll be reachin' for the bottle, Lord,...
- On Susan's Floor
Like crippled ships that made itThrough a storm and finally reached a quiet shoreThe homeless found a home on Susan's floor Didn't feel so cold and tiredStretched out before her fireRollin' smokes and drinkin' up her...
- Ode To Big Blue
The oceans of the world were the home of big blueHe was the greatest monster that the world ever knewAnd the place that he loved bestWas the waters to the westAround the blue Pacific he did roamBig Blue moved alone...
- Looking At The Rain
Looking at the rainFeeling the painOf love lost running thoughMy brainLooking at the windWatching it spinThe leaves along the streetYou winWaiting for a line to fallTelling you it's all a big mistakeLooking at a...
- Is There Anyone Home
Is there anyone home in this house made of stone?Anyone inside know my nameI've been around for a half of a hundred days.Never saw a door shut so tightTurn around, don't look downThere's a man behind you with a...
- Somewhere U.S.A.
Out on the road like a low-down JoeAnd the bar where we are is so cool I'd like to stayMisunderstood like I knew I would beThe one I care for don't mind, she's built that wayI would gladly offer you my loveIn this...
- Seven Island Suite
Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bayTo the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn hazeWe went walking on the high side of the bay on a chilly mornAnd we saw how leaves had fallen on the...
- The List
There's a little room on my list for tonightWill ya be the one to fill it inToss around what is up, what is downIn between, would ya like to dreamStep on in, ya don't have to play to winBut then you mightThere's a...
- Too Late For Prayin'
It was only yesterdayWhen I heard the teacher sayPatiently, one and two make threeWe were children, you and meLet us pray for the ones they callThe children of todayNothin' left but promisesNothin' much is certainAll...
- The Watchman's Gone
Just like birds of a featherWe too have followed the golden sunIt feels so good, Knowin' the watchman's goneIf I give you a rose, buddyWould you please bury it in the fields?I seen a roseWatchin' it all fold...
- High And Dry
With a lady-like devotionShe sails the bitter oceanIf it wasn't for lovesick sailorsThere'd be nothin' left but flotsamSingin' why me oh myIs there a better man than II hope you find your way back homeBefore you're...
- Couchiching
Theres a town they call Orillia, It is there of which I sing.It is just above Lake Simcoe, by Lake Couchiching.-Chorus-Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching.Cooooochiching, by Lake Couchiching.Couchiching,...
- Inspiration Lady
She's my inspiration lady, Inspiration everywhere She's my inspiration lady, She lights candles in the air In the warmth of a morning sunAnd at night when the day is done She's my inspiration lady, My anticipation...
- Harmony
(C) (F/A) (G) (C) (F/A) (G)(C) Harmony, (G/B) oh (Am) harmony (C/G) Where (F) are you to(C)night, where (F) are you to(G)night(C) Harmony, (G/B) oh (Am) harmony (C/G)Have (F) you gone a(C)way, have (F) you gone...
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