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 earl...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 re...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Gordon Lightfoot
I ain't got nothin' 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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 tu...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Gordon Lightfoot
With a lady-like devotion
She sails the bitter ocean
If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
There'd be nothin' left but flotsam
Singin' why me oh my
Is there a better man than I
I hope ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Gordon Lightfoot
I think you have somebody waiting
Outside in the rain to take you away
You got places to go, you got people to see
Still I'm gonna miss you
But anyway
I wish you good spaces in...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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 l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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
There's a shadow on the moon
And the waters here bel...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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'...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - 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
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Gordon Lightfoot