Cotton Jenny Gordon Lightfoot

up when the sun goes down And the wheels of love go 'round Wheels of love go 'round Love go 'round, love go 'round A joyful sound I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend But then the wheels go '

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

Wherefore And Why Gordon Lightfoot

sunshine, what can 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

Cotton Jenny Anne Murray

There's a house on a hill By a worn down weathered old mill In a 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 And she wakes

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...

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

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...

Carefree Highway Gordon Lightfoot

Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream I wonder how the old folks are tonight Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face She left me not knowin' what to do Carefree highwa...

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...

Anything For Love Gordon Lightfoot

In my lifeIn my time and in each line I've ever sungAnd in my lifeWas it my imagination or are you still the oneWho lingers onI'd do anything for youYou'd do anything for meWe'd do anything for lov...

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...

Me And Bobby McGee Gordon Lightfoot

Busted flat in Baton RougeHeadin' for the trainFeelin' nearly faded as my jeansBobby thumbed a diesel downJust before it rainedTook us all away to New OrleansI took my harpoon out of my dirty red b...

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...

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...

Drifters Gordon Lightfoot

I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by youYour wishes would come true if I had my sayWhether it's right or wrong the words of every songRemind us of a love we knew where love should no...

My Little Love Gordon Lightfoot

I've got a song that it is my mind, my little love who is never unkindI'm a poet and I'm better off dead. These are the words she saidDown by the breadline pickin' up dough, hand me the guitar, the...

Ringneck Loon Gordon Lightfoot

Hear the call of the ringneck loonHear the sound he will be home soonHear the cry in the afternoonRingneck loon, he knows bestHe's a loon and he don't care lessRingneck loon, away off shoreHow coul...

I Used to Be a Country Singer Gordon Lightfoot

I was sittin' in my hotel room, strummin' my old guitarNot much to do when you're far away, playin' some smokey barI was feelin' a little empty and feelin' a little blueWhen the maid came in and as...

Boathouse Gordon Lightfoot

I would rather be at the boathouse, out of the daily grindI'd sooner be down at the boathouse, what a way to unwindNow I don't wanna know how it feels to be set backSo I'm leavin' here on a one-way...

Much to My Surprise Gordon Lightfoot

I saw two dreamers dreamin'They almost caused a sparkI saw two lovers in paradiseRight back at the startI saw to minds in the world set freeBut it almost broke my heartIsn't it strange to be right ...

A Painter Passing Through Gordon Lightfoot

Once upon a time I was on my ownOnce upon a time like you've never knownOnce upon a time I would be impressedOnce upon a time my life would be obsessedOnce upon a time, once upon a day whenI was in...

On Yonge Street Gordon Lightfoot

See the people walkin' up and downSee the people movin' all aroundOn the streets of my hometown on Yonge StreetLongest street in the world they saySummertime soon slips awayI hope I'll see you one ...

Uncle Toad Said Gordon Lightfoot

Uncle Toad sittin' by the old south gateWaitin' them boys they bin stayin' out lateUncle Toad thinks they're way out of lineMaybe they think he is past his primeUncle Toad said better straighten up...

Sweet Guinevere Gordon Lightfoot

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'...

If There's a Reason Gordon Lightfoot

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 burn...

Dreamland Gordon Lightfoot

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...

Songs the Minstrel Sang Gordon Lightfoot

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 mi...

Sometimes I Don't Mind Gordon Lightfoot

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 doW...

If Children Had Wings Gordon Lightfoot

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 s...

10 Degrees & Getting Colder Gordon Lightfoot

He was standin' by the highway with a sign that just said MotherWhen he heard a driver comin' 'Bout a half a mile away？？？？？？?br />Then he held the sign up higher, Where no decent soul could miss it...

Miguel Gordon Lightfoot

Never had much to sayHe traveled alone with no friendsLike a shadowy ghostAt dawn he came and he wentThrough the woodland swiftly glidingTo the young maid he came glidingWhere she'd run to meet him...

Go My Way Gordon Lightfoot

Go my way and I'll be good to youGo my way and your dreams will all come trueIn the sunset the wild waves are callin'My shadow is followin' youGo my way and I'll take you by the handBelieve in me a...