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THE GORDON LIGHTFOOT LEGACY
Master of the perfect rhyme Don Quixote of modern time
The twelve string minstrel sings his songs
Of the Wherefore And The Why
Ballads of his long lost youth of long lost love and the simple truth
When the early morning came
He had missed the evening plane
If you could read his mind you'd see the minstrel he will always be
If you could read his mind you'd see everything's in harmony
Everything's the way that it should be, If you could read his mind you'd see
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Carefree Highway is not free it is a desperate tragedy
The Long Thin Dawn is beautiful
But Sundown is the best of all
His life is like an Endless Wire and the sea his great desire
Upon the golden goose he sails
Spinning yarns and fairy tales
Full of questions full of doubts what is Bitter Green about
East of Midnight left him blue
As he thought about Eight Avenue
All the lovely ladies came Cathy, Sue, and Mary-Jane
While Somewhere in the U.S.A.
Cotton Jenny heard him play
He writes about this precious land about A Tree Too Weak to Stand
Of old ships and old railroads
The Whispers of the North he knows
Watch the man as he gives his all In sold out shows at Massey Hall
In his fashion he sings for you
He's just A Painter Passing Through
©SAM STAJFER 2004 (SOCAN)
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