Тексты песен «Gordon Lightfoot»

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent...

In my canary yellow canoe - my yellow canoe I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe The Eastmain, Coppermine, Back River too In my canary yellow canoe In my canary yellow canoe - yellow canoe I want to run...

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 highway, let me slip away on...

Sit by my side come as close as the air Sharin' a memory of grey And wander in my words And dream about the pictures that I play Of changes Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade...

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 when the snow had...

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 reels I call her Silver Heels And she...

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 reels I call her 'Silver Heels' And she...

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...

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 in step with the...

What can you do? You'll never win Where will you go when night closes in? Where will it lead? Will it ever end? Where will it stop? Losing a friend isn't what we had in mind exactly All we need is a friend I guess With...

Island goodbye, island goodbye We been too long together, my island and I 'Cross the blue sea, cross the blue sea We been too long together, my island and me Cobwebs and dust, cobwebs and dust I hate to leave you but...

Island goodbye, island goodbye We been too long together, my island and I 'Cross the blue sea, 'cross the blue sea We been too long together, my island and me Cobwebs and dust, cobwebs and dust I hate to leave you but...

I came down from Albany to New York to find what I'd been missin' I looked across the river to the city where the windows all stood glistenin' I stood listenin' Into a tunnel I did rise, like a grave inside, but I was...

All you need is time All you need is time, time, time to make me bend Give it a try, don't be rude Put it to the test and I'll give it right back to you It's cold on the shoulder And you know that we get a little older...

All you need is time All you need is time, time, time to make me bend Give it a try, don't be rude Put it to the test and I'll give it right back to you It's cold on the shoulder And you know that we get a little...

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 up when the sun...

Therea??s a town they call Orillia, it is there of which I sing It is just above Lake Simcoe, by Lake Couchiching Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching Couchiching, Couchiching,...

When first I did appear upon this native soil All up and down this country at labor I did toil I slumbered in the moonlight and I rose with the sun I rambled through the canyons where the cold rivers run When first I...

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 morning With her hair...

It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day And talk about the home town a million miles away Is the ice still on the river, are the old folks still the same And by the way, did she mention my name Did...