This little Lightfoot song of unrequited love always brought visions of medieval times and knights in shining armour to my mind, and a little fantasy for good measure.
A Minor Ballad (The Way I Feel)   more...3:15
Beyond the wild misty mountain
Within the valley so free
There dwells a maid with a heart so mellow
Soft as the wind and wild as the sea
When will you love me
As I love thee
I have no gold to give her
Nor gowns of soft crimson hue
Nor poems of love no rhymes to bring her
Into my heart so strong so true
When will you love me
As I love you
Beyond the wild misty mountain
Within the valley so free
There dwells a maid with a heart so mellow
Soft as the wind and wild as the sea
When will you love me
As I love thee?
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

This is the Salter Family matriarch, Kathleen Salter, age 90, with a special Christmas story about Santa Claus's visit, one night when she was a child at 50 Garfield Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

This song has been on my “favourites” list since the first time I heard it. It’s written with such sensitivity and on an ageless subject that continues to be played out in “real life” time after time   more...– small town girl meets big city life. I like to think that it all works out in the end. ~~ Lynn
Does Your Mother Know (A Lightfoot Collection) 3:36
Does your mother know
You had to go someday
Does your mother know
That you would go so fast
Anyway, that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
That you've got ten dollars and you'll be all right
And when you get straight you're gonna come back East some day
Does your mother know
You have a man in the West
Does your mother know
You drove him from your door
Anyway that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
Does your mother know
You walked all day in the rain
Does your mother know
How deep your love could be
Anyway that's all you think about
You'd call her if you could
But the letters that you write
In the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
That you've got ten dollars and your rent costs eight
And when you get straight you're gonna come back East some day
But the letters that you write in the faded winter light
Just tell her they tell her
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

Many songs have been written about the special bond and love shared by a father and daughter. It’s obvious by this beautiful song that a special little girl had stolen her father’s heart. ~~ Lynn
Fine   more...As Fine Can Be (Cold On The Shoulder - 1975) 2:58
You're as soft as the rose
You're as sweet as the honey
You're as warm as the bright morning sun
You're as cool as the breeze on the last days of April
You're as fine as fine can be
You're like time is to space
You're like faith is to trustin'
You're like blue is to feelin' unkind
You're like joy is for love,
You're like dreams are for chasin'
You're as fine as fine can be
And when I am gone my thoughts are all with you
You're my little angel you see
You're as bright as the moon
You're as light as a feather
You're as fine as fine can be
Like the rain is for the crops
You're like food for my thoughts
You're like true is for knowin' what's not
You're like leaves are for trees
You're like bees are for buzzin'
You're as fine as fine can be
You're as bright as the moon
You're as light as a feather
You're as fine as fine can be
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

World-wide, we will soon be without any veterans of The Great War, and those of WWII are also decreasing in number. This mournful lament from Gordon Lightfoot has always brought to my mind the soldiers   more...of WW1 -- so far away, not knowing where or when the end will come, and longing for home. This one is for all of our veterans. A special “thank you” goes to my good friend in the Netherlands who provided many of these photos from his own collection.
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
Bells Of The Evening (Cold On The Shoulder) 3:56
Bells of the evening, O sing to my love
Tell her I miss her, my own turtledove
The streets of the old town are covered with rain
I think I might never know true love again
I'm lost with no road signs to guide me
A slave to my whiskey and dreams
Bells of the evening, O bells that I love
I've got some feelings I long to be rid of
I'm not one to ramble; I'm not one to boast
Though I had one lover more lovely than most
She was a country girl born to be free
Who took to the city by chance there to find me
Bells of the evening go pealin'
I'm down here listenin' to you
Bells of the evening, O bells of the sea
Tell her that I love her, that I'm lost and so lonely
Bells of the evening, your sweet Sunday sound
Reminds me of the redwoods and moss covered ground
So if I should wander on back to the coast
Tell her to remember it's her I need the most
I'm caught by the minstrel's misfortune
Of being forever displaced
Bells of the evening, O bells of the sea
Tell her that I love her; that I'm lost I'm so lonely  less

Thank you LV! Lightfoot’s lyrics for “Whisper My Name” led me to the pioneers – covered wagons, horseback, building a life from scratch in the “wilds” of North America. Pioneer women had to be strong,   more...and independent, to be able to carry on with the day-to-day toils of a settler’s life – especially if her husband was lured away by the quest for what seemed like easy money to be made in the Gold Rush days, panning and mining for gold.
Whisper My Name (Dream Street Rose) 3:11
Travel with me if you choose
Into a land of notions
Through the ruins of yesteryear
Set yer mind in motion
Be beside me win or lose
I will no forsake thee
I must do, so must you
Now will you go with me
I will build a home for you
To keep you warm each winter
Lemon lilies at your door
To give you in September
I will take you as you stand
I promise to defend thee
I must do, so must you
Now will you go with me
Whisper my name as you pass through my life
Whisper my name when you fall
I'm just a dusty old mem'ry ya trust
I'll be close by when you call
Give and take ain't always so
Seeing is believing
Down and out don't stop the show
Staying is not leaving
What we say ain't always so
But I won't deceive thee
I must do, so must you
Now will you go with me
Talk to me, run to me, whisper my name
Don't waste your love makin' friends
We've both had enough of that wonderful stuff
It's too easy to sin
Travel with me if you choose
Into a land of notions
Through the ruins of yesteryear
Set yer mind in motion
Be beside me win or lose
I will no forsake thee
I must do, so must you
Now will you go with me
Travel with me if you choose
I promise to protect thee
I must do, so must you
Now will you go with me
Now will you go with me
Please stop by the YT channel "Thomasj157" to see more great Lightfoot videos from the Team. http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

Something Very Special brought old Hollywood to my mind and who better to depict old Hollywood than Katharine Hepburn. With a career that spanned 73 years, she holds the record for the most Best Actress   more...Oscar wins having taken home the statue four times in 12 nominations. The American Film Institute ranked her as the greatest film star in the history of American cinema in 1999. Katharine Houghton Hepburn died of natural causes on June 19, 2003, at 96 years of age.
Something Very Special (Did She Mention My Name) 3:19
She was something very special to me
The kind of girl you'd like to see
In a movie or a rosary
She could be straight-laced or homespun
Or free and easy on the run
She could be meek and mild or full of fun
She liked country lanes and aeroplanes
And cigarettes would make her strange
And when she wanted you she made it plain
She would never say where she came from
It didn't seem that she had anyone
To answer to or dwell upon
She liked candlelight and good wine
And I would call her any time
Of day or night she didn't mind
The was nothing that I wouldn't do
To prove to her my love was true
And she gave to me a dream or two
There were times when she would never appear
For days and then she'd disappear
But now the days have turned to years
I was something she could use
Like a good friend or a pair of shoes
Or any kind of good news
Now the eastern sky is crimson and red
As I lie here in my lonely bed
And think about the things she said
She said darling there will come a day
When I must run far away
I will go my love and you must stay
She departed in the early spring
She didn't leave me anything
To follow or to find her
She was something very special to me
The kind of girl you'd like to see
In a movie or a rosary
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

Thank you for the Feature LV!! I am discovering and enjoying a treasure trove of beautiful, emotional, heart-wrenching songs as we get into the lesser-known creations from our consummate story teller,   more...Gordon Lightfoot. ~~ Lynn
On The High Seas (Dream Street Rose) 3:15
Was it someone she met that's so hard to forget
Was it some kind of an ocean of changes
I don't remember where she said she would be
And since I don't know, let me guess
Was it somewhere in Michigan or the Lake of the Woods
Up in old Montreal or Toronto the good
Somewhere in Reno or somewhere in Rome
And when all is said and done
Will she leave me alone
I don't want to get so low
And as for my sadness, it comes and it goes
I don't remember where she said she would be
Back in the city or on the high seas
Was it up in Hornepayne where the trains run on time
Was she drinking champagne when she made up her mind
North of the border or down in South Bend
And when all is said and done
Is there no rainbow's end
I don't want to own the key
To some ghostly mansion where souls are set free
I don't remember where she said she would go
Straight for the highway or down the low road
I don't remember where she said she would be
Back in the city or on the high seas
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

No Mistake About It, there could only be one star of this vistory -- Angelina Jolie. A beautiful lady with a somewhat colourful past, Angelina has made a name for herself today as a wonderful actress   more...and caring mother, and is admired for her humanitarian efforts.
No Mistake About It (Harmony) 4:06
1. Shes the shine in every moonbeam,
Kinda girl who can pick you clean.
Shes a star in every other mans eyes.
Shes the girl in every mans day.
Pretty soon she will make her way,
into the back door, of your mind.
-1st Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, She moves like a snake.
She moves like a raptor. She moves me to make,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
2. She was kind of a neighbourhood kid.
Pretty soon she will flip your lid.
Shes the pearl in every other mans tea.
Shes the smile in every mans eyes,
Kinda girl who cn put you wise.
Shes a girl lets every other man be.
-2nd Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves like a ghost, (no mistake about it)
She moves me like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves me to boast,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
3. Shes the shine in every moonbeam,
Kinda girl who can make you lean,
over backwards, or so they say.
Shes the girl in every mans game.
Pretty soon she will pick your brain.
Shes the smile in every other mans day.
-3rd Chorus-
She moves like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves like a snake, (no mistake about it)
She moves me like a raptor, (no mistake about it)
She moves me to make,
No mistake about it, No mistake about it.
-Repeat 2nd & 3rd Choruses-
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

Another beautiful song about day-to-day life and the joy to be found in a " Lazy Mornin' ".
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
  more...Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
Lazy Mornin' (Old Dan's Records) 3:40
Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
My son
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run
No need to get bothered
I'll think about Monday
When Monday comes
It's two for one
Mister hoot 'n holler
Gotta make a dollar
Another lazy mornin'
I took time to make town 'n stock a pint or two
The most delicious brew
Keepin' up with the Joneses
I hope no one telephones us
I'd take a place in the country
But for now the old back yard
Looks to me like fifty acres
Of the roundest ground in town
Another lazy mornin'
Come suppertime I'm gonna light my barbecue
Nothin' new
Only that she loves me
And nothin' I know can change me
No need to get bothered
I do more livin' than it might seem
Some dream
Livin' like a pauper
Bless my darlin' daughter
I'd like to know what makes a man go
Over land and sea
I guess it must get kinda lonesome
That's the way I used to be
Another lazy mornin'
No need to get down on anyone
Such fun
Coffee's in the kitchen
Woman on the run  less

This song is pure, unadulterated fun, with a little geography thrown in for good measure. Gordon Lightfoot ROCKS! ~~ Lynn
Canary Yellow Canoe (Songbook) 2:50
In my canary yellow canoe - my yellow canoe   more...
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 rivers in my canary yellow canoe
The Des Moines River, Rupert River, George River too
In my canary yellow canoe
In my canary yellow canoe - mellow yellow canoe
I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe
Chibougamau, Peace River, Resolute too
In my canary yellow canoe
In my canary yellow canoe - my elephant too
I want to go tripping in my canary yellow canoe
Churchill, Yellowknife, Ross River too
In my canary yellow canoe
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
  less

This song was requested by a YouTube viewer who thought we’d only do the second part of this unique song, which is somewhat commonly known as “North Ontario”. But, doing half of a song was out of the   more...question. This one is definitely two songs in one, with the trick being to tie the two together. The more I listened to it, the more I realized that he was disillusioned with the west coast lifestyle and longing for, possibly dreaming of, someone in North Ontario. As is the case with many of Lightfoot’s songs, interpretations will vary, and debates will continue over intentions, locations and content. Maybe this is what keeps his music fresh and his audiences both loyal and new… ~~ Lynn
Cabaret (Summer Side of Life) 5:49
All I can see is the sea and the sky
And the sky is blue and the sea is green
Yesterday's a cabaret
Gowns of satin on ladies gay
Yesterday's a cabaret
Sounds of laughter on faces grey
Yesterday's a carousel
Catch the ring and all will be well
From the coast of California
Up to the Oregon border
I've thumbed a thousand miles I guess
Sitting in a roadside diner
The big trucks rollin' by
I don't seem to know at times what's best
And still I'd like to tell her
That I miss her so
In north Ontario
If you're drivin' east to Reno
Or north to Mendocino
I hope you find your rainbow's end
This highway is my rainbow
And though I might regret it
I'm so glad I said it way back when
And still I'd like to tell her
That I miss her so
In north Ontario
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

This Gordon Lightfoot song took me back to the summers of my childhood that were spent on my Uncle’s farm. “We never were much bothered by time” as children, but as adults, we are all encumbered by the   more...clock, the marching on of time, and we look fondly back on the simpler days of our youth.
Brave Mountaineers (Don Quixote) 3:30
Born in the country and I like that country smile
Of the little girls and boys, they remind me of a child
That I knew and a big harvest moon
That shon' by suppertime in the dusty afternoon
And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin' through the trestle we would climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time
Born in the country and I like that country song
We played for just a nickel every time we got to town
And I bought you a dime diamond ring
In the hayloft we would play, we were princesses and kings
And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time
Born in the country and I like that country way
Of the uncles and the cousins and the card games they would play
While the young ones slept overhead
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were said
And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin' through the trestle we would climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time
And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

This is one of a few songs that Gordon Lightfoot recorded but did not write. This song is also based on fact. "Susan" was Susan Brewer, a lady who opened her home to some of the "outlaw"   more...artists of the 60's.
On Susan's Floor (Don Quixote) 2:55
Like crippled ships that made it
Through a storm and finally reached a quiet shore
The homeless found a home on Susan's floor
Didn't feel so cold and tired
Stretched out before her fire
Rollin' smokes and drinkin' up her wine
And I remember candlelight
And singing 'til we could not sing no more
Then fallin' warm asleep on Susan's floor
Well now that my song is sweeter
I think I'd like to greet her
And thank her for the favors that she gave
A stranger I came
My head bowed in the rain to her door
I sat and sang my songs on Susan's floor
In the mornin' I'd go on
Buyin' kingdoms with my songs
Knowin' I'd be back in just a while
Warm in the sunlight of her smile
Well lots of time and songs have passed
I catch myself just looking back
Reliving all the wonder of those nights
That's where I'd be today
If I had only stayed one night more
And sang another song on Susan's floor
Like crippled ships that made it
Through a storm and finally reached a quiet shore
The homeless found a home on Susan's floor
Link for online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

This one's been high on my list of favourite Lightfoot songs since the first time I heard it. The power of the sense of smell… Who hasn’t been transported back to a specific place and time just by the   more...scent of something – fresh cut grass, home baking, perfume? A woman’s fragrance is carefully chosen to be memorable. Gordon Lightfoot attests to that with this beautiful song.
Affair On 8th Avenue (Back Here On Earth) 3:39
The perfume that she wore was from some little store
On the down side of town
But it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
Her long flowing hair came softly undone
And it lay all around
And she brushed it down as I stood by her side
In the warmth of her love
And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
And we played a game only she could win
And she told me a riddle I'll never forget
Then left with the answer I've never found yet
How long, said she, can a moment like this
Belong to someone
What's wrong, what is right, when to live or to die
We must almost be born
So if you should ask me what secrets I hide
I'm only your lover, don't make me decide
The perfume that she wore was from some little store
On the down side of town
But it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
And we played a game only she could win
And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

“Now And Then” is another wonderful song from Gordon Lightfoot. This one explores the difficulty of ending a relationship when the head knows it’s time to leave, but the heart still holds that flicker   more...of hope that the love that was once there will once again see it through.
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
Now And Then (Cold On The Shoulder) 3:09
I think this time you've said enough to make me want to leave this place
Still I keep coming back for more of the same to fan the dying flame
Here inside these walls that seem to move a little closer every day
There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end
Let us just pretend a while
Think about the good things now and then
I think this time that was the best time that we two had ever known
We tried the handle of the house upon the shore and found the open door
Once inside we found a curious moonbeam doing dances on the floor
We were only playing like two children who had stayed away from school
Two of us could not be wrong
Heaven knows who keeps the golden rule
I think this time we've learned enough to know that nothing is the same
But still the pounding of my heart hasn't changed and leavin's so strange
Here among my thoughts of you I find a gentle longing to be free
There must be a way out of this crazy game we play out to the end
Take away the in-between
Think about the good things now and then
We will see the day when you or I will stay or face up to the end
Let us just pretend a while
And think about the good things now and then  less

I'm sure many of us can identify with the feeling of darkness and despair that results from a lost love. Thankfully, things have a way of working out, just as dark clouds and storms eventually move on.
  more...Ribbon Of Darkness (Lightfoot!) 2:42
Ribbon of darkness over me
Since my true love walked out the door
Tears I never had before
Ribbon of darkness over me
Clouds a-gatherin' o'er my head
That kill the day and hide the sun
That shroud the night when day is done
Ribbon of darkness over me
Rain is falling on the meadow
Where once my love and I did lie
Now she is gone from the meadow
My love goodbye
Ribbon of darkness over me
Where once the world was young as spring
Where flowers did bloom and birds did sing
Ribbon of darkness over me
Here in this cold room lyin'
Don't want to see no one but you
Lord I wish I could be dyin'
To forget you
Oh how I wish your heart could see
How mine just aches and breaks all day
Come on home and take away
This ribbon of darkness over me
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
  less

Another beautiful, haunting song in the Lightfoot Series. This one stars the American Robin and the stately, majestic Oak Tree. Please stop by the YT Tribute Channel at http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157   more...to see the videos not presented here.
The Way I Feel (The Way I Feel) 3:02
The way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
Like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Now a woman lord is like a young bird
And the tall oak tree is a young man's heart
Among his boughs you will find her nesting
When the nights are cool she is warm and dry
Your coat of green it will protect her
Her wings will grow your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will cease to hold her and she'll fly from you
Now the way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
Like a tall oak tree alone and cryin’
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
  less

There could be only one subject for this wonderful Gordon Lightfoot song – a spider’s web. You must admit that there’s nothing quite as magical as a web when it’s intricacies are highlighted with the   more...sunlight and the morning dew – except, or course, the web of Love.
Spin, Spin (Sunday Concert Plus) 2:29
So fine, so fine the web you spin,
I come too close and I'm caught again!
In a web of wild design,
I do not know what fate is mine!
All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
Well my daddy said when I was young,
"Beware the web of love, my son,
To be in love is to be insane,
Make an old man groan, a young man pain!"
All the day, sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
Then I did grow and the time did fly,
Many a true love passed me by.
And then you came like a blinding storm,
I landed in your web so warm,
All the day, sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
So fine, so fine the web you spin,
I come too close and I'm caught again!
In a web of wild desire,
And I cannot control the fire!
All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

When I heard this song the very first time, Elvis came to mind. I asked a few others and once again, Elvis was the first person to pop into their heads too, so, Elvis it is!
Same Old Loverman (Songbook)   more...3:21
I'm not some long lost someone
Just dropped in to say hello
It's that same old lover man
Baby you lost so long ago
'Cause I was born to believe
I never could deceive
Believe me
I hear no children's voices
Have they gone back to school
And that same old lover man
Is still acting like a fool
I guess I was born to bring you grief
Though I never was a thief
Believe me
It's cold outside your window
Please let me in, the night is wild
It's that same old lover man
Not some lonesome winsome child
An' I was born to believe
I never could deceive
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

Miguel, to me, is Gordon Lightfoot's "El Paso" -- the sad story of a hard life, bad decision, untimely death and an everlasting love. It was difficult to find "period" pics for this   more...one, so I must thank Tj for coming to my rescue and providing some of them. That's what made this truly a "team" effort!
Miguel (Summer Side of Life) 4:12
Never had much to say
He traveled alone with no friends
Like a shadowy ghost
At dawn he came and he went
Through the woodland swiftly gliding
To the young maid he came riding
Where she'd run to meet him
By the garden wall
Oh my sweet Miguel
I will never tell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast
And he'd say I have no fear
They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river
‘Cause I've done that before
To see my true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die
He was born to the south
In Mexico they say
The child of a man
Who was soon gone away
But his mother loved him dearly
And she would take him yearly
To the great cathedral in St. Augustine
Oh my young Miguel
Listen to the bell
Of my poverty
You must never tell
And he cried himself to sleep in the night
And he vowed to make things right
So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call
He knew she'd understand
A lawman came to capture him
The gun jumped in his hand
Oh Miguel the mother cried
You must run son or you'll die
So the story is told
Of his true love 'cross the line
As strong as the oak
And as sweet as the vine
And the child she bore him
Came on the fateful morning
When they sent him to his final rest
Oh my sweet Miguel
Listen to the bell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast
And she'd say I have no fear
I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river
'Cause you've done that before
To see your true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...
  less

About a month ago I mentioned to Lynn how much I liked Gordon's Spanish Moss - Lynn answered, you are entitled to a request or two you know , and so it is requested. The scenario that immediately came   more...to mind is that Gordon met a southern Belle while performing in Savannah Georgia. Their relationship might have been for lifetime, had things gone differently ... and, she had a daughter that Gordon called " Spanish Moss"....just a thought that works for me. Hope you enjoy it. Thank you for the request dear Lynn!
Spanish Moss
(G) Let go darling, (G+) I can feel the (G6) night wind call (G7)
(Am) Guess I'd better (Bm) go
I (C) like you more than (G/B) half as much
As I (Am7) love your Spanish (D7) moss

(G) Spanish moss a-(G+)hanging down
(G6) Sweeter than the (G7) southern love we've (Am) found
(D) Spanish moss, (D7/F#) keeps on following my (C/G) thoughts a(G)round (C) (D)
(G) Georgia pine and (G+) ripple wine
(G6) Memories of Sa(G7)vannah summer(Am)time
(D) Spanish moss, (D7/F#) wish you knew what I was (C/G) say(G)ing

(Am) So I'm rolling north (D) thinking
Of the (G) way things (B7/F#) might have (Em) been (Dm)
If (C) she and (G/B) I could have (Am7) changed it all some(D)how (D7)

Spanish moss a-hanging down
Lofty as the sycamore you've found
Spanish moss, keeps on following my thoughts around
Georgia pine and ripple wine
Kisses mixed with moonshine and red clay
Spanish moss, wish you knew what I was saying

So I'm rolling north thinking
Of the way things might have been
If she and I could have changed it all somehow

Let go darling, I can feel the night wind call
The devil take the cost
I like the way your kisses flow and I love your Spanish moss  less

This tribute to my Crew is long overdue, and for that I must apologize. Many people drift in and out of our LV lives, but a few we are privileged to get to know better and share our lives with, even   more...if only via the keyboard. These people are the people who have touched my heart by what they do, or more importantly, who they are as a person. I am honoured to have them as my Crew, and especially as friends.  less

Another incredible song in the Gordon Lightfoot Series. It's always interesting to find photos that depict the emotion and allow the viewer to experience the journey that the music and lyrics take us   more...on. I'd like to publicly thank Tj (StonewallStudios) for always pushing me to make it that little bit better. I hope he never stops. ~~ Lynn
Link to YouTube’s Thomasj157, the Lightfoot Tribute Channel
http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157
The Last Time I Saw Her (Did She Mention My Name) 5:10
The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight and her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me, her lips were like the scented flowers inside a rain-drenched forest
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I walked with her
Her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun
A voice that called to everyone
To love the ground we walked upon
Those were the good days
The last time I held her hand, her touch was autumn, spring and summer, and winter too
The last time I let go of her, she walked away into the night
I lost her in the misty streets, a thousand months, a thousand years
When other lips will kiss her eyes
A million miles beyond the moon, that's where she is
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight and she walked alone
The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone
It lies forgotten
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less