Gordon Lightfoot quotes

Gordon Lightfoot was a legendary Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, celebrated for his contributions to folk, country, and pop music. His poetic lyrics and evocative melodies made songs like "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" internationally famous. He inspired generations of musicians and remains an icon of Canadian music history. Here are 24 of his quotes:

I can see her lookin fast in her faded jeans She's a hard lovin woman got me feelin mean Sometimes I think its a shame when I get feelin better when I'm feelin no pain Sundown you better take care if I find you been creepin round my back stairs Sundown you better take care if I find you been creepin round my back stairs.

Gordon Lightfoot

When supper time came the old cook came on deck saying "Fellas its too rough to feed ya" When at 7:00 pm the main hatch way caved in he said "Fellas its been good to know ya" The captain wired in, he had water coming in and the big ship and crew was in peril When latter that night when her lights went outta sight came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?... And all that remains is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters...

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Hail hero, hail hero, let me see you smile You been gone for so damn long, I wish you'd stay awhile.

Gordon Lightfoot

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

Gordon Lightfoot

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Gordon Lightfoot

If I could only have you near To breathe a sigh or two I would be happy just to hold the hands I love On this winters night with you.

Gordon Lightfoot

But now the seeds are planted and the gates are opened wide The old ways are forgotten there is no place left to hide And the legacy I'm leaving you is not very hard to find You'll see it all around you at this crossroads of time In the sweet soil its a growing at the crossroads of time.

Gordon Lightfoot

Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist Dreaming of a kiss Bitter Green they called her walking in the sun Loving everyone that she met Bitter Green they called her waiting in the sun Waiting for someone to take her home.

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And the body of a dead youth Lies stretched upon the ground Upon the filthy pavements No reason can be found Black day in July.

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Hail hero, hail hero, child of the sun All covered with flowers still having your fun.

Gordon Lightfoot

Satin rays and coloured days Stark blue horizons Naked limbs and wheat bins, hazy afternoons Voicing, rejoicing the wine cups do bring Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses.

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If I could read your mind love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel just like the kind a drug store would sell When you reach the part where the heart aches come the hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again because the endings just too hard to take..

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You can't jump a jet plane Like you can a freight train So I'll best be on my way In the early morning rain.

Gordon Lightfoot

A lot of people influenced me as I was learning but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential, because I would hear his Christmas albums, which my parents played a lot.

Gordon Lightfoot

I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.

Gordon Lightfoot

Oh! The song of the future has been sung All the battles have been won On the mountain tops we stand All the world at our command We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil.

Gordon Lightfoot

Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing 'She Loves You' in August 1963.

Gordon Lightfoot

Turning back the pages of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder if she'll ever do the same; And the thing that I call living is just being satisfied With knowing I've got no one left to blame.

Gordon Lightfoot

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

Gordon Lightfoot

I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

Gordon Lightfoot

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run And 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 to be real... Oh! The song of the future has been sung All the battles have been won On the mountain tops we stand All the world at our command We have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil.

Gordon Lightfoot