Gordon Lightfoot

right|225px|thumb|Gordon LightfootYou can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight trainSo I'll best be on my way In the early morning rain... Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC O.Ont (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer and songwriter who had achieved international success in the genres of folk and country music. Lightfoot had received sixteen Juno Awards and five Grammy Award nominations. He had also been inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1986), the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2001) and Canada's Walk of Fame (1998). Sourced Hail hero, hail hero, child of the sun All covered with flowers still having your fun Theme song of Hail, Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross Hail hero, hail hero, child of your fate Come into the kitchen don't stand by the gate And show us your wisdom before it's too late Theme song of Hail Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross Hail hero, hail hero, let me see you smile You been gone for so damn long, I wish you'd stay awhile Theme song of Hail Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross Lightfoot! (1966) right|175px|thumb|You can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight train.. The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast...You can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight trainSo I'll best be on my wayIn the early morning rain Early Morning Rain, Track 7, UAS-6487 The Song That Changed Everything The Way I Feel (1967) But now the seeds are planted and the gates are opened wideThe old ways are forgotten there is no place left to hideAnd the legacy I'm leaving you is not very hard to findYou'll see it all around you at this crossroads of timeIn the sweet soil its a growing at the crossroads of time Crossroads, Track 4, United Artists If I could only have you nearTo breathe a sigh or twoI would be happy just to hold the hands I loveOn this winters night with you Song For A Winter's Night, Track 10, United Artists A hauntingly beautiful version right|thumb|There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run.. There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not runAnd the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sunLong before the white man and long before the wheelWhen the green dark forest was too silent to be real...Oh! The song of the future has been sungAll the battles have been wonOn the mountain tops we stand All the world at our commandWe have opened up the soil with our teardrops and our toil Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Track 11, United Artists Watch it Here Did She Mention My Name? (1968) And the body of a dead youthLies stretched upon the groundUpon the filthy pavementsNo reason can be foundBlack day in July Black Day In July, Track 3, (mono 45 edit), UNITED ARTISTS 50281, March 1968 Satin rays and coloured daysStark blue horizonsNaked limbs and wheat bins, hazy afternoonsVoicing, rejoicing the wine cups do bringPussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses Pussywillows, Cat-Tails, Track 8, UNITED ARTISTS Back Here On Earth (1968) Some say he was a sailor who died away at seaSome say he was a prisoner who never was set freeLost upon the ocean he died there in the mistDreaming of a kissBitter Green they called her walking in the sunLoving everyone that she metBitter Green they called her waiting in the sunWaiting for someone to take her home Bitter Green, Track 4, UNITED ARTISTS Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) If You Could Read My Mind If you could read my mind, love, What a tale my thoughts could tell. Just like an old time movie, 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well. In a castle dark or a fortress strong, With chains upon my feet. If I could read your mind, love, What a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, The kind the drugstores sell. Then you reached the part where the heartaches come, The hero would be me. But heroes often fail, And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take! I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it. I don't know where we went wrong, But the feeling's gone And I just can't get it back. Sundown (1974) I can see her lookin fast in her faded jeansShe's a hard lovin woman got me feelin meanSometimes I think its a shame when I get feelin better when I'm feelin no painSundown you better take care if I find you been creepin round my back stairsSundown you better take care if I find you been creepin round my back stairs Sundown, Track 7, Reprise right|225px|thumb|SS Edmund FitzgeraldAnd all that remains is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters... Searching through the fragments of my dream shattered sleepI wonder if the years have closed her mindI guess it must be wanderlust or trying to get freeFrom the good old faithful feeling we once knewCarefree highway, let me slip away on youCarefree highway you seen better days.. Carefree Highway, Track 8, Reprise Summertime Dream (1976) 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 perilWhen latter that night when her lights went outta sight came the wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldDoes 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... The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Track 2, Reprise Get the kleenex now External links "Gordon Lightfoot" at Canadian Encyclopedia "Gordon Lightfoot" at canadianbands.com CBC Digital Archives: Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Folk Laureate 0004492 Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Communications Foundation Interview with Gordon Lightfoot in International Songwriters Association's "Songwriter Magazine" 10237902 2019 documentary about Gordon and his career Category:1938 births category:2023 deaths Category:Singers from Ontario category:Canadian country singers Category:Singer-songwriters from Canada Category:Guitarists from Canada Category:Folk singers