Let it Ride
Gordon Lightfoot
|_(103210) (305430) |_| |_ |_ _ _ | These are_ just_ the simple facts_ I will relate_ to you_ Though they are_ not_ connected_ each and_ every one_ is true_ If they seem_ a bit_ un_-tidy_ well un_-ravelling them is fun_ I will not_ stand corrected_ I have_ not harmed_ anyone_ I just let it_ ride_ Ride_ let it_ ride_ Leave on the evening ti-i-i-ide_ Just_ let it_ ride_ When I listen_ to my_ heart_ I sometimes_ fail_ to find_ One sane_ and simple_ answer_ on_ the bright side of my mind_ Even_ when I'm_ sleeping_ I can't seem_ to un_-wind_ I just_ let it_ ride_ I knew a man_ from_ Windsor_ who went to Detroit_ e_-very night_ And Stateside of_ the tunnel_ customs_ agents_ gave him_ flight_ He threw his_ stash_ in the river_ and his_ bedroll on the ground_ And when_ they fi_-nally got there_ a sleeping_ man_ was all_ that they_ found_ I just let it_ ride_ Ride_ let it_ ride_ Leave on the evening ti-i-i-ide_ Just_ let it_ ride_ Hear_ the steeple_ bells_ ringing out above_ my_ lobster_ pots_ I might_ be out here fishing_ man_ but that ain't where it stops_ The mouths_ I feed are_ many and they all_ say_ "Thanks a lot"_ They just_ let it_ ride_ One day_ when I'm_ old_ and grey and consider_ what's_ gone by_ I al_-ways will_ be proud_ of_ every tear_ I've_ ever cried_ And all of_ the old_ jokes_ we told_ a-round_ the can_ -dle light_ To all_ those_ ten_-der_ damsels_ who had helped us_ in the night_ They just let it_ ride_ Ride_ let it_ ride_ Leave on the evening ti-i-i-ide_ Just_ let it_ ride_ I'm_ gonna let it_ ride_ Here's_ to the girls from Lon_-don_ and the ones_ from_ Mont -real_ We never_ will forget them_ we still_ fantasize_ them all_ I knew one_ in St. Louis_ on a Missouri_ af_-ternoon_ I met_ one up in Shanghai_ and another_ in Ran_ -goon_ I just let it_ ride_ Ride_ let it_ ride_ Leave on the evening ti-i-i-ide_ Just_ let it_ ride_ Ride_ ride_ ride_ Ride_ let it_ ride_ Leave on the evening ti-i-i-ide_ Just_ let it_ ride_ |(xx0235) __ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ | |_ _ |_ _ |