The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (1988 Version)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Gord's Gold Volume II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (1988 Version) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:15.73]The legend lives on from [00:17.17]The Chippewa on down [00:18.88]Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee [00:21.47] [00:24.85]The lake it is said [00:26.08]Never gives up her dead [00:27.81]When the skies of November turn gloomy [00:30.66] [00:33.84]With a load of iron ore [00:35.19]Twenty-six thousand tons more [00:37.27]Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty [00:40.19] [00:43.07]That good ship and true was [00:44.69]A bone to be chewed [00:46.33]When the gales of November came early [00:49.77] [00:52.56]The ship was the pride of the American side [00:55.25] [00:55.98]Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin [00:58.35] [00:59.59]As the big freighters go [01:01.06]It was bigger than most [01:03.28]With a crew and good captain well seasoned [01:06.18] [01:07.02]Concluding some terms with [01:08.91]A couple steel firms [01:10.30]When they left fully loaded for Cleveland [01:13.51] [01:14.53]And later that night when the ship's bell rang [01:17.60] [01:18.15]Could it be the north wind [01:19.62]They'd been feelin' [01:21.13] [01:31.85]The wind in the wires [01:33.28]Made the tattle tale sound [01:35.12]And the wave broke over the railing [01:38.12] [01:41.28]And every man knew [01:42.49]As the captain did too [01:44.47]T'was the witch of November come stealin' [01:47.84] [01:50.56]The dawn came late and [01:52.24]The breakfast had to wait [01:53.74]When the gales of November came slashin' [01:57.75]When afternoon came [01:59.18]It was freezin' rain [02:00.52] [02:01.40]In the face of a hurricane west wind [02:04.32] [02:20.37]When supper time came [02:21.71]The old cook came on deck sayin' [02:24.02]Fellas it's too rough to feed ya [02:26.63] [02:29.55]At 7 P M a main hatchway caved in he said [02:33.43]Fellas it's been good to know ya [02:36.41] [02:38.86]The captain wired in he had water comin' in [02:41.60]And the good ship and crew was in peril [02:44.78] [02:45.62]And later that night when [02:47.59]His lights went out of sight [02:48.92] [02:49.51]Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald [02:52.87] [03:12.24]Does any one know where [03:14.09]The love of God goes [03:15.76]When the waves turn the minutes to hours [03:18.35] [03:21.69]The searchers all say they'd [03:23.23]Have made Whitefish Bay [03:24.99]If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her [03:28.25] [03:31.02]They might have split up [03:32.09]Or they might have capsized [03:34.19]They may have broke deep and took water [03:36.89] [03:38.28]And all that remains is [03:40.00]The faces and the names [03:41.33]Of the wives and the sons and the daughters [03:44.67] [04:00.85]Lake Huron rolls [04:02.04]Superior sings [04:03.96]In the rooms of her ice water mansion [04:06.63] [04:07.55]Old Michigan steams like [04:09.49]A young man's dreams [04:11.24]The islands and bays are for sportsmen [04:14.19] [04:17.26]And farther below Lake Ontario [04:19.62] [04:20.52]Takes in what Lake Erie can send her [04:23.25] [04:24.31]And the iron boats go [04:25.75]As the mariners all know [04:27.74]With the gales of November remembered [04:31.18] [05:05.63]In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed [05:08.90]In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral [05:11.95] [05:15.06]The church bell chimed 'til [05:16.37]It rang twenty-nine times [05:18.00]For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald [05:21.66] [05:24.14]The legend lives on from [05:25.57]The Chippewa on down [05:27.26]Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee' [05:30.05] [05:33.11]Superior they said [05:34.44]Never gives up her dead [05:36.24]When the gales of November come early