Let It Ride-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:Let It Ride (LP Version)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:East Of Midnight] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Let It Ride (LP版) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:06.06]Written by：Gordon Ligh [00:12.13]These are just the simple facts [00:14.17]I will relate to you [00:16.07] [00:16.97]Though they are not connected [00:18.47] [00:19.17]Each and every one is true [00:20.77] [00:21.75]If they seem a bit untidy [00:23.87]Well unraveling them is fun [00:25.97] [00:26.93]I will not stand corrected [00:28.85]I have not harmed anyone [00:30.86] [00:32.35]I just let it ride [00:33.60] [00:34.67]Ride let it ride [00:36.44] [00:37.28]Leave on the evening tide [00:39.05] [00:39.79]Just let it ride [00:41.54] [00:44.03]When I listen to my heart [00:45.80]I sometimes fail to find [00:47.64] [00:48.54]One sane and simple answer [00:50.65]On the bright side of my mind [00:52.89] [00:53.64]Even when I'm sleeping [00:55.48] [00:56.17]I can't seem to unwind [00:58.07] [00:58.69]I just let it ride [01:00.42] [01:05.24]I knew a man from Windsor [01:06.99]Who went to Detroit every night [01:09.99]And stateside of the tunnel [01:12.02]Customs agents gave him flight [01:15.16]He threw his stash in the river [01:17.14]And his bedroll on the ground [01:19.64] [01:20.24]And when they finally got there [01:22.11]A sleeping man was all that they found [01:24.61] [01:25.65]He just let it ride [01:27.22] [01:27.91]Ride let it ride [01:29.77] [01:30.52]Leaving on the evening tide [01:32.38] [01:32.98]Just let it ride [01:34.90] [01:39.99]Hear the steeple bell ring out [01:41.90]Above my lobster pots [01:43.98] [01:44.77]I might be out here fishing man [01:46.96]But that ain't where it stops [01:49.05] [01:49.67]The mouths I feed are many [01:51.44] [01:52.01]And they all say thanks a lot [01:54.12] [01:54.70]They just let it ride [01:56.67] [01:58.84]One day when I'm old and gray [02:00.91]And consider what's gone by [02:03.01] [02:03.76]I always will be proud of [02:05.78]Every tear I've ever cried [02:07.91] [02:08.94]And all of the old jokes we told [02:11.09]Around the candle light [02:13.01] [02:13.87]To all those tender damsels [02:15.76]Who had helped us through the night [02:18.27] [02:19.36]They just let it ride [02:20.89] [02:21.60]Ride let it ride [02:23.51] [02:24.32]Leaving on the evening tide [02:26.23] [02:26.96]Just let it ride [02:28.66] [02:32.09]I'm gonna let it ride [02:33.74] [02:41.16]Here's to the girls of London [02:43.03]And the ones from Montreal [02:45.43] [02:46.26]We never will forget them [02:48.07]We still fantasize them all [02:50.40] [02:51.19]I knew one in St Louis [02:53.14]On a Missouri afternoon [02:55.60] [02:56.16]I met one up in Shanghai [02:58.31]And another in Rangoon [03:00.50] [03:01.81]I just let it ride [03:03.26] [03:03.96]Ride let it ride [03:05.94] [03:06.76]Leaving on the evening tide [03:08.46] [03:09.08]Just let it ride [03:11.00] [03:11.67]Ride ride ride [03:13.48] [03:14.25]I'm gonna let it ride [03:16.12] [03:17.02]Leaving on the evening tide [03:18.83] [03:19.43]Just let it ride