ALL THE LOVELY LADIES
Gordon Lightfoot 1975
album: Cold On The Shoulder

Gordon Lightfoot


All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could know them one by one
All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds
Strolling in to take the ladies home.

Bless you all and keep you on the road to tenderness
Heaven can be yours just for now.

All the gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
To everyone who cannot hold a pen
All you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
Who dread the thought of going around the bend.

Bless you all and keep you on the road to better things
Heaven can be yours just for now.

To all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
To all the ones who learn to live with being second-guessed
Whose job it is to give more then they get.

Bless you all and keep you with the strength to understand
Heaven can be yours just for now.

(bridge)

All the little dreamers with a dream that cannot last
To all the sleeping giants who must wake
To every man who answers to the letter of the law
And all the rest in prison by mistake.

Bless you all and keep you with the faith to let it pass
Heaven can be yours just for now.

All the lonely sailors who have trouble being seen
To all of you with heartache that remain
Maybe sometime later you might swim back into shore
If someone could relieve you of your chains.

Bless you all and keep you all on the land or on the sea
Heaven can be yours just for now.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)