DRIFTERS
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1998


I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by you
Your wishes would come true if I had my say.

Whether it's right or wrong
The words of every song
Remind us of a love we knew
Where love should not go wrong
In yesterdays.
 
Hang on ye drifters now
You got so much to go and gamble on.
Watch out for the shifting sand
Where ever you may ramble.

Even now as I look back and see all that's come to pass
I can't remember how it was I got here.
 
Look around this place,
There's a smile on every face
We're somewhere in the afterglow
Out there among the stars
Out there among the bars.

Hang on ye drifters now
You got places to go and people to meet.
Watch out for the shifting tide
Where ever you may travel.

I know I should not complain because life's been good to me
It feels real good to be stranded on my own.

Be that as it may be,
We are what we are
I'll find you at the afterglow
Out there among the stars
Of yesteryear.

Hang on ye drifters now
You got so much to go and gamble on.
Watch out for the shifting sand
Where ever you may ramble.

All you drifters now
You got places to go and people to meet.
Watch out for the shifting tide
Where ever you may travel.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)