I'D RATHER PRESS ON
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1993


Is it my imagination or is it my iron pride
I wonder if it matters much if time is on my side
I'd rather press on, I don't wanna rest easy
Anywhere I stray I will make it a brand new day
Anyway that is all I gotta say.

I'd rather be by the seaside than be playin' a one night stand
I've been too wrapped up in my own dreams
I will change things if I can
I gotta press on, don't wanna rest easy
Wouldn't it feel fine to return to the women and the wine
And all of the sunshine that we knew.

(bridge)

You will never know what blue is until you have played the game
'Til you see life in solitaire where no one knows your name
I'd rather press on, I don't wanna rest easy
Have it anyway you will, I will be with you right up until
The spell is broken and all is well.

If you'd rather be by the seashore, well I sure can understand
Are you too wrapped up in your own scene,
I would change things if I can
I'd rather press on, don't wanna rest easy
Wouldn't it feel fine, but remembering the rhythm and the rhymes
And all of the good times makes me blue.

(bridge)

Wouldn't it feel fine to return to the women and the wine
And all of the sunshine that we knew.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)