RAINBOW TROUT
Gordon LIghtfoot 
1975
album: Cold On The Shoulder

Gordon Lightfoot


In the name of love she came
This foolish winsome girl
She was all decked out like a rainbow trout
Swimming up stream in the world.

And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way
The current is too strong
In the name of love, kind sir I pray
In the name of love".

So I took her by the hand, 
she took me by the will  
She was all dolled up 
like a blue eyed pup  
Looking for something to spill.

she said "Please, please, I've lost my way
The current is too strong
In the name of love, kind sir I pray
In the name of love"

In the name of love she came  
This foolish winsome girl  
She was all decked out like a rainbow trout  
Swimming upstream in the world.

And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way  
The current is too strong  
Then she gave one flip 
of her rainbow tip of her tail  
And she swam back down.

And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way  
The current is too strong  
In the name of love, kind sir I pray, 
in the name of love".

And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way  
The current is too strong  
In the name of love, kind sir I pray, 
in the name of love".



And she said "Please, please, I've lost my way  
The current is too strong  
In the name of love, kind sir I pray, 
in the name of love"




(Transcribed by David Story - January 2013)