SHADOWS
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1982


Let me reach out love and touch you
Let me hold you for awhile
I've been all around the world
Oh how I long to see you smile.

There's a shadow on the moon
And the waters here below
Do not shine the way they should
And I love you just in case you didn't know.

Let it go, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me
Come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.

Won't you lie down by me baby, run your fingers through my hands
I've been all around the town and still I do not understand
Is it me or is it you or the shadow of a dream
Is it wrong to be in love
Could it be the finest love I've ever seen.

Set it free, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me
Come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.

Please kiss me gently darlin' where the river runs away
From the mountains in the springtime, on a blue and windy day
When there's beauty all around, as the shades of night grow deep
As the morning stars grow dim
They will find us in the shadows fast asleep.

Let it go, let it happen like it happened once before
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone
And if you do not believe me
Come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)