TOO MUCH TO LOSE
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1999


Pardon me if I'm leavin' in a hurry can't you see
There's too much to lose for me to stay around
I've played your game, obeyed your rules
The best that I know how
Gonna get out while the game don't get me down.

It's been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone
I won't see you again before the dawn
There's too much to lose for me to stay around
So I'll just cash in my chips and leave this town.

(bridge)

Pardon me if I don't turn back or even say goodbye
I surely have enjoyed your cup of tea
Got no more time to gamble on a thing that ain't too sure
And the dust cloud on the edge of town is me.

If you ever feel that you should want to get in touch somehow
Forget it, that's all in yesterday
Forgiving is to lovers as trusting is to fools
And of losing there is nothing I can say.

Been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone
I won't see you again before the dawn
There's too much to lose for me to stay around
So I'll just cash in my chips and leave this town.

It's been a long, long day and now it's gone, gone
I won't see you again before the dawn
There's too much to lose for me to stay around
So I'll just cash in my chips and leave this town.

Well I'll just cash in my chips and leave this town.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)