WAITING FOR YOU
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1993


Say what you will I will miss you my friends 
Let me move along for the road never ends 
Vowing to live 'til the end of all time 
All the way to the ends of the earth because I'm 
Waiting for you to say you will be mine.

Many long days, many long years 
Many wrong plays, many wrong fears 
I could be tossed in the arms of the sea 
I could get caught between decks eternally 
Waiting for you to ask what's keeping me.

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What would we do at the end of the day 
When the hours are asleep and the time slips away 
Children are all that the earth has to show 
Children are all that the earth wants to know 
Up here in the northland, up here in the snow.

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Up in the wilderness, land of our birth 
Land of our toil, land of our worth 
I could stay healthy and wealthy and wise 
For I love the snow other snowbirds criticize 
Tell that to a wife and you'll get a surprise.

The skies of North America are covered with stars 
Over factories and farms, over hamlets and bars 
The breeze of North America is breathless at night 
Out there in the distance some souls are in flight 
Some soft hearted lovers whose goals are in sight.

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Here in my on again, off again style 
Here in my on again, off again smile 
Here in my off again, on again grin 
Here in my off again, on again skin 
Waiting for you to say let us begin.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)