WHISPERS OF THE NORTH
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded by Gordon Lightfoot 1983


Whispers of the north,
Soon I will go forth
To that wild and barren land
Where nature takes its course.

Whispers of the wind
Soon I will be there again
Bound with a wild and restless drive
That pulls me from within.

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away.

(bridge)

Whispers of the north
Soon I will return again
To those endless afternoons
In sunshine and in rain.

Whispers of my love
Days and weeks on end
I will share my thoughts of her
In prayers that I will send.

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away.

(bridge)

Whispers of the north
The river and the shore
In a land that tested Eskimos
Ten thousand years before.

Whispers of my heart
In the tracks of animals
I will leave my footprints there
To lie beneath the snow.

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away.

(bridge)

Whispers of the wind
I will feel it sting
I will see it rise and fall
I will hear it sing.

The sound is like a song to me
It takes away the pain
The river is the melody
And the sky is the refrain.

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away.

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away.

Whispers of the north
Soon I will go forth.

Whispers of the north
Soon I will go forth.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)