The Gypsy is another wonderful song in the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute series. It will be uploaded to the YT Tribute Channel at Thomasj157 in a week or so. I'd like to thank StonewallStudios' Tj for his patient and subtle ways of making me make it better. The Gypsy (A Lightfoot Collection) 2:46 by Gordon Lightfoot Step inside my tent, said she, I'd like to read you palm Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your mind I'll tell you if you should quit now or if you should go on Then I said, now what do ya see She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Where'll I go, what'll I be She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake She told me the town where I was born, she almost knew the date She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the table rise She took the dollar from the jar and then she guessed my weight Then I said, now what do ya see She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee You are so old, you are so wise Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy Give me a sign, tell it to me She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Then she spoke most quietly Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee When you we a child at school they taught you quite a lot You were told when you should speak and when you should not You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at night A little knowledge serves you well but the golden rule does not Then I said, now what do ya mean She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Where'll I go, what'll I be She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Then when I came home that night to lie in bed awake I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had said And now I see with due respect, the more we learn the worse we get So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your fortune read Then I said, now what do ya mean She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Where'll I go, what'll I be She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee You are so old, you are so wise Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy Give me a sign, tell it to me She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee Where'll I go, what'll I be She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee You are so old, you are so wise Deedlee-dum, deedlee-dy Give me a sign, tell it to me She said, deedlee-dum, deedlee-dee

My initial thought on this song was that it would be incredibly hard to portrait, so I started the search for "wishing" things -- wells, wishbones, dandylions gone to seed... But it just wasn't working for me. Once again, I changed direction, and this is the result. Thank you Tj for the midnight conversations and suggestions. xoxoxo Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Sometimes I Wish (Harmony) 3:37 Dreaming of the love I lost, the day the final bridge was crossed Sometimes I wish, that I could just forget. But the memory lingers yet, and it hangs around, Leavin' me low and leavin' me down. Everywhere I roam, there is nobody home. Even I should know, when it ain't my day there is no other way. -Instrumental- I begin to wake up to, how wrong it was to cling to you Sometimes I wish, to hold you to my heart, 'Cause I can't keep us apart. Forgiving you, Was the easiest thing that I ever could do. Everywhere I go, there is no one I know. Even I can see, it's too late now to believe in a vow. -Instrumental- As I wander I return, to days gone by there's much to be learned Sometimes I wish, that miracles could be. But at best I fail to see, any happenin', Some gotta lose and some gotta win. Everywhere I roam, there is nobody home. Even I should know, when it ain't my day there is no other way. Everywhere I go, there is no one I know. Even I can see, it's too late now to believe in a vow. You're leavin' right now.

When I heard this song the very first time, Elvis came to mind. I asked a few others and once again, Elvis was the first person to pop into their heads too, so, Elvis it is! Same Old Loverman (Songbook) 3:21 I'm not some long lost someone Just dropped in to say hello It's that same old lover man Baby you lost so long ago 'Cause I was born to believe I never could deceive Believe me I hear no children's voices Have they gone back to school And that same old lover man Is still acting like a fool I guess I was born to bring you grief Though I never was a thief Believe me It's cold outside your window Please let me in, the night is wild It's that same old lover man Not some lonesome winsome child An' I was born to believe I never could deceive Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...

Summertime Dream by Gordon Lightfoot is my first of what will be a series of video tributes to this amazing Canadian artist. Additional videos by the tribute team can be viewed at YouTube on the channel "Thomasj157". Summertime Dream - 1976 (Summertime Dream) Where the road runs down by the butternut grove To old Bill Skinner's stream Do tell at the noonday bell It's time for a summertime dream In a lunch pail town in a one horse way You can live like a king and queen Let's steal away in the noonday sun It's time for a summertime dream Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees And down below's a pond I know, you can swim in it if you please And if you come 'round when the mill shuts down You can see what chivalry means Let's steal away in the noonday sun It's time for a summertime dream On a trip on down to wonderland, in love among the flowers Where time gets lost with no straw boss, tallying up the hours Where the road runs down by the butternut grove To old Bill Skinner's stream Do tell at the noonday bell It's time for a summertime dream Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees And down below's a pond I know, you can swim in it if you please And if you come 'round when the mill shuts down You can see what chivalry means Let's steal away in the noonday sun It's time for a summertime dream

Another hit from Gordon Lightfoot's Endless Wire album, Daylight Katy had to have a special subject. Who better than the beautiful Katie Holmes aka Mrs. Tom Cruise. From the innocent young girl of "Dawson's Creek" fame to the Hollywood beauty of today, she has handled the transformation and all of it's attention with much grace. Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Daylight Katy (Endless Wire) 4:18 She walks by the sea where the seaworld is And she waits for the man to come She lives in town with her high-heeled friends And she knows it's a long way down But she doesn't have to get up in the morning With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home She walks to the sea where the seaweed is Where the rust and the dirt runs deep She lives nine lives in her midnight world While her old man's fast asleep And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin' With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home She lives by the sea when the summer wind comes And the sea don't mind at all She talks to the sea when the sea runs wild And the waves run steep and tall And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin' With her hair so soft and long Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home Daylight Katy come on Daylight Katy come on If you can't follow me down Daylight Katy go home

One of the nice things about working with these Gordon Lightfoot songs is the opportunity to research that about which he sings. Coal mining wasn't something that I knew anything about, but as I searched for the photographs used in this vistory, I wanted to know more. This information was current in 2003: 1.The United States produces about 35%, or 1 billion tons, of the world's coal supply—more than any other country produces. 2.The average coal miner is 45 years old and has 20 years of experience. 3.Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the United States. 4.Each person in the United States uses 3.8 tons of coal each year. 5.U.S. coal deposits contain more energy than that of all the world's oil reserves. 6.The United States has more than a 250-year supply of coal, if it continues using coal at the same rate at which it uses coal today (2003).

Miguel, to me, is Gordon Lightfoot's "El Paso" -- the sad story of a hard life, bad decision, untimely death and an everlasting love. It was difficult to find "period" pics for this one, so I must thank Tj for coming to my rescue and providing some of them. That's what made this truly a "team" effort! Miguel (Summer Side of Life) 4:12 Never had much to say He traveled alone with no friends Like a shadowy ghost At dawn he came and he went Through the woodland swiftly gliding To the young maid he came riding Where she'd run to meet him By the garden wall Oh my sweet Miguel I will never tell No one will ever know What I know too well And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast And he'd say I have no fear They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river ‘Cause I've done that before To see my true love's smiling face A hundred times or more Oh my sweet Miguel she cried I'll love you ‘til I die He was born to the south In Mexico they say The child of a man Who was soon gone away But his mother loved him dearly And she would take him yearly To the great cathedral in St. Augustine Oh my young Miguel Listen to the bell Of my poverty You must never tell And he cried himself to sleep in the night And he vowed to make things right So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call He knew she'd understand A lawman came to capture him The gun jumped in his hand Oh Miguel the mother cried You must run son or you'll die So the story is told Of his true love 'cross the line As strong as the oak And as sweet as the vine And the child she bore him Came on the fateful morning When they sent him to his final rest Oh my sweet Miguel Listen to the bell No one will ever know What I know too well Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast And she'd say I have no fear I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river 'Cause you've done that before To see your true love's smiling face A hundred times or more Oh my sweet Miguel she cried I'll love you ‘til I die Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...

I am so very fortunate to have been able to work with this beautiful love song! I hope you enjoy my interpretation. Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster) (If You Could Read My Mind) 3:55 Come to the door my pretty one Put on your rings and precious things Hide all your tears as best you can Try to recall what used to be Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Bells in the steeple are ringing, singing Listen to them talk about your love's return Let me come in my pretty one Try to undo what I have done For I must be forgiven now I cannot leave your love alone Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Leaves in the garden are falling, calling Listen to them talk about your love's return Let me come in my precious one Wake from your sleep and take me home Open your eyes and look my way I will not lose what I have won Roses are waiting for dewdrops to fall Climbing your windows and walls Bells in the steeple are ringing, singing Listen to them talk about your love's return Link to YouTube’s Thomasj157, the Lightfoot Tribute Channel http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157 Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...

this song brought back some fond memories for me.. i thought it might do the same for others too. the song is *** if your could read my mind**** by gordon lightfoot,,,a wonderful song,, though very difficut,, to make a video to. for some reason,,, any way hope you like what i did,, with this video.. and song.. enjoy.... oct

This was released as Canadian Railroad Trilogy. In the production of this in 2006 I gathered railroad building images from North and Central America. So I renamed it Railroad Trilogy. For my money - the Canadian Railroad Trilogy is one of my alltime favorite Lightfoot tunes. This is dedicated to my "Double Scotch" partner and friend Brian McLaughlin. We spent more than 1000 nights on stage together - Brian often sang The Canadian Railroad Trilogy - you could hear a pin drop...thanks for the memories Brian

Dreamland conjured images of a multiple marriage life. Who other than Elizabeth Taylor could guide us through the emotions of this song. This is another in the Gordon Lightfoot series, 46 of which can be viewed at the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Channel http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157. More to come! Dreamland (Endless Wire Album) 2:53 You come to me in times of need When you can't find anyone You seem to be much better off now There's a rainbow number one We could see life through the gutter then Till it caused my heart to break There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to take Sometimes I remember when We were all dressed up in style I don't recall the gist of it all But you drove the young men wild You could wrap me around your finger Till it caused my heart to break There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to take So if you need me near you Y' can do it if you choose There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to lose Instrumental You make me do what you want me to do Then you run the rules on me You seem to be the wiser now Could it be you've been deceived Anytime you felt like tryin' You would cause my heart to break There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to take So if you need me near you now You can do it if you choose There was too much toil in dreamland And too much love to lose

There could be only one subject for this wonderful Gordon Lightfoot song – a spider’s web. You must admit that there’s nothing quite as magical as a web when it’s intricacies are highlighted with the sunlight and the morning dew – except, or course, the web of Love. Spin, Spin (Sunday Concert Plus) 2:29 So fine, so fine the web you spin, I come too close and I'm caught again! In a web of wild design, I do not know what fate is mine! All the day sit and spin, You spin your web and you draw me in. Spin, spin, spin, spin! Well my daddy said when I was young, "Beware the web of love, my son, To be in love is to be insane, Make an old man groan, a young man pain!" All the day, sit and spin, You spin your web and you draw me in. Spin, spin, spin, spin! Then I did grow and the time did fly, Many a true love passed me by. And then you came like a blinding storm, I landed in your web so warm, All the day, sit and spin, You spin your web and you draw me in. Spin, spin, spin, spin! So fine, so fine the web you spin, I come too close and I'm caught again! In a web of wild desire, And I cannot control the fire! All the day sit and spin, You spin your web and you draw me in. All the day sit and spin, You spin your web and you draw me in. Spin, spin, spin, spin! Spin, spin, spin, spin! Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...

"Old Dan's Records" reminds me of those wonderful times when family and friends come together for some toe-tapping, song-singing, and impromptu dancing the night away! Link to YouTube’s Thomasj157, the Lightfoot Tribute Channel http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157 Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics http://www.corfid.com/ Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis http://www.lightfoot.ca/ Old Dan's Records (Old Dan's Records) 3:03 Get out old Dan's records Get out old Dan's records We will dance the whole night long It's fun to play the old time songs If old Dan could see us now I know he'd be so proud Bring out old Dan's records Bring out old Dan's records I remember my Aunt Bea She'd dance with Dan till two or three If old Dan could see her now I know he'd shout out loud Dig out old Dan's records Bring out old Dan's records We're all here, we've all got dates We'll dance all night to the seventy-eights If old Dan could see us now I know he'd be so proud If old Dan were with us still I know he'd come around Get out old Dan's records Dig out old Dan's records Back to nineteen thirty-five The foxtrot, jitterbug 'n jive If old Dan could see us now I know he'd be so proud Get out old Dan's records Bring out old Dan's records High above the fireplace There's a smile on old Dan's face If old Dan could see us now I know he'd be so proud If old Dan were with us still I know he'd come around Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...

For Annie, Matt and Surfcottage and whoever else I find out is part of this great East Coast Canada Family! Happy Canada Day Canada. Can you identily the famous Canadian East Coast location I chose for home in " I''m a long way from home" First viewer to identify the location of "Home" will have a "Canadian artist " request produced for them by the studio. Cheers and Happy Canada Day Weekend. Teejay

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This is the top viewed video at StonewallStudios channel on Youtube. I have made slight revisions and as such exceed the 100 mg limit so it is presented her in two parts. Part One is the DIV-digital image video of the song and Part Two is A Tribute to the Men who lost their lives on the vessel - Ashokan Farewell sound track by Jay and Molly Unger.

Mike Valentine performs Gordon Lightfoot's "Cotton Jenny".

Harris, Smith and Workman. Rob Smith sings "Alberta Bound" (Gordon Lightfoot), at Rob Roy's, Smiths Falls, Ontario. Feb. 2, 2007 <p><a href="http://www.sunbleachedskulls.com">Sun Bleached Skulls</a></p>

Harris, Smith and Workman. Rob Smith singing"Did She Mention My Name?" by Gordon Lightfoot, at Harry McLean's, Merrickville, Ontario. January 27, 2007 <p><a href="http://www.sunbleachedskulls.com">Sun Bleached Skulls</a></p>

WHAT A GREAT SONG!