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Artist/Band: Gordon Lightfoot
Lyrics for Song: Long Way Back Home
Lyrics for Album: 36 All-Time Favorites [2002]



From the railhead to the boatyard

From the factory to the farm

From the mines to the millhouse

I've weathered the storm

From the bar room to the bedpost

I've wasted my days

All I have is my drink

And the time left to think

While time slips away

Just look at my face

As you tell me goodbye

You'll see what I'm after

By the look in my eye

Just walk away

And leave me alone

It's a long way back home



Now in case you should ask me

What it is that I've done

Well I say I'm a soldier

Who once had a son

But my son doesn't know me

That's his right to choose

Oh say can you see

My best friend is me

I'm a friend I could use



Just look at my face

As you tell me goodbye

You'll see what I'm after

By the look in my eye

Just walk away

And leave me alone

It's a long way back home



Now the pages have faded

The story grows cold

And the plot falls to ashes

Like the ruins of old

Those rats in my rafters

They're after my shoes

And anything else

They can find on the shelf

I've said they could use



Just look at my face

As you tell me goodbye

You'll see what I'm after

By the look in my eye

Just walk away

And leave me alone

It's a long way back home

It's a long way back home


Album Lyrics: 36 All-Time Favorites [2002]


Gordon Lightfoot
"36 All-Time Favorites [2002]"


1. A Minor Ballad
2. Bitter Green
3. Black Day in July
4. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
5. Changes
6. Did She Mention My Name
7. Does Your Mother Know
8. Early Morning Rain
9. Go-Go Round
10. I Want To Hear It From You
11. If I Could
12. Long River
13. Long Way Back Home
14. May I
15. Peaceful Waters
16. Pride Of Man
17. Ribbon Of Darkness
18. Rosanna
19. Softly
20. Something Very Special
21. Steel Rail Blues
22. The Circle Is Small
23. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
24. The Way I Feel
25. Walls