Endless Wire

Gordon Lightfoot · Endless Wire [1978]

I ain't got nothin' to hide

My mind is an endless wire

I got both feet on the ground

I ain't got no one for hire

I ain't got a thing to show

My lives have all expired

So don't go foolin' around

an' set my wheels afire



Down in the dark of a burnt out soul

there's a few good second hand dreams

Deep in the dark of a heavenly night with you

Down in the black of a bottomless hole

there's a few good second hand scenes

Deep in the dark of a heavenly blue

where the sea runs green



I ain't got nothin' to give

My life is an endless climb

My love's a paperback dream

I don't have nothin' but time

I ain't got a thing to show

I don't know my own name

So don't go foolin' around

an' set my wheels aflame



Down in the dark of a beat out soul

there's a few good second hand dreams

Deep in the dark of a heavenly night with you

Down in the black of a bottomless hole

there's a few good second hand scenes

Deep in the dark of a heavenly blue

where the sea runs green



I ain't got nothin' t' hide

My mind is an endless wire

I got both feet on the ground

I don't have no one for hire

I ain't got a thing to show

My life is an endless rhyme

My love's a paperback dream

I ain't got nothin' but time