Let It Ride
Gordon Lightfoot

These are just the simple facts, I will relate to you

Though they are not connected, each and every one is true

If they seem a bit untidy, well, unraveling them is fun

I will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone

I just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leavin' on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

Better I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find

One sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind

Even when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind

I just let it ride

I knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night

And stateside of the tunnel customs agents gave him flight

He threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground

And when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found

He just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leave on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

Hear the steeple bell ring out above my lobster pots

I might be out here fishin' man but that ain't where it stops

The mouths I feed are many and they all say thanks a lot

They just let it ride

One day when I'm old and gray an' consider what's gone by

I always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried

And all of the old jokes we told around the candle light

To all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night

They just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leavin' on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

I'm gonna let it ride

Here's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal

We never will forget them, we still fantasize them all

I knew one in St. Louis on a Missouri afternoon

I met one up in Shanghai and another in Rangoon

I just let it ride

Ride, let it ride

Leave on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride

Ride, ride, ride

I'm gonna let it ride

Leavin' on the evenin' tide

Just let it ride


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