Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Let It Ride, artist - Gordon Lightfoot. Album song East Of Midnight, in the genre Date of issue: 21.09.1981
Record label: Warner
Song language: English
Let It Ride |
| 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 |
| Leave on the evenin' tide |
| Just let it ride |
| When 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 |
| Leavin' 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 |
| 'N 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 through 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 of 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 |
| Leavin' 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 |