GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Sit Down Young Stranger lyrics
rate meI'm standin' in the doorway<br>My head bowed in my hands<br>Not knowin' where to sit<br>Not knowin' where to stand<br>My father looms above me<br>For him there is no rest<br>My mother's arms enfold me<br>And hold me to her breast<br>They say you been out wandrin'<br>They say you travelled far<br>Sit down young stranger<br>And tell us who you are<br><br>The room has all gone misty,<br>My thoughts are all in spin<br>Sit down young stranger<br>And tell us where you been<br><br>I've been up to the mountain<br>I've walked down by the sea<br>I never questioned no one<br>And no one questioned me<br>My love was given freely<br>And oftimes was returned<br>I never came to borrow<br>I only came to learn<br><br>Sometimes it would get lonely<br>But it taught me how to cry<br>And laughter came too easy<br>For life to pass me by<br>I never had a dollar<br>That I didn't earn with pride<br>Cause I had a million daydreams<br>To keep me satisfied<br><br>And will you gather daydreams<br>Or will you gather wealth<br>How can you find your fortune<br>When you cannot find yourself<br>My mother's eyes grow misty<br>There's a tremblin' in her hand<br>Sit down young stranger<br>I do not understand<br><br>Now will you try to tell us<br>You been too long at school<br>That knowledge is not needed<br>That power does not rule<br>That war is not the answer<br>That young men should not die<br>Sit down young stranger<br>I wait for your reply<br><br>The answer is not easy<br>For souls are not reborn<br>To wear the crown of peace<br>You must wear the crown of thorns<br>If jesus had a reason<br>I'm sure he would not tell<br>We treated him so badly<br>How could he wish us well<br><br>The parlor now is empty<br>There's nothin' left to say<br>My father has departed<br>My mother's gone to pray<br>There's rockets in the meadows<br>And ships out on the sea<br>The answer's in the forest<br>Carved upon a tree<br><br>John loves mary<br>Does anyone love me
