GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Let It Ride lyrics

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These are just the simple facts<br>I will relate to you<br>Though they are not connected<br>Each and every one is true<br>If they seem a bit untidy<br>Well unraveling them is fun<br>I will not stand corrected<br>I have not harmed anyone<br>I just let it ride<br>Ride let it ride<br>Leave on the evenin' tide<br>Just let it ride<br><br>When I listen to my heart<br>I sometimes fail to find<br>One sane and simple answer<br>On the bright side of my mind<br>Even when I'm sleeping<br>I can't seem to unwind<br>I just let it ride<br><br>I knew a man from windsor<br>Who went to detroit every night<br>And stateside of the tunnel<br>Customs agents gave him flight<br>He threw his stash in the river<br>And his bedroll on the ground<br>And when they finally got there<br>A sleeping man was all that they found<br><br>He just let it ride<br>Ride let it ride<br>Leavin' on the evenin' tide<br>Just let it ride<br><br>Hear the steeple bell ring out<br>Above my lobster pots<br>I might be out here fishin' man<br>But that ain't where it stops<br>The mouths I feed are many<br>And they all say thanks a lot<br>They just let it ride<br><br>One day when I'm old and gray<br>'n consider what's gone by<br>I always will be proud of<br>Every tear I've ever cried<br>And all of the old jokes we told<br>Around the candle light<br>To all those tender damsels<br>Who had helped us through the night<br><br>They just let it ride<br>Ride let it ride<br>Leavin' on the evenin' tide<br>Just let it ride<br>I'm gonna let it ride<br><br>Here's to the girls of london<br>And the ones from montreal<br>We never will forget them<br>We still fantasize them all<br>I knew one in st. louis<br>On a missouri afternoon<br>I met one up in shanghai<br>And another in rangoon<br><br>I just let it ride<br>Ride let it ride<br>Leavin' on the evenin' tide<br>Just let it ride<br>Ride ride ride<br>I'm gonna let it ride<br>Leavin' on the evenin' tide<br>Just let it ride