Gordon Lightfoot Songs

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1970- Inspired by divorce, #5 on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S. in 1971, first of Gord's singles to appear on U.S. charts

1974- A Hard Loving Woman had Gord feeling mean, Only of Gord's singles to reach #1 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100

1975- Last of Gord's singles to reach #1 on Billboard Easy Listening chart, They always seem to know when it's time to call

1976- About a 1975 event that occurred on the big lake they call Gitche Gumee , #2 on US Billboard Hot 100

Written by Gord in 1964- Appeared on Gord's debut album "Lightfoot" in 1966, re-recorded for 1975 "Gord's Gold", Artists including Ian and Sylvia, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Presley, and Neil Young have also released recordings of this song

1967- Describes the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, re-recorded for 1975 "Gord's Gold", Has been covered by John Mellencamp among others

1968- The song for which Gord's third album was named, "It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day And talk about the home town a million miles away"

Written by Gord and recorded by Gord in 1971, more famously released by Anne Murray in 1972

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Title song of Gord's 1975 album, "And you know that we get a little older every day"

First released in 1968 on "Back Here on Earth" album, a ballad about a woman who roams the hillsides above the town for years waiting for her lover to come home

1974- The song's name comes from the name of Arizona State Route 74 north of Phoenix, #10 on US Billboard Hot 100

1980- Ships of the line, ships of the morn Some who wish they'd never been born They are the ___________

1978- So pass the jar and that old guitar in this ______________

Written by Gord, Marty Robbins version was #1 on US Country singles charts in 1965, "____________ over me Since my true love walked out the door Tears I never had before ____________ over me"

Named after an island on the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, "She's a good old ship and she'll make the trip From the lee of _____________"