Gordon Lightfoot – Sit Down Young Stranger (Guitar)

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I'm standin' at the doorway, my head down in my hands

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Not knowin' where to sit, not knowin' where I stand

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My father looms above me, for him there is no rest

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My mother's arms enfold me and hold me to her breast

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"They say you've been out wanderin', they say you've traveled far

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Sit down, young stranger and tell us who you are"

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The room has all gone misty, my thoughts are all in spin

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"Sit down, young stranger and tell us where you been"

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"Well, I've been up to the mountain, I've walked down by the sea

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I never questioned no one and no one questioned me

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My love was given freely and oft-times was returned

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I never came to borrow, I only came to learn

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Sometimes it did get lonely, but it taught me how to cry

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And laughter came too easy for life to pass me by

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I never had a dollar that I didn't earn with pride

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'Cause I had a million daydreams to keep me satisfied"

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"And will you gather daydreams, or will you gather wealth?

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How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?"

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My mother's eyes grow misty, there's a tremblin' in her hand

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"Sit down, young stranger, I do not understand

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And will you try and tell us that you've been too long at school?

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That knowledge is not needed, that power does not rule?

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That war is not the answer, that young men should not die?

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Sit down young stranger, I wait for your reply"

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"The answer is not easy for souls are not reborn

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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the Crown of Thorns

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If Jesus had a reason, I'm sure he would not tell

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They treated him so badly, how could he wish them well?"

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The parlor now is empty, there's nothin' left to say

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My father has departed, my mother's gone to pray

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There's rockets in the meadows and ships out on the sea

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The answer's in the forest, carved upon a tree:

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"John loves Mary,"...does anyone love me?