[ti:Welcome To Try (LP Version)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Waiting For You] [by:] [offset:0] [00:04.65]I have been down in valley of tears [00:08.21]I have stood on the highest peak [00:11.09] [00:12.78]For the best part of a week [00:16.65]Battered and bruised I had pulled myself through [00:20.72]Every scene I would never repeat [00:23.53] [00:24.78]I have hung out with the beasts of the field [00:28.53]And with them I've spent many a long nights [00:31.72] [00:33.34]Got in some awful bad fights [00:35.72] [00:37.34]I came unstuck I was down on my luck [00:41.03]And I'm still gettin' over the bites [00:43.76] [00:45.45]Sounds of my own heart breaking [00:50.14]Not to mention my mind [00:52.26] [00:53.82]“Nothing can hurt me” a small voice said [00:57.64]Into a mike take a hike [01:00.57] [01:02.01]No one will lead me astray anymore [01:05.11] [01:05.67]You are welcome to try if you like [01:08.48] [01:10.18]Welcome to try if you like [01:12.80] [01:16.42]I had been down in the valley so long [01:19.80]I had almost run out of respect [01:22.81] [01:24.31]Got in right up to my neck [01:27.12] [01:28.43]Battered but wise to the truth and the lies [01:32.00]That no layman would ever accept [01:34.69] [01:36.75]Reachin' for all of the good things in life [01:40.18]Can provide some surprises I guess [01:43.18] [01:44.87]It be may the way we are dressed [01:47.62] [01:48.81]These threads that you see mean so little to me [01:52.18]They don't count when they put us to rest [01:55.62] [01:57.18]Late about dusk I would start to feel [02:00.56] [02:01.81]One more day had been lost [02:04.12] [02:05.56]Nothin' I'd say ever seemed to convey [02:08.94]How I felt with that I have dealt [02:12.31] [02:13.75]All of my children are healthy and sane [02:17.06]They may say anything that they like [02:20.18] [02:21.87]Say anything that they like [02:24.43] [02:28.06]Sitting alone in the Blue Ridge Saloon [02:31.43]Is no place for an angel to be [02:34.25] [02:36.06]Ladies make faces at me [02:38.50] [02:40.12]Battered but clean I had pulled my machine [02:43.50]Off the road I was too tired to see [02:46.81] [02:48.37]Wearing a smile like the rim of a cup [02:51.81]I will get down to my final point [02:55.00] [02:56.50]There is no one left to anoint [02:59.19] [03:00.43]And the sowing of seed was it good yes indeed [03:03.81]It thrills me but only to a point [03:07.56] [03:09.00]Use your imagination [03:12.25] [03:13.14]Try every trick in the book [03:15.76] [03:17.08]My mother said with the life that I led [03:20.95]I'd be broke holy smoke [03:24.02] [03:25.26]All of my children are healthy and sane [03:28.83]They may say anything that they like [03:31.89] [03:33.45]Say anything that they like [03:36.45] [03:39.57]If they want to preach and are not within reach [03:42.70]They may say anything that they like [03:46.07] [03:47.82]Say anything that they like