[ti:Sit Down Young Stranger] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Songbook] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot [00:02.62]Written by:Gordon Lightfoot [00:05.24]I'm standin' in the doorway [00:07.69]My head bowed in my hands [00:10.04]Not knowin' where to sit [00:12.73]Not knowin' where I stand [00:16.38]My father looms above me [00:18.66]For him there is no rest [00:21.18]My mother's arms enfold me [00:23.74]And hold me to her breast [00:27.22]They say you been out wandrin' [00:29.74]They say you travelled far [00:32.24]Sit down young stranger [00:34.64]And tell us who you are [00:38.29]The room has all gone misty [00:40.65]My thoughts are all in spin [00:43.21]Sit down young stranger [00:45.63]And tell us where you been [00:49.20]I've been up to the mountain [00:51.67]I've walked down by the sea [00:54.18]I never questioned no one [00:56.63]And no one questioned me [01:00.24]My love was given freely [01:02.58]And oftimes was returned [01:05.19]I never came to borrow [01:07.57]I only came to learn [01:11.36]Sometimes it didn't get lonely [01:13.70]But it taught me how to cry [01:16.21]And laughter came too easy [01:18.72]For life to pass me by [01:22.40]I never had a dollar [01:24.76]That I didn't earn with pride [01:27.20]Cause I had a million daydreams [01:29.87]To keep me satisfied [01:44.48]And will you gather daydreams [01:47.05]Or will you gather wealth [01:49.35]How can you find your fortune [01:51.84]When you cannot find yourself [01:55.36]My mother's eyes grow misty [01:58.07]There's a tremblin' in her hand [02:00.47]Sit down young stranger [02:02.89]I do not understand [02:06.67]Now will you try to tell us [02:09.12]You been too long at school [02:11.60]That knowledge is not needed [02:14.00]That power does not rule [02:17.68]That war is not the answer [02:20.04]That young men should not die [02:22.64]Sit down young stranger [02:24.99]I wait for your reply [02:28.98]The answer is not easy [02:31.14]For souls are not reborn [02:33.70]To wear the crown of peace [02:35.85]You must wear the crown of thorns [02:40.08]If jesus had a reason [02:42.21]I'm sure he would not tell [02:44.73]We treated him so badly [02:47.15]How could he wish us well [02:51.25]The parlor now is empty [02:53.27]There's nothin' left to say [02:56.01]My father has departed [02:58.39]My mother's gone to pray [03:02.19]There's rockets in the meadows [03:04.56]And ships out on the sea [03:07.04]The answer's in the forest [03:09.52]Carved upon a tree [03:13.72]John loves mary [03:15.91]Does anyone love me