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1. "I ain't the kind to hang around,
With any new love that I've found.
'Cause movin' is my stock in trade, I'm moving on,
I won't think of you when I'm gone."
Which of the following Gordon Lightfoot songs is this verse from?
(I personally expect more when I do this to someone)
2. "Well I've been out here many long days,
I haven't found a place that I could call my own,
Not a two bit bed to lay my body on,
I've been stood up, I've been shook down, I've been dragged into the sand,
And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love."
What kind of 'blues' did Gordon Lightfoot have when he titled this tune?
(think of how trains travel from one place to another)
3. "The _____ __ ___ ____ is here,
To make you laugh and bend your ear.
Up the steps you'll hear him climb,
All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes.
Listen to the pictures flow,
Across the room into your mind they go."
What did Gordon Lightfoot call the troubadour he's singing about in the title of this song?
(a morning serenader)
4. "A child is born to a welfare case,
Where the rats run around like they own the place.
The room is chilly, the building is old,
That's how it goes.
A doctor's found on his welfare rounds,
And he comes and he leaves on the double."
To which powerful Gordon Lightfoot life ballad do these lyrics belong?
(slang term referring to low-income community, prison, or ghetto)
5. "Sometimes I think it's a shame,
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain."
"Sometimes I think it's a sin,
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again."
The previous two powerful lines come from one of Gordon Lightfoot's biggest hits ever. What's the title of this huge hit?
(my favourite part about summers)
6. "Beware of strange faces and dark dingy places,
Be careful while bending the law.
And ___ _____ ___ ____ __ will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your door."
What title that fits in the blank spaces did Gordon Lightfoot give this song?
(probably your main dwelling)
7. "Then he walked into a house,
Where love had been misplaced...His chance to waste.
And if you saw him now,
You'd wonder why he would cry...The whole day long."
What is the name of this song by Gordon Lightfoot?
(warm memories of when school was out)
8. "She walks by the sea where the seaworld is,
And she waits for the man to come.
She lives in town with her high-heeled friends,
And she knows it's a long way down.
But she doesn't have to get up in the morning
With her hair so soft and long."
What sunny title did Gordon Lightfoot name this song?
(may be another song about the woman who "Sundown" was written about? {Kathy Smith})
9. "Whispers of the wind, I will feel it sting,
I will see it rise and fall, I will hear it sing.
The sound is like a song to me, It takes away the pain,
The river is the melody, And sky is the refrain."
Can you choose the fitting title for this song in which Gordon Lightfoot includes the beautiful melody of loons calling?
(I hear this every evening, all summer long, for I live 'up' where it happens)
10. "Listen mister I won't waste your time.
I hope all the mistakes you made were a lot like mine.
Lovin' girls too much sometimes they made you cry.
Maybe we've got more livin' to do with a lot less pain,
Here, let's drink to you."
What's the title Gordon Lightfoot gave this song that he wrote about wishing good health to others?
(greet or welcome with words or a ceremonial gesture)
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