High and Dry
Gordon Lightfoot"High and Dry" is a song by Gordon Lightfoot, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:08 long and contains 42 lines and 242 words.
Lyrics
0:05With a lady-like devotion
0:08She sails the bitter ocean
0:11If it wasn't for lovesick sailors
0:13There'd be nothin' left but flotsam
0:15Singin' why me oh my
0:18Is there a better man than I
0:21Find your way back home
0:23Before you're lyin' high and dry
0:26Find your way back home
0:29Before you die
0:35Her sails blow like bubbles
0:37While ya sip yer daily doubles
0:40If she wasn't so fond of the weather
0:42She might give the deckhands trouble
0:45Singin' why me oh my
0:48Is there a better man than I
0:50I find your way back home
0:53Before you're lyin' high and dry
0:56I find your way back home
0:58Before you die
1:04One day when I grew older
1:07And I found I could not hold her
1:10She took on a fine young skipper
1:12Who soon run her up on a boulder
1:15Singin' why me oh my
1:17Is there a better man than I
1:20I find your way back home
1:22Before you're lyin' high and dry
1:27I find your way back home
1:29Before you die
1:38Now the pleasures of the harbor
1:41Don't include a lady barber
1:43If it wasn't for Long John Silver
1:46All of us pirates would've been martyrs
1:48Singin' why me oh my
1:51Is there a better man than I
1:54I find your way back home
1:56Before you're lyin' high and dry
1:59I find your way back home
2:02Before you're lyin' high and dry
2:06I find your way back home
2:08Before you die
With a lady-like devotion She sails the bitter ocean If it wasn't for lovesick sailors There'd be nothin' left but flotsam Singin' why me oh my Is there a better man than I Find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry Find your way back home Before you die Her sails blow like bubbles While ya sip yer daily doubles If she wasn't so fond of the weather She might give the deckhands trouble Singin' why me oh my Is there a better man than I I find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry I find your way back home Before you die One day when I grew older And I found I could not hold her She took on a fine young skipper Who soon run her up on a boulder Singin' why me oh my Is there a better man than I I find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry I find your way back home Before you die Now the pleasures of the harbor Don't include a lady barber If it wasn't for Long John Silver All of us pirates would've been martyrs Singin' why me oh my Is there a better man than I I find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry I find your way back home Before you're lyin' high and dry I find your way back home Before you die
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