All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
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I wish that I could know them one by one
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All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds
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Strolling in to take the ladies home
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Bless you all and keep you on the road to tenderness
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Heaven can be yours just for now.
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All the gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
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To everyone who cannot hold a pen
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To all you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
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Who dread the thought of going 'round the bend
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Bless you all and keep you on the road to better things
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Heaven can be yours just for now.
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To all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
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I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
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To all the ones who learn to live with bein' second-guessed
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Whose job it is to give more then to get
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Bless you all and keep you with the strength to understand
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Heaven can be yours just for now.
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To all the little dreamers with a dream that cannot last
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To all the sleeping giants who must wake
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To every man who answers to the letter of the law
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And all the rest imprisoned by mistake
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Bless you all and keep you with the faith to let it pass
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Heaven can be yours just for now
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To all the lonely sailors who have trouble beeing seen
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To all of you with heartache that remains
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Maybe sometime later you might swim back into shore
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If someone could relieve you of your chains
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Bless you all and keep you all on the land or on the sea
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Heaven can be yours, just for now
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All The Lovely Ladies
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| Gordon Lightfoot |
