Race Among The Ruins Lyrics

The song Race Among The Ruins is performed by Gordon Lightfoot in the album named Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 in the year 1990 .



You think you had the last laugh now you know this can't be true
Even though the sun shines down upon you now
Sometimes you must feel blue
You make the best of each new day you try not to be sad
Even though the sky falls down upon you call it midnight feelin' bad

When you wake up to the promise of your dream world comin' true
With one less friend to call on was it someone that I knew
Away you will go sailin' in a race among the ruins
If you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones
Who by the magic of the moment were mysteriously undone
You try to understand it but you never seem to find
Any kind of freedom comin' clean is just another state of mind

When you wake up to the promise of your dream world comin' true
With one less friend to call on was it someone that I knew
Away you will go sailin' in a race among the ruins
If you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

So take the best of all that's left you know this cannot last
Even though your mother was you maker from her apron strings you pa*s
Just think about the fool who by his virtue can be found
In a most unusual situation playin' jester to the clown

When you wake up to the promise of your dream world comin' true
With one less friend to call on was it someone that I knew
Away you will go sailin' in a race among the ruins
If you plan to face tomorrow do it soon

When you wake up to the promise of your dream world comin' true
With one less friend to call on was it someone that I knew
Away you will go sailin' in a race among the ruins
If you plan to face tomorrow do it soon




Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold, Vol. 2

Oct 1990

  1. If It Should Please You
  2. Endless Wire
  3. Hangdog Hotel Room
  4. High & Dry
  5. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
  6. Christian Island
  7. All The Lovely Ladies
  8. Alberta Bound
  9. Cherokee Bend
  10. Triangle
  11. Shadows
  12. Make Way (For The Lady)
  13. Ghosts Of Cape Horn
  14. Baby Step Back
  15. It's Worth Believin'
  16. I'm Not Supposed To Care (LP Version)
  17. The Pony Man (Album Version)
  18. Race Among The Ruins (LP Version)


Race Among The Ruins