Unreleased
Songs And Lyrics
Listed
below are titles of Lightfoot compositions that were never officially
released by him.
Some may
never have even been recorded. Notes included where appropriate.
Click on
gold song
titles for lyrics.
*1960*
GONE
I
FOUND TRUE LOVE AT HOME
PLEASE TAKE ME BACK
THE DAY IS HERE
DOLLY
*1964*
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND FRIENDS
Recorded by
Allen-White Trio
*1965*
GOODBYE FLO
IF
YOU'RE LEAVIN'
IT'S
ALL OVER FOR ME NOW
KLANDESTINY
Lightfoot
wrote music only for this one.
LET
ME DIE INLAND
LAND WITH NO NAME
Commissioned
by CNR for their "Sea To Sea" documentary.
TALKIN'
SILVER CLOUD BLUES
This was
about Ronnie Hawkins going into a
Toronto
Rolls dealership and buying a new car - with cash!
THE
HANDS I LOVE
This song
is actually Song For A Winter's Night
as it was
first titled.
THEY
BELONG TO YOU
WHEN
YOU COME DOWN
LE VAGABOND
Co-written
by Marcel Lefebvre
SAY
WHAT YOU MEAN
GONE
ARE THE DAYS
THAT
SUMMER NIGHT
L'AMOUR
ETC.
MISS
MARIANNE
Covered by Ivan Burgess on CTL
*1966*
TALKIN' HIGH STEEL
Lightfoot
often played this at the Riverboat, according to Ronnie Hawkins.
UNTIL
WE MEET AGAIN
*1968*
I CAN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE
Covered by
Richie Havens on his Mixed Bag album.
FACE OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE
Performed
on Lightfoot's 1968 CBC-TV special.
PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT
Has been
performed live.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
*1969*
CONVERSATION
Originally
published by Albert Grossman's company, 4th Floor Music,
but
returned to Lightfoot when their contract expired.
COOL
PERSUASION
COUNTRY
FAREWELL
DIVORCE COUNTRY STYLE
This one
has been played live and was to appear on the aborted
1974 live
Massey Hall album.
JUST
LIKE BEFORE
THE SEABIRD SONG
Another
beautiful ballad that remains among the Lightfoot unreleased gems.
TWENTY
FOUR HOUR
BLUES
WELL
REMEMBERED
WHERE IS THE NEXT ONE
Out-take
from the Summer Side Of Life sessions.
*1970*
THE ULTIMATE OIL
MAN
THE
DOOMSDAY SONG
A humourous
epic, following one young unfortunate
man who falls in love amid the
polluted shores of Lake Erie,
get shipped to Vietnam, returns home to
find his girl got married,
goes on vacation, but his plane gets
hijacked and finally
gets robbed on the subway. Hey, a lot can happen
in 21 verses!
Has been
performed live.
NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS
Has been
performed live and is an out-take from
Summer Side
Of Life.
*1972*
ROCK MY WORLD TO SLEEP
Played live
on the 1972 British tour.
*1973*
EVERY MAN'S DESIRE
GATHER
NO MOSS
NITRO JOE
Out-take
from the Sundown sessions.
SILVERY SPOON
Early
incarnation of Sea Of Tranquility. An out-take from
the Sundown
sessions.
WEEPING
WILLOW
WHISPERS
Would later
be re-written as Whisper My Name. Out-take from the
Sundown and
Cold On The Shoulder sessions.
*1975*
IN MY TIME
Has been
performed live.
*1979*
HEAVENBOUND
Has been
performed live.
*1982*
TWO CRAZY KIDS
Has been
performed live.
*1983*
MAGIC MINSTREL SHOW
Out-take
from the Salute sessions.
*1986*
HARLEQUIN
LILY
OF THE VALLEY
East Of
Midnight out-take.
*1992*
EMPTY GLASS
*1995*
ATHABASCA LADY
Has been
performed live. "She's my Athabasca Lady from the town of Edmonton;
though
Gretzky is her hero, I am still her Number One."
*2001*
NIGHTTIME
*2002*
Lightfoot
recorded 23 guitar, vocal demos at Grant Ave. Studio in 2002 prior to
falling
ill in September of that year. We know the 9 demos that were completed
by the band and
released on Harmony. Here now are the 14 other songs that were not used
for the album.
BETTER
OFF
DO YOU WALK, DO YOU TALK
DREAMDRIFT
E-MOTION
I'M A HOMELESS GUY
JUST A LITTLE BIT
LAUGHTER WE SEEN
OH SO SWEET
RETURN INTO DUST
SEEMS LIKE FOREVER
STREETS
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY
YOU ARE MY DESTINY
