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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC OOnt (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend.
Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Ribbon of Darkness"—a number one hit on the U.S. country chart with Marty Robbins's cover in 1965— and the 1967 Detroit riot-generated "Black Day in July", brought him international recognition in the 1960s. He experienced chart success in Canada with his own recordings, beginning in 1962 with the No. 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One". Lightfoot's recordings then made an impact on the international music charts as well in the 1970s, with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) (No. 5 on the US chart), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), all reaching No. 1, and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976) (No. 2).
I can see her lyin'
back in her satin dress
in a room where ya do
what ya don't confess
Sundown ya better take care
if I find you been creepin'
'round my back stairs
(repeat)
She's been lookin' like a
queen in a sailor's dream
And she don't always say
what she really means
Sometimes I think it's a shame
when I get feelin' better
when I'm feelin' no pain
(repeat)
I can picture every move
that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin'
is your first mistake
Sundown ya better take care
if I find you been creepin'
'round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a sin
when I feel like I'm winnin'
when I'm losin again
(instrumental)
I can see her lookin' fast
in her faded jeans
She's a hard lovin' woman
got me feelin' mean
Sometimes I think it's a shame
when I get feelin' better
when I'm feelin' no pain
Sundown ya better take care
if I find you been creepin'
'round my back stairs
(repeat)
Sometimes I think it's a sin
when I feel like I'm winnin'