Gordon Lightfoot - The Soul Is the Rock Lyrics

Lyrics The Soul Is the Rock - Gordon Lightfoot



The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved
Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved
And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago
Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow
Say what you like to, do what you do
Everyone's sleeping now two by two
Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall
Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
The sea is the space which the rock has displaced
The mind is some stranger that some soul has embraced
And somewhere between, in a no-man's land of dreams
The heart becomes the soldier yet the rock is not redeemed
Say what you like to, do what you can
Live like a sheep, die like a lamb
Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall
Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
The soul is the rock and the rock will always roll
In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole
When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next
The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left
Late one night when the moon shone down
We went to the mill on the edge of the town
She wore white, I wore black
The town was sleeping when we got back
Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
The soul is the rock and the rock will not be harmed
Though man must be cheated just as women must be charmed
And the mind is the light for the heart which cannot see
The soul becomes the stranger but the rock will always be
Say what you like to, do what you do
Everyone's sleeping now two by two
Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall
Oh. Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved
Nothing is disputed yet nothing is disproved
And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago
Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow
And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago
Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow



Writer(s): Gordon Lightfoot


Gordon Lightfoot - The Complete Albums 1970-1998
Album The Complete Albums 1970-1998
date of release
18-10-2019

1 The Soul Is the Rock
2 Minstrel of the Dawn
3 Thank You for the Promises
4 Me and Bobby McGee
5 Baby Step Back
6 Approaching Lavender
7 All I'm After
8 Saturday Clothes
9 Triangle
10 Cobwebs & Dust
11 I'll Do Anything
12 Poor Little Allison
13 She's Not the Same
14 Sit Down Young Stranger
15 Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do) - 2002 Remaster
16 Gotta Get Away - 2002 Remaster
17 Baby It's Allright
18 Whispers of the North - 2002 Remaster
19 Your Love's Return
20 Someone to Believe In
21 Romance
22 The Pony Man
23 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
24 Knotty Pine
25 Biscuit City
26 Miguel
27 Go My Way
28 WIthout You
29 Summer Side of Life
30 Tattoo
31 Cotton Jenny
32 Broken Dreams
33 Stay Loose
34 Talking in Your Sleep
35 Nous Vivons Ensemble
36 Morning Glory
37 Same Old Loverman
38 East of Midnight
39 Redwood Hill
40 A Lesson in Love
41 Anything for Love
42 Love & Maple Syrup
43 Let It Ride
44 Cabaret
45 Ecstasy Made Easy
46 Don Quixote
47 Christian Island (Georgian Bay)
48 You Just Gotta Be
49 Alberta Bound
50 A Passing Ship
51 Looking at the Rain
52 I'll Tag Along
53 Ordinary Man
54 Restless
55 Ring Them Bells
56 Brave Mountaineers
57 Ode to Big Blue
58 Fading Away
59 Second Cup of Coffee
60 Only Love Would Know
61 On Susan's Floor
62 Welcome to Try
63 The Patriot's Dream
64 I'll Prove My Love
65 Beautiful
66 Waiting for You
67 Farwell to Annabel
68 Wild Strawberries
69 That Same Old Obsession
70 I'd Rather Press On
71 Old Dan's Records
72 Drink Yer Glasses Empty
73 Lazy Mornin'
74 Drifters
75 You Are What I Am
76 My Little Love
77 Ringneck Loon
78 Can't Depend on Love
79 My Pony Won't Go
80 I Used to Be a Country Singer
81 It's Worth Believin'
82 Boathouse
83 Mother of a Miner's Child
84 Much to My Surprise
85 Hi'way Songs
86 A Painter Passing Through
87 On Yonge Street
88 Somewhere U.S.A.
89 High and Dry
90 Red Velvet
91 Seven Island Suite
92 Uncle Toad Said
93 Circle of Steel
94 Is There Anyone Home
95 The Watchman's Gone
96 Sundown
97 Carefree Highway
98 The List
99 Too Late for Prayin'
100 Bend In the Water
101 Rainy Day People
102 Cold on the Shoulder
103 Bells of the Evening
104 Rainbow Trout
105 A Tree Too Weak to Stand
106 All the Lovely Ladies
107 Fine as Fine Can Be
108 Cherokee Bend
109 Now and Then
110 Slide On Over
111 Race Among the Ruins
112 The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
113 I'm Not Supposed to Care
114 I'd Do It Again
115 Never Too Close
116 Protocol
117 The House You Live In
118 Summertime Dream
119 Spanish Moss
120 Too Many Clues in This Room
121 Daylight Katy
122 Sweet Guinevere
123 Hangdog Hotel Room
124 If There's a Reason
125 Endless Wire
126 Dreamland
127 Songs the Minstrel Sang
128 Sometimes I Don't Mind
129 If Children Had Wings
130 The Circle Is Small
131 Sea of Tranquility
132 Ghosts of Cape Horn
133 Dream Street Rose
134 On the High Seas
135 Whisper My Name
136 If You Need Me
137 Hey You
138 Make Way for the Lady
139 Mister Rock of Ages
140 The Auctioneer
141 14 Karat Gold
142 In My Fashion
143 Shadows
144 Blackberry Wine
145 Heaven Help the Devil




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