Gordon Lightfoot
Shellfish
[Verse 1]
Even if you're sure
Before you begin to cry
Never rest until you find
What is best to be forgot
Let it float off in the night
Beneath the moon
So brightly shining down
On the steeples of the town
You must not be downhearted
Over things you left undone
You've got faith
To tell you all is well
And you know you'd best not stop
There's still a ways to go
[Verse 2]
Even if you're sure
Before you begin to sigh
Let me show my way is best
On the wayward side tonight
Let a planet be your guide
Up above the fields
Beside the sleeping town
When the work is all shut down
You will not be outsmarted
By a song you left unsung
You've got faith
Make your world take flight
There is still a ways to go
'Bout a thousand miles or so
[Verse 3]
And even if you're sure
Before you begin to smile
Let it happen on its own
Like a shellfish in the sea
I'm as selfish as can be
When it comes down to
Me and all of my kin
All they wanna do is win
You will not be deserted
By old friends you've left alone
You've got faith
To make you meet the cost
And you know you'd best not wait
He who hesitates is lost
So even if you're sure
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
It's so easy to be shellfish in the sea