Lightfoot Gordon Seven Island Suite Lyrics

Seven Island Suite Lyrics

Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay

 To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze

 We went walking on the high side of the bay on a chilly morn

 And we saw how leaves had fallen on the beds where trees were born

 Any man in his right mind could not fail to be made aware

 Any woman with a gift of wisdom would not seek her answers there

 

 Seven islands to the high side of the bay if you're looking west

 To the sunset you can see it, all in fiery autumn dress

 Anytime would be the right time to come up to your bed of boughs

 Anybody with a wish to wander could not fail but to be aroused

 

 Living high in the city, guess you think it's a pretty good way

 You get to learn but when you get burned you got nothing to say

 You seem to think because you got chicken to go you're in luck

 Fortune will not find you in your mansion or your truck

 Brothers will desert you when you're down and shit out of luck

 

 Look around at the morning, guess you're doing the best you can

 Surely you know that when you go nobody gives you a hand

 Think of the air you're breathing in, think of the time you waste

 Think of the right and wrong and consider the frown on your face

 

 It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest

 Any woman or a man with a wish to fade away could be so blessed

 Fortune will not find you in your mansion turned to gold

 Brothers will desert you when your nights turn long and cold

 

 If you feel it you better believe it, you're gonna see it, so you really 

 know

 It is rising like a feather, dipping and dancing from below

 There's a new wave that is breaking in the wake of a passing ship

 Every nation's gonna be shaken, put it together, don't let it slip

 

 It's time you tried living on the high side of the bay, you need a rest

 Any man or a woman with a wish to fade away could be so blessed

 

 Seven islands to the high side of the bay, 'cross the bay

 To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze

 To the sunset through the blue light of a fiery autumn haze