Over the years there have been many tributes written about the
                                        ladies of the night, but in my opinion this is one of the most beautiful.
                                         Words and music composed by Gordon Lightfoot and suggested for
                                        this website by my friend Jon Klein, a good man who appreciates life.

  All The Lovely Ladies
      by Gordon Lightfoot


  All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
  I wish that I could know them one by one
  All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds
  Strolling in to take the ladies home
  Bless you all and keep you on the road to tenderness
  Heaven can be yours just for now.

All the gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
To everyone who cannot hold a pen
To all you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
Who dread the thought of going ’round the bend

Bless you all and keep you on the road to better things
Heaven can be yours just for now.

To all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
To all the ones who learn to live with bein’ second-guessed
Whose job it is to give more then to get

Bless you all and keep you with the strength to understand
Heaven can be yours just for now.

To all the little dreamers with a dream that cannot last
To all the sleeping giants who must wake
To every man who answers to the letter of the law
And all the rest imprisoned by mistake

Bless you all and keep you with the faith to let it pass
Heaven can be yours just for now

To all the lonely sailors who have trouble being seen
To all of you with heartache that remains
Maybe sometime later you might swim back into shore
If someone could relieve you of your chains

Bless you all and keep you all on the land or on the sea
Heaven can be yours, just for now

                                                                                                     

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