The Soul Is the Rock

Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot

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. more »


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1975
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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

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Written by: GORDON LIGHTFOOT

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