Race Among The Ruins Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

You think you had the last laugh 

Now you know this can't be true 

Even though the sun shines down upon you now 

Sometimes you must feel blue 

You make the best of each new day 

You try not to be sad 

Even though the sky falls down upon you 

Call it midnight, feelin' bad 

When you wake up to the promise 

Of your dream world comin' true 

With one less friend to call on 

Was it someone that I knew 

Away you will go sailin' 

In a race among the ruins 

If you plan to face tomorrow 

Do it soon 

The road to love is littered 

By the bones of other ones 

Who by the magic of the moment 

Were mysteriously undone 

You try to understand it 

But you never seem to find 

Any kind of freedom comin' clean 

Is just another state of mind 

When you wake up to the promise 

Of your dream world comin' true 

With one less friend to call on 

Was it someone that I knew 

Away you will go sailin' 

In a race among the ruins 

If you plan to face tomorrow 

Do it soon 

So take the best of all that's left 

You know this cannot last 

Even though your mother was you maker 

From her apron strings you pass 

Just think about the fool 

Who by his virtue can be found 

In a most unusual situation 

Playin' jester to the clown 

When you wake up to the promise 

Of your dream world comin' true 

With one less friend to call on 

Was it someone that I knew 

Away you will go sailin' 

In a race among the ruins 

If you plan to face tomorrow 

Do it soon 

When you wake up to the promise 

Of your dream world comin' true 

With one less friend to call on 

Was it someone that I knew 

Away you will go sailin' 

In a race among the ruins 

If you plan to face tomorrow 

Do it soon