Salute Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

Listen mister I won't waste your time 

I hope all the mistakes you made were a lot like mine 

Lovin' girls too much sometimes they made you cry 

Maybe we've got more livin' to do with a lot less pain 

Here, let's drink to you 

These are the words I knew would break the ice 

I held my hand out and he shook it twice 

It seemed to me like I'd been here before 

Deja vu, familiar voice 

And the salute of my choice 

Salute gentlemen of days gone by 

Ladies of leisure and of flashing eye 

May some romantic fool turn on your light 

As for me I'm in between 

All that I can do is dream 

You got a lot more livin' to do 

And a lot more lovin' too 

When you make it through the night with no end in sight 

And the dawn peeks through 

You got a lot more livin' to do 

Salute nightingales upon the tide 

Brothers of the cloth tonight who must be tried 

May all of your martinis be forever dry 

As for me I'm in between 

All that I can do is dream