Welcome To Try Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

I have been down in valley of tears 

I have stood on the highest peak 

For the best part of a week 

Battered and bruised I had pulled myself through 

Every scene I would never repeat 

I have hung out with the beasts of the field 

And with them I've spent many a long nights 

Got in some awful bad fights 

I came unstuck, I was down on my luck 

And I'm still gettin' over the bites 

Sounds of my own heart breaking 

Not to mention my mind 

Nothing can hurt me a small voice said 

Into a mike, take a hike 

No one will lead me astray anymore 

You are welcome to try if you like 

Welcome to try if you like 

I had been down in the valley so long 

I had almost run out of respect 

Got in right up to my neck 

Battered but wise to the truth and the lies 

That no layman would ever accept 

Reachin' for all of the good things in life 

Can provide some surprises I guess 

It be may the way we are dressed 

These threads that you see mean so little to me 

They don't count when they put us to rest 

Late about dusk I would start to feel 

One more day had been lost 

Nothin' I'd say ever seemed to convey 

How I felt with that I have dealt 

All of my children are healthy and sane 

They may say anything that they like 

Say anything that they like 

Sitting alone in the Blue Ridge Saloon 

Is no place for an angel to be 

Ladies make faces at me 

Battered but clean I had pulled my machine 

Off the road, I was too tired to see 

Wearing a smile like the rim of a cup 

I will get down to my final point 

There is no one left to anoint 

And the sowing of seed was it good, yes indeed 

It thrills me but only to a point 

Use your imagination 

Try every trick in the book 

My mother said with the life that I led 

I'd be broke, holy smoke 

All of my children are healthy and sane 

They may say anything that they like 

Say anything that they like 

If they want to preach and are not within reach 

They may say anything that they like 

Say anything that they like