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Album: Miscellaneous (2002)
Artists: Gordon Lightfoot

  1. 10 Degrees and Getting Colder
  2. 14 Karat Gold
  3. A Lesson In Love
  4. A Message To The Wind
  5. A Minor Ballad
  6. A Painter Passing Through
  7. A Passing Ship
  8. A Tree Too Weak To Stand
  9. Affair On 8th Avenue
  10. Alberta Bound
  11. All I'm After
  12. All The Lovely Ladies
  13. Always On The Bright Side
  14. Anthem For Doomed Youth
  15. Anything For Love
  16. Apology
  17. Approaching Lavender
  18. Baby Step Back
  19. Ballad of Yarmouth Castle
  20. Beautifuel
  21. Bells Of The Evening
  22. Bend In The Water
  23. Betty Called Me In
  24. Biscuit City
  25. Bitter Green
  26. Black Day In July
  27. Blackberry Wine
  28. Boathouse
  29. Borderstone
  30. Boss Man
  31. Carefree Highway
  32. If You Could Read My Mind
  33. Rainy Day People
  34. Steel Rail Blues
  35. Sundown
  36. The Circle Is Small
  37. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald


Gordon Lightfoot
Miscellaneous
Black Day In July



Black day in July
Motor city madness has touched the countryside
And through the smoke and cinders
You can hear it far and wide
The doors are quickly bolted
And the children locked inside
Black day in July
Black day in July
And the soul of Motor City is bared across the land
As the book of law and order is taken in the hands
Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land

Black day in July
Black day in July
In the streets of Motor City is a deadly silent sound
And the body of a dead youth lies stretched upon the ground
Upon the filthy pavement
No reason can be found

Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor City madness has touched the countryside
And the people rise in anger
And the streets begin to fill
And there's gunfire from the rooftops
And the blood begins to spill

Black day in July

In the mansion of the governor
There's nothing that is known for sure
The telephone is ringing
And the pendulum is swinging
And they wonder how it happened
And they really know the reason
And it wasn't just the temperature
And it wasn't just the season

Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor City's burning and the flames are running wild
They reflect upon the waters of the river and the lake
And everyone is listening
And everyone's awake

Black day in July
Black day in July
The printing press is turning
And the news is quickly flashed
And you read your morning paper
And you sip your cup of tea
And you wonder just in passing
Is it him or is it me

Black day in July

In the office of the President
The deed is done the troops are sent
There's really not much choice you see
It looks to us like anarchy
And then the tanks go rolling in
To patch things up as best they can
There is no time to hesitate
The speech is made the dues can wait

Black day in July
Black day in July
The streets of Motor City now are quiet and serene
But the shapes of gutted buildings
Strike terror to the heart
And you say how did it happen
And you say how did it start
Why can't we all be brothers
Why can't we live in peace
But the hands of the have-nots
Keep falling out of reach


Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor city madness has touched the countryside
And through the smoke and cinders
You can hear it far and wide
The doors are quickly bolted
And the children locked inside
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