Lyrics to
Endless Wire

This version of Endless Wire was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1978.

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I ain’t got nothin’ to hide
My mind is an endless wire
I got both feet on the ground
I ain’t got no one for hire
I ain’t got a thing to show
My lives have all expired
So don’t go foolin’ around
An’ set my wheels afire

Down in the dark of a burnt out soul
There’s a few good second hand dreams
Deep in the dark of a heavenly night with you
Down in the black of a bottomless hole
There’s a few good second hand scenes
Deep in the dark of a heavenly blue
Where the sea runs green

I ain’t got nothin’ to give
My life is an endless climb
My love’s a paperback dream
I don’t have nothin’ but time
I ain’t got a thing to show
I don’t know my own name
So don’t go foolin’ around
An’ set my wheels aflame

Down in the dark of a beat out soul
There’s a few good second hand dreams
Deep in the dark of a heavenly night with you
Down in the black of a bottomless hole
There’s a few good second hand scenes
Deep in the dark of a heavenly blue
Where the sea runs green

I ain’t got nothin’ to hide
My mind is an endless wire
I got both feet on the ground
I don’t have no one for hire
I ain’t got a thing to show
My life is an endless rhyme
My love’s a paperback dream
I ain’t got nothin’ but time

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Gordon Lightfoot has released many songs over the years besides Endless Wire. Gordon Lightfoot released songs from 1966 to 2004 spanning across albums like Lightfoot!, The Way I Feel, Back Here On Earth, Did She Mention My Name, Sunday Concert, Sit Down Young Stranger / If You Could Read My Mind, Summer Side Of Life, Don Quixote, Old Dan's Records, Sundown, Cold On The Shoulder, Summertime Dream, Endless Wire, Dream Street Rose, Shadows, Salute, East Of Midnight, Waiting For You, A Painter Passing Through, and Harmony. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Gordon Lightfoot.

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About Lyrics and Endless Wire by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics for Endless Wire are defined as the words making up the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Endless Wire have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Gordon Lightfoot and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Endless Wire by Gordon Lightfoot if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Endless Wire" means the words set to the music of Endless Wire, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Endless Wire and the lyrics to Endless Wire are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Endless Wire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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