All The Lovely Ladies Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight 

I wish that I could know them one by one 

All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds 

Strolling in to take the ladies home 

Bless you all and keep you on the road to tenderness 

Heaven can be yours just for now 

All the gentle strangers who by nature do not smile 

To everyone who cannot hold a pen 

To all you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains 

Who dread the thought of going 'round the bend 

Bless you all and keep you on the road to better things 

Heaven can be yours just for now 

To all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight 

I wish that I could kiss you while you knit 

To all the ones who learn to live with bein' second-guessed 

Whose job it is to give more then to get 

Bless you all and keep you with the strength to understand 

Heaven can be yours just for now 

To all the little dreamers with a dream that cannot last 

To all the sleeping giants who must wake 

To every man who answers to the letter of the law 

And all the rest imprisoned by mistake 

Bless you all and keep you with the faith to let it pass 

Heaven can be yours just for now 

To all the lonely sailors who have trouble beeing seen 

To all of you with heartache that remains 

Maybe sometime later you might swim back into shore 

If someone could relieve you of your chains 

Bless you all and keep you all on the land or on the sea 

Heaven can be yours, just for now