Can't Depend On Love Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

I spent most of my life outside, in the driving rain 

I was only trying to get by with some of life's amenities 

Well, nothing's free, I got more than I bargained for 

Now it's plain to see, I can't depend on love to defend me 

It took most of my time to do what never was done 

I was on the outside of an inside kind of love that now is gone 

Come right or wrong, it was laid to rest that way 

I hate to be unkind, pretending is for strangers who don't know you 

I spent most of my life outside in the driving rain 

I was in some one-horse town just waiting for a plane 

To take me back now where's that at, I paid the price 

Well, ain't that nice, knowing I'm so free? 

I can't depend on love to defend me 

I got more than I bargained for 

Now it's plain to see, I can't depend on love to defend me