The Soul Is The Rock Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved 

Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved 

And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago 

Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow 

Say what you like to, do what you do 

Everyone's sleeping now two by two 

Bats in the roof, cats in the hall 

Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall 

Big rain comin' 

Big rain comin' this way 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

The sea is the space which the rock has displaced 

The mind is some stranger that some soul has embraced 

And somewhere between, in a no-man's land of dreams 

The heart becomes the soldier yet the rock is not redeemed 

Say what you like to, do what you can 

Live like a sheep, die like a lamb 

Bats in the roof, cats in the hall 

Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall 

Big rain comin' 

Big rain comin' this way 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

The soul is the rock and the rock will always roll 

In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole 

When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next 

The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left 

Late one night when the moon shone down 

We went to the mill on the edge of the town 

She wore white, I wore black 

The town was sleeping when we got back 

Big rain comin' 

Big rain comin' this way 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be harmed 

Though man must be cheated just as women must be charmed 

And the mind is the light for the heart which cannot see 

The soul becomes the stranger but the rock will always be 

V-8 

Say what you like to, do what you do 

Everyone's sleeping now two by two 

Bats in the roof, cats in the hall 

Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall 

Oh Big rain comin' 

Big rain comin' this way 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

Rain on the rock 

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved 

Nothing is disputed yet nothing is disproved 

And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago 

Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow 

And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago 

Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow